Alberta News

Canada rugby coach Stephen Meehan has announced a long list of 59 players, including 20 who are uncapped, ahead of the team's summer test matches. The 24th-ranked Canadian men take on No. 22 Belgium on July 12 and No.

CALGARY — It's been a while since Ryan Straschnitzki looked at the world from a different perspective.

EDMONTON — Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be watching the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday.

CALGARY — Two major oilsands operators say business is returning to normal after nearby wildfires forced shutdowns at their northeastern Alberta sites. Cenovus Energy Inc.

TORONTO — Jeremaine Copeland and Nik Lewis will soon be together again.

FORT MACLEOD — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

SQUAMISH — Drivers on British Columbia's Sea To Sky Highway could see the smoke billowing from the forested hills above Squamish on Wednesday. But that didn't show how close the Dryden Creek wildfire got to homes overnight.

CALGARY — The Alberta government is working to entice a private-sector player to build a major crude pipeline to coastal waters, Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Canada has invited the United Arab Emirates to attend the G7 summit in Alberta, The Canadian Press has learned.