Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week will each receive $100,000 from the province's Heroes' Fund.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jake Chiasson to a three-year entry-level contract, the team announced Saturday. Chiasson, 19, was Edmonton's fourth-round pick (116th overall) in the 2021 NHL draft. The Abbotsford, B.C.

Edmonton police say two patrol officers have been killed while responding to a call. Six other police officers have been killed in Canada since September 2022. Here's a look at their cases and who they were: Const.

EDMONTON — Two officers who were shot and killed by a teenager had no indication they were walking into a high-risk or dangerous situation, police say.

EDMONTON — Police in Edmonton say they are investigating the death of a five-month-old girl as a homicide. They say the infant was admitted to the Stollery Hospital with life-threatening injuries on March 7.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has further spelled out what he wants to see in a new body that would oversee monitoring and communications around pollution problems in the oilsands.

CALGARY — An Indigenous-led initiative is still pursuing ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline, in spite of the project's ballooning price tag. "We are not going away, just because it's $30.9 billion.

EDMONTON — The federal government has announced more than $80 million over five years toward the Canadian Critical Drug Initiative in Edmonton.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has hired human rights leader Irfan Chaudhry as its first vice-president of diversity and inclusion.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it will officially combine with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. on April 14 under a new name, Canadian Pacific Kansas City.