Alberta News

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Damien Kurek is set to step aside to allow Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection in the Battle River—Crowfoot riding in Alberta.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the rug in Premier Danielle Smith's office.

CALGARY — The judge overseeing the trial of a Calgary man accused of fatally attacking and stabbing a woman three years ago has told the jury there are four possible verdicts it could reach.

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting 17 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 210 since the beginning of March. The government says half the total cases have been recorded in the province's south zone, including 13 of the new cases.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have their wheels under them after a rocky start in the NHL playoffs. The Vegas Golden Knights will try to limit an offence averaging almost five goals a game, or outscore it in the second round.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers may have been down, but they proved you can’t count them out.

EDMONTON — A year-and-a-half after announcing it would massively reorganize the health-care system, Alberta's government says it's now in the final stages of the still-controversial revamp.

EDMONTON — The idea of Alberta opting out of the Canada Pension Plan isn't moving ahead — at least for now. Premier Danielle Smith says she won't be putting the creation of a provincial pension plan to a referendum any time soon.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is deflecting accusations that she's stoking the fires of separatism, despite her government moving to lower the bar for holding a referendum.

CALGARY — Crime rates in rural communities are consistently higher than in urban centres, suggests new data presented in a Statistics Canada report -- a long-term trend one criminologist says is unsurprising.