Alberta News

CALGARY — The National Sport School in Calgary that has produced Olympic and Paralympic champions will survive at least one more year.

EDMONTON — The times may soon be a-changin' in Alberta. Premier Jason Kenney says about 90 per cent of Albertans recently surveyed said they wanted to scrap daylight time and stop changing clocks by an hour twice a year.

CALGARY — Part of Syncrude Canada's oilsands mining complex in northern Alberta remains out of commission following a fire last Sunday evening.

OTTAWA — A huge second quarter propelled the No. 5 Western Mustangs to an 86-72 win over the No. 4 Alberta Golden Bears in the opening quarterfinal at the U Sports men's basketball championship on Friday.

EDMONTON — Three new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench are all from Edmonton. Melanie Hayes-Richards, Nathan Whitling and Shaina Leonard have been named to the superior court. Hayes-Richards, who was born in Pointe Claire, Que.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Josh Archibald to a two-year contract extension.

Calgary's Olympic speedskating oval has cancelled a pair of international events due to the international outbreak of the new coronavirus.

CALGARY — An Alberta judge will hand down her verdict March 20 in the case of a Calgary man charged with murdering his four-year-old daughter in 2014.

CALGARY — Shares in Vermilion Energy Inc. fell by as much as 16 per cent Friday morning after it cut its dividend in half to deal with weakness in commodity prices linked to economic fallout from the novel coronavirus.

EDMONTON — Canadian country star Brett Kissel is planning a relief concert in Edmonton to help those affected by a tornado that ripped through Nashville earlier this week. The Flat Lake, Alta.