Alberta News

CALGARY — The first political pancakes were flipped Thursday as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede -- a can't-miss event for politicos trying to shore up support for elections near and far.

TORONTO — A Public Health Ontario report released Thursday suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases. The health agency reported 12 new cases in the province, down from 33 additions last week and 96 the week before that.

EDMONTON — Two coal companies suing Alberta's government over its mining policy flip-flop say they've reached a settlement agreement with the province.

PONOKA, ALBERTA — It was August 1983 at the Hand Hills Lake Stampede and Les McIntyre had just fallen out of his chuckwagon.

DENVER (AP) — Should Taylor Makar someday make the roster, big brother Cale needs to consider altering the back of his Colorado Avalanche sweater. That's the running joke of Taylor, anyway — a “C.

EDMONTON — Two sitting Alberta legislature members kicked out of Premier Danielle Smith’s governing United Conservative caucus seek to form a rival party to challenge her. And they plan to use a famous historical Alberta political name to do it.

Alberta's government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief.

LAKE LOUISE — A section of a trail in Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after a rockfall killed two hikers and injured three more.

CALGARY — Vernon Adams Jr. has yet to throw a touchdown pass for the Calgary Stampeders three games into the season. The Stampeders (2-1) host the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3-0) on Thursday.

CALGARY — Sophia Bunney launched the first time she tried ranch bronc riding, landing “quite a ways away from the horse.” " I'm very stubborn and I don't like being defeated," said the 18-year-old from Cessford, Alta.