Alberta News

CALGARY — Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and receiver Dominique Rhymes want their shared history to be an advantage, for each other and their new team, as both men settle into becoming Calgary Stampeders.

CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company at the centre of a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares was fined $10,000 Tuesday, with parents of some of the hundreds of children who fell ill saying it wasn't enough. Fueling Minds Inc.

GRANDE PRAIRIE — A northern Alberta city replacing the RCMP with its own municipal police force says it is nearly halfway to its officer recruitment target.

HALIFAX — At a Mezza Lebanese Kitchen restaurant, Tony Nahas demonstrates slicing from a spit of roasting chicken much as his father did — with a razor-sharp knife dropping the aromatic meat from grill to gathering tray.

EDMONTON — Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure only “age-appropriate” books are available in school libraries.

SWAN HILLS — An evacuation order has been issued for a town in northern Alberta as a wildfire burns nearby. Officials say a wildfire is burning seven kilometres north of Swan Hills.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has called three byelections to take place on June 23. The three vacant ridings are Edmonton-Strathcona, Edmonton-Ellerslie and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

EDMONTON — Alberta has seen more than 600 cases of measles since early March, as 19 more cases of the highly contagious disease have been confirmed.

EDMONTON — Stuart Skinner had peeled off half of his equipment and was handed a headset.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers weren’t lacking in guys who made an impact on Sunday.