Alberta News

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Corinne Suter picked up her first Lake Louise victory by winning a World Cup super-G race on Sunday, while Sofia Goggia’s winning streak on the mountain ended with a fifth-place finish.

CALGARY — A surge in patients at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary has prompted the province's health delivery agency to redeploy staff from a facility that helps dying children so they can offer extra support to the overburdened hospital.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Corinne Suter of Switzerland won Sunday's women's super-G in Lake Louise after finishing second and third in two downhills. Suter posted a winning time of one minute, 20.75 seconds on the 2.

CALGARY — Guilty of not taking advantage of their scoring opportunities of late, the Calgary Flames changed that on Saturday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers potent power play loomed large again on Saturday. Connor McDavid recorded two goals and two assists, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and three assists and the Oilers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-3.

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Sofia Goggia of Italy captured a World Cup downhill race for a second straight day at Lake Louise. Goggia only got stronger Saturday, finishing with a time of 1 minute, 28.96 seconds.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Sofia Goggia won her second downhill race in as many days and extended her World Cup win streak in Lake Louise, Alta., to five in a row Saturday.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is crafting changes to be debated next week to reverse the section of a bill that gives cabinet unfettered power to rewrite laws behind closed doors without legislature approval, the province's premier said Saturday.

CALGARY — Betsy Jameson found a yellow piece of paper in 2017 when she cleaned out her office after retiring from the history department at the University of Calgary.

RED DEER, Alta. — Brandon Lisowsky scored the game-winning goal at 3:53 in overtime and the Saskatoon Blades edged the Red Deer Rebels 4-3 in the Western Hockey League on Friday.