Alberta News

EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation is asking a judge to review the provincial government's decision earlier this year to end its moratorium on coal mining.

CALGARY — The party tents are up, straw bales are scattered around sidewalks and the most crucial 10 days of the year are in full swing for one Calgary bar and restaurant operator.

HALIFAX — A researcher says an experimental gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as much money for the treatment of five patients as the study itself costs.

CALGARY — Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the Stampeders had a sense of occasion in Calgary's first "Stampede Bowl" with a 37-16 win over the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday.

CALGARY — The first political pancakes were flipped Thursday as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede -- a can't-miss event for politicos trying to shore up support for elections near and far.

TORONTO — A Public Health Ontario report released Thursday suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases. The health agency reported 12 new cases in the province, down from 33 additions last week and 96 the week before that.

EDMONTON — Two coal companies suing Alberta's government over its mining policy flip-flop say they've reached a settlement agreement with the province.

PONOKA, ALBERTA — It was August 1983 at the Hand Hills Lake Stampede and Les McIntyre had just fallen out of his chuckwagon.

DENVER (AP) — Should Taylor Makar someday make the roster, big brother Cale needs to consider altering the back of his Colorado Avalanche sweater. That's the running joke of Taylor, anyway — a “C.

EDMONTON — Two sitting Alberta legislature members kicked out of Premier Danielle Smith’s governing United Conservative caucus seek to form a rival party to challenge her. And they plan to use a famous historical Alberta political name to do it.