Alberta News

EDMONTON — American country crooner Thomas Rhett will co-host this year's Canadian Country Music Association Awards.

EDMONTON — A distillery is halting production of discount four-litre vodka jugs after the Alberta minister responsible for the province's liquor industry called out the product for not being responsibly priced.

SUNDRE, Alta. — A volunteer with a minor hockey association in central Alberta is facing a charge of sex assault in a case involving four teenage males. RCMP in Sundre, Alta.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada granted Landon DuPont, a 14-year-old defenceman from Calgary, exceptional player status Monday.

CALGARY — A deportation hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash six years ago has been scheduled for next month.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Oilsands operator Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been ordered to pay a $390,000 penalty in relation to the death of a worker in 2021. Syncrude — which is an oilsands joint venture majority-owned by Suncor Energy Inc.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders will add former head coach/GM Wally Buono to their Wall of Fame, the CFL club announced Monday. Buono joined the Stampeders as an assistant coach in 1987 before becoming head coach in 1990.

SADDLE LAKE, Alta. — Police in eastern Alberta say a woman believed to have been held captive on a stolen school bus is now safe. St.

EDMONTON — The father of an 11-year-old boy killed in a dog attack in an Edmonton home says he never saw the two animals act aggressively towards people and saw no sign he should be worried.

CALGARY — Led by a clutch power play and 33 saves from Calvin Pickard, Edmonton inched closer to top spot in the NHL's Pacific Division on Saturday.