Alberta News

CALGARY — As the curtain rises on the 10-day extravaganza that is the famed Calgary Stampede, homebuyers are also stampeding to snap up real estate in Alberta's largest city.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — RCMP in Peace River, Alta are investigating a suspected case of arson last month. Just before 1:30 on June 23, police were called to Cessna Road for reports of a business fire.

SMOKY LAKE, Alta. — The Métis Nation of Alberta is celebrating the birth of two bison calves at a cultural park northeast of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says the cyberattack that affected the company's Petro-Canada retail chain also resulted in the leakage of some customer data.

CALGARY — A report by Deloitte Canada forecasts crude oil prices will increase modestly over the next three months. The report by the firm's resource evaluation and advisory group says lower supply will begin to drain global crude inventories.

CALGARY — Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-year-old from Camrose, Alta.

CALGARY — A garage fire in Calgary's Saddle Ridge neighbourhood has destroyed two homes and damaged several others. At about 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, the Calgary Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting a garage fire on Savanna Way NE.

Edmonton police are looking for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of a collision between a motorcycle and an ETS bus in southeast Edmonton Wednesday afternoon. Officers were called to the 106 Avenue and 79 Street area at around 3:30 p.m.

CALGARY — Canadian hockey player Michael Stone has retired and joined the Calgary Flames as a staff member. Calgary says Stone has joined as the newest member of their player development team.

EDMONTON — CBC News is retracting a report alleging someone in Premier Danielle Smith’s office emailed Crown prosecutors to question and challenge the handling of cases involving COVID-19 protests in Alberta that blocked traffic at a U.S.