Alberta News

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta's Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie says he accepted free Edmonton Oilers NHL playoff tickets but that it didn't contravene government conflict-of-interest rules.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is proposing legislative changes in an effort to deter the illegal sale and slaughter of meat. Agriculture Minister R.J.

CALGARY — A man is dead and a woman is in serious condition after two recent pedestrian collisions in Calgary. Police say a man in his 50s was riding a mobility scooter in a parking lot on Saturday when he was hit by an SUV.

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. says it earned $91 million in the third quarter, down from $230 million during the same quarter a year earlier. Revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30 were $7.1 billion, down from $8.7 billion.

EDMONTON — The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's application for a judicial review of Ottawa’s carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing.

CALGARY — A Quebec man has been arrested and charged for allegedly forcing two young women into the sex trade in Calgary. ALERT’s Human Trafficking unit says it arrested a 22-year-old man last week with help from the Calgary Police Service.

CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp.

Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth has waited 11 months to return to action in the UFC after a split-decision loss to Veronica Hardy, her first defeat as a pro.

OTTAWA — A number of Conservative MPs have written letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this week called disastrous and promised to cancel.

CALGARY — Longtime assistant coaches Mark Kilam and Brent Monson won't be back with the Calgary Stampeders.