Alberta News

CALGARY — Politics and pancake breakfasts can make for strange bedfellows.

EDMONTON — The Toronto Argonauts have dealt defensive lineman Sam Acheampong to the Edmonton Elks for a draft pick and rights to a negotiation-list player.

CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed carbon emissions and the strike by B.C. port workers during a brief meeting Friday with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

CALGARY — Col. Jeremy Hansen is preparing to become the first Canadian to travel to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission, but Friday he cowboyed up to become the second astronaut to be marshal of the Calgary Stampede parade.

CALGARY — As the curtain rises on the 10-day extravaganza that is the famed Calgary Stampede, homebuyers are also stampeding to snap up real estate in Alberta's largest city.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — RCMP in Peace River, Alta are investigating a suspected case of arson last month. Just before 1:30 on June 23, police were called to Cessna Road for reports of a business fire.

SMOKY LAKE, Alta. — The Métis Nation of Alberta is celebrating the birth of two bison calves at a cultural park northeast of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says the cyberattack that affected the company's Petro-Canada retail chain also resulted in the leakage of some customer data.

CALGARY — A report by Deloitte Canada forecasts crude oil prices will increase modestly over the next three months. The report by the firm's resource evaluation and advisory group says lower supply will begin to drain global crude inventories.

CALGARY — Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-year-old from Camrose, Alta.