Alberta News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is minimizing the effect of two large releases of oilsands tailings water, two area First Nations leaders said Wednesday.

CALGARY — A group of prominent Albertans has started to explore whether communities across the province could host the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

CALGARY — A U.S. regulator has ordered TC Energy Corp. to lower the operating pressure on the entire Keystone pipeline system.

EDMONTON — The Alberta NDP Opposition says it would follow British Columbia in making prescription contraception free to residents if the party is elected in the spring.

EDMONTON — Unpaid municipal taxes from the Alberta oilpatch keep rising despite the industry's boom, the province's rural communities say.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at bulking up in its ongoing firearms feud with the federal government.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — A municipality in northwestern Alberta decided Tuesday to replace the RCMP with its own police force after city council voted almost unanimously in favour of the move.

CALGARY — Alberta's energy regulator may have ignored provincial law by not publicly disclosing that waste from a large oilsands tailings pond was escaping containment and seeping into groundwater, says a lawyer.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Paramount Resources Ltd. (PRMRF) on Tuesday reported net income of $191.4 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had profit of $1.30.

STRATHCONA PARK, Alta. — The Alberta government is promising $92 million in funding for youth mental health.