Alberta News

Nordic Oil & Gas Ltd and partner Western Warner Oils Ltd. said Thursday they plan to apply to the province of Alberta for permits to build an underground coal gasification project at a Drumheller, Alta.

Canadians continue to fall prey to scam artists as new statistics show victims are increasingly being duped by frauds of all types.

A handout photo from a Red Deer, Alta., resident of a funnel cloud that became a tornado, touching down near the central Alberta city, on the evening of July 4, 2009.

EDMONTON Alberta is closing the books on its first deficit budget in 15 years. Premier Ed Stelmach's government says the fiscal year that ended in March had a shortfall of $852 million.

Changes that came into effect Wednesday could mean more 14-year-old scooter drivers on Alberta streets, a move that some applaud as a way to teach young riders responsibility and others insist is a safety hazard.

Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles comprise a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday.

Lloydminster Dodgers pitcher Lloyd Atkinson fires to the plate during a Sunday morning game against the High Prairie 86ers at the mena s fastball tournament at South Bear Creek Park in Grande Prairie this past weekend.

MICHAEL JACKSON LOS ANGELES _ The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official say as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.

A small car recovered in the swift-moving waters of the Athabasca River this afternoon was determined to be linked to two hunters who went missing five years ago, say Barrhead RCMP.

A Canadian soldier travelling through a hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by the senior commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.

The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough fight.

From the Nitro Nationals at Rocky Mountain Raceways to the Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway, IHRA's west coast swing continues this weekend as drivers from all over the globe converge on Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the seventh annual River Cree Resort and Casino Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Paradise RV.

The FLA Jobline lists library openings at the professional, technical and clerical levels, primarily in Calgary, Alberta, but also in other areas of the province.

The Calgary Farmers' Market is hoping to relocate to the Heritage Flea Market. The market currently attracts more than a million visitors a year so the new location, at 5 Street and 77 Avenue S.E., would be the perfect spot.

Brady Stockton and Robert Gates each shot 7-under 65 Thursday for a share of the first-round lead at the Canadian Tour's $150,000 TELUS Edmonton Open Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., coming off a Canadian Tour victory last week in Calgary, Danny Sahl of Sherwood Park, Alta., and Jim Rutledge of Victoria were part of a group one shot back of the ...

Premier Ed Stelmach has recruited some high-profile talent in hopes of ensuring Alberta's long-term prosperity.

The contrast between haves and have-nots in the Alberta oilpatch has seldom been so stark.

A British Columbia animal-rights group is at odds with its Alberta counterpart over claims of animal cruelty at Canada's largest and most famous rodeo.

Alberta Treasury Board president Lloyd Snelgrove, left, and Alberta Finance Minister Lyle Oberg, right, speak to Premier Ed Stelmach following the provincial government's budget presentation at the Legislature in Edmonton in this file shot from 2007.

Trooper James Lavoie, of Calgary, shows his true Canada Day colours on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, Afghanistan.