Alberta News

EDMONTON — Nikolas Ledgerwood scored in the 27th minute as Cavalry FC went on to beat Edmonton FC 1-0 on Wednesday in Canadian Premiere League action. Calgary's Cavalry FC (6-1-4) jumped Forge FC of Hamilton for first place in fall league standings.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has made changes and apologized to the families involved after video was aired of a deceased person in a body bag being manhandled outside the medical examiner's office.

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, saying programs aimed at getting people sober have too often been neglected in favour of harm reduction, has announced more than $80 million in funding for 4,000 spaces to treat those with addictions.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames are bringing Michael Stone back after buying out the defenceman's contract. The Flames and Stone agreed to a one-year contract worth US$700,000, the team announced Wednesday.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. missed its own early guidance as it lost $2.2 million in the fourth quarter on $98.9 million in net revenues. Revenues increased from $19.1 million a year ago and were up 52 per cent from $65.

EDMONTON — The Force is with this young transplant patient. Mason Thomas was six when he received a new heart at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. He asked to see his damaged one but it was discarded after the surgery.

CALGARY — Global demand for crude oil appears to have weakened recently in many parts of the world, according to The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Tiny eyes blinking at him from the rockface of the Burgess Shale drew Jean-Bernard Caron to the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of today's spiders and scorpions.

CALGARY — A man in Calgary is in critical condition after suffering burns from an apparent flare-up in a backyard fire pit. Emergency responders were called to a northeast home Tuesday evening after reports of an explosion in the area.

TORONTO — Anthony Johnson and James Makokis hoped being the first Indigenous, two-spirit couple to compete on The Amazing Race Canada would give them a national platform to highlight issues close to their hearts.