Alberta News

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province has stepped in to pay an outstanding $25,000 bill to a hotel where a social services agency dispatched patients in post-hospital recovery.

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — The mayor of Medicine Hat, Alta., has had her powers – and pay – greatly diminished after city council found she breached the code of conduct by failing to treat the city manager with "courtesy, dignity and respect.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers flipped a switch Thursday night and showed the team they believe themselves to be.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman scored his 47th and 48th goals, the second in Edmonton's five-goal third period, and the Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to rout the Buffalo Sabres 8-3 on Thursday night.

EDMONTON — Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward James Stefan to a three-year entry level contract Thursday.

Alberta's health minister says a non-profit agency that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide such support.

CALGARY — A consortium of Canada's largest oilsands companies will submit an application before the end of the week for approval of its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture pipeline project.

Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar will undergo season-ending hip surgery next week. Calgary starter Jacob Markstrom has been cleared for full practice and game participation from his lower-body injury, the club said Thursday in a statement.

CALGARY — A long-running legal battle is over for a Calgary private school that had been trying to overturn a tribunal's finding that it discriminated against two Muslim students who were barred from praying on campus.