Alberta News

CALGARY — This year, municipal candidates in Calgary and Edmonton face a decision they've never had to make: whether to join a political party. But the choice represents more than the embrace or rejection of a new political system.

EDMONTON — It wasn't lost on some people marking Ukraine's Independence Day during a festival at Alberta's legislature grounds on Sunday that their loved ones were still defending their own sovereignty back home.

MISSISSAUGA — Aphrodite Deng almost stole the show at her first-ever CPKC Women's Open. The 15-year-old from Calgary shot a 2-over 73 in the fourth round to finish 4-under overall as the low amateur at the Canadian national women's championship.

EDMONTON — Alberta's wasteful purchase of children's pain and fever medicine three years ago helped inform the province's decision to charge some people $100 for a COVID-19 vaccine shot this fall, Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Some trappers are expecting "catastrophic losses" to their food and financial security this year, as Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record sent swaths of remote boreal forest up in flames.

CALGARY — Former captain Tyler Ardron scored four tries in his return to the national team and Canada reeled off 17 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the U.S. 34-20 in Pacific Nations Cup rugby play Friday.

OTTAWA — Cody Fajardo and the Edmonton Elks continue to gain momentum, picking up their third straight win with a 30-20 decision over the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night.

MISSISSAUGA — A cluster of friends and family started cheering for Katie Cranston as she walked out of the scorers' room in the clubhouse of the Mississaugua Golf and Country Club and up to the spectators' area. The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont.

CALGARY — The Alberta government has confirmed that, for those who must pay for the cost of a COVID-19 vaccine shot this fall, it will cost $100.

CALGARY — Who can run the football more is the game-within-the-game Saturday when the Calgary Stampeders host the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Roughriders and Stampeders excel at both executing their ground game on offence and defending against it.