Alberta News

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders signed American defensive end Julian Howsare on Tuesday. Contract details weren't immediately known. The move came on the first day of CFL free agency.

EDMONTON — Police say they are investigating the suspicious death of a five-week-old in Edmonton. The force's child protection unit began investigating after the baby was taken by ambulance on Feb. 5 to the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. expects to be able to indicate this summer whether it will complete the Coastal GasLink pipeline by its end-of-year target or not.

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Justin Thompson and Matt Kumlin walk up a hill toward a ridge in the Alberta foothills as a border collie and "cow-dog-in-training" named Newt tags along.

CALGARY — The Alberta government revealed more details Monday of its plan to deal with a shortage of nurses in its health-care system.

Imperial Oil Ltd. has filed a plan for the interim cleanup of one of the largest oilpatch spills in Alberta history but hasn't released any details on the plan or the two toxic releases at its Kearl oilsands mine.

STRATHMORE, ALBERTA — The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a police shooting that left a woman injured following a high-speed chase east of Calgary.

CALGARY — A World Cup gold medal already in the bag before his last run, Canadian snowboarder Darcy Sharpe soaked up the moment Sunday in Calgary. The 27-year-old from Comox, B.C.

EDMONTON — Alberta's premier is rejecting Opposition claims her planned $100-million pilot project for cleaning up old oil wells was influenced by her United Conservative party leadership campaign, arguing that federal money to get the job done misse

TIMMINS, Ont. — It was a clean sweep for Alberta today as the women and men came up golden in the Canadian Under-18 curling championships.