The 2026 Alberta Winter Games officially began on Friday.From now until Monday, the Lakeland Region will host over 2,400 athletes, coaches, and technical officials from across Alberta.They'll compete over the three-day event, which will include 18 sports such as hockey and curling.The provincial government, in partners...

Alberta's government announced this week it is investing $28 million into new technologies to help increase energy production while decreasing environmental impacts.Through the industry-funded TIER program, provincial officials say they are investing $28 million to support six projects using technologies that are expec...

Alberta's top young athletes are in the northern Lakeland Region for a high-level competition.The Alberta Winter Games got underway on Friday, Feb. 13, and continue until Monday, Feb. 16.Craig Copeland, Chair of the Lakeland Region 2026 Alberta Winter Games Host Society, says he is thrilled to showcase the best in prov...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has not signed a petition currently gathering signatures for a referendum to pull the province out of Confederation. Smith says she hasn't signed any petitions because the process is meant to be driven by citizens. The push for a vote on Alberta becoming its own country is now in...

Prior to Valentine's Day, the Better Business Bureau of Alberta and East Kootenay is warning that criminals posing as prospective romantic partners are defrauding people through investment scams."Romance scams are investment scams," says Mary O'Sullivan-Andersen, President and CEO of The Better Business Bure...

Alberta's government is spending $143 million to dispatch about 1,400 extra teachers and educational assistants to support students in strained elementary school classrooms across the province. The bulk of new staff is meant for schools in Edmonton and Calgary to provide in-class help, where Premier Danielle Smith's go...

Police say a female teacher and five students were among the victims of a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says the 18-year-old female suspect Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, had a history of contact with...

"It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the tragic events that unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, yesterday."We extend our sincerest condolences to the families, friends, and community members who are grieving such an unimaginable loss. The Alberta RCMP is committed to supporting our BC RCMP colleagues and the pe...

The Alberta Teachers' Association is expressing their sympathies and extending condolences following the mass shooting involving Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Feb. 10, 2026. The statement is as follows:"The members of the Alberta Teachers' Association are deeply heartbroken by the horrific tragedy that occurre...

RCMP say eight people, including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident. Police say more than 25 people are hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secon...

Alberta RCMP Traffic Services are reminding the public to slow down on highways throughout the province.This comes after Mounties stopped a vehicle on the QEII North of Airdrie on Sunday for travelling 178 km/h. During the traffic stop, officers observed two children in the back seats who were not wearing seatbelts.As ...

Country singer Corb Lund's petition effort to outlaw new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains has been given the official go-ahead to gather signatures. The petition calls for the government to introduce legislation prohibiting any new coal mining activity in the area. Lund will have four months unt...

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says Alberta separatists will not be taking treaty land. Speaking at an AFN conference on Tuesday in Calgary, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak again denounced the separatist movement in Alberta as ``illegitimate'' and ``unconstitutional.'' Some other Indigenous leaders at the ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says ``significant'' deficits are in store for her province as it tries to grapple with low oil prices. The government's new budget is set to be unveiled later this month, and Smith says it's going to be a ``tough'' one. The premier told RED FM Calgary this week that she has ruled out tax...

Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement is inviting Albertans to take part in Family Fishing Weekend (Feb. 14-16).All family day long weekend, residents can enjoy fishing on any body of water, excluding national parks, without a license.AB Fish and Wildlife says, "it's a great chance to get outside, make memories, a...

The Alberta government is hitting pause on a recent policy change that cut off health coverage for some temporary foreign workers, including youth coming to Canada on working vacations. The province quietly introduced the change in early January, but it did not receive widespread attention until a C-B-C News story last...

Alberta's sport minister says he hasn't signed his name to a petition that seeks to force a referendum on the province quitting Canada. Andrew Boitchenko says he and Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government are focused on strengthening Alberta's position within Canada. Boitchenko's comment comes af...

CALGARY - The federal government has announced a $6 million grant aimed at improving Canada's economic productivity through a cross-country research partnership. The funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada is to be s...

The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investigators to Alberta after 37 train cars went off the tracks west of Edmonton. The derailment happened Thursday near the hamlet of Wildwood, about 110 kilometres west of the Alberta capital. Canadian National Railway spokesperson Ashley Michnowski says ear...

January was a strong month on the jobs front in Alberta. Statistics Canada reports that we kicked off the new year by adding 41,800 full-time jobs across the province. Even with a reduction of 21,400 part-time positions, the unemployment rate was pushed down by 0.3 per cent to 6.4 per cent. Alberta is just now below th...

A new Korean romantic comedy series travels around the globe and spends some time in Alberta. "Can This Love Be Translated?" premiered on Netflix on Jan. 16, 2026. The character, Joo Ho-jin, is described as a "linguistic genius" who is fluent in several languages but is illiterate in the language of...

The Canadian Bar Association is speaking out against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's call for more input on the selection of federal judges. Smith says if Alberta doesn't get more say on future judicial appointments to the province's superior courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, her government would hold back money...

Alberta RCMP are offering tips to business owners to reduce the risk of theft and damages.In 2025, Mounties say 3,858 break and enters in businesses across Alberta RCMP jurisdiction were reported, down from the 4,574 break and enters in 2024.Mounties are making the following recommendations:Install an alarm system and ...

Two Alberta-based francophone groups say they don't want to see bilingualism requirements for Canada's top court become a political issue. Alberta's French lawyers association and the provincial chapter of the French Canadian Association say the requirement protects the rights of French speakers to access the justice s...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says judicial appointments must be made without political influence after Alberta's premier suggested she could withhold funding without more input on the selection of judges. Premier Danielle Smith said in a lette...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government says it will bring in the new budget on Feb. 26 and is warning it will be a tough one. Finance Minister Nate Horner says declining oil prices and ongoing global trade conflict and uncertainty mean the government faces what he calls ``tough choices.'' He says the goal is to ma...

Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding for new judicial appointments in Alberta if the federal government doesn't give the province a say on who is picked.In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney more than a week ago, Smith says the appointment process for judges needs reform.She says she wan...

Alberta's recently announced effort to add physician shifts to help triage patients in crowded emergency rooms has been delayed. The program was to have started over the weekend. The head of the Alberta Medical Association says doctors want to participate but says there are issues to be worked out including pay, billin...