Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta is appealing a temporary injunction of a law banning doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have different motivating factors heading into their showdown Saturday at McMahon Stadium.

CAMROSE — Bob Pushie pulled a small piece of paper from his shirt pocket, where he had written a candidate's name the day before, and double-checked the spelling on his ballot.

CALGARY — A woman is dead after she was hit by a cyclist on a Calgary pathway. Police say the woman and her husband were walking on the path Saturday, when a 12-year-old on a bike approached from behind and crashed into her.

EDMONTON — A judge has reserved his decision on whether to review a proposed Alberta separation referendum question. Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby is expected to give his ruling Aug. 14.

CALGARY — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project.

OTTAWA — Métis leaders left a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday saying they're confident they will be included in talks about major projects Ottawa hopes to use to bolster the economy in the face of a trade war with the United State

EDMONTON — Police have charged the chief of a First Nation in southern Alberta with two counts of sexual assault. Roy Albert Whitney, the 71-year-old chief of Tsuut’ina Nation, west of Calgary, was arrested Wednesday.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes acquired McLeod Bethel-Thompson from the Edmonton Elks in exchange for Cody Fajardo as an insurance policy in case Davis Alexander got injured.

A goalie growing up, Alberta's Drew (Wild Boy) Stuve avoided hockey fights. But he welcomes the rough stuff these days. The 28-year-old has found a home in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, headlining Saturday's BKFC Fight Night Edmonton card.