Alberta News

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. says it has restored approximately 75 per cent of the production it had temporarily halted as a result of the wildfires in Alberta.

CALGARY — Two employees of a Calgary daycare have been charged with assault after parents found physical markings on their child and notified police. Calgary police said Wednesday allegations of abuse were reported to them in December 2022.

EDMONTON — Alberta's decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from at least three municipalities, including one that has since been evacuated during this spring's blazes.

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EDMONTON — An 11-year-old boy is in hospital after being hit by a vehicle near Edmonton's Britnell Park just before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Officials say they are preparing for hotter weather this coming weekend in central Alberta, posing a risk for more active wildfires after a brief reprieve.

Calgary city council has amended a bylaw to add restrictions on flyers with images of fetuses that are being sent to people's mailboxes.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Suncor Energy says someone was injured by a bear at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on the weekend. Spokesman Leithan Slade says it happened on Saturday at 8 p.m.

EDMONTON — Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith declined Tuesday to discuss prior comments equating the COVID-19 vaccinated to Nazi supporters, saying it's time to move on from the "dark days" of the pandemic.

EDMONTON — Stoutness around their own crease is what the Edmonton Oilers want more of to even up their playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights.