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Nominations are now open for Alberta's Minister's Infrastructure Awards, recognizing innovation in public design and construction. The government is particularly encouraging submissions from rural areas this year.

Cam Davies, a candidate for the Republican Party of Alberta seeking election in the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills by-election, is advocating for a binding independence referendum, arguing that Alberta is not getting a fair deal within Canada.

Parks Canada is attempting to change the behaviour of a young black bear in Banff National Park using aversive conditioning techniques. The bear has developed a taste for human food, and officials are hoping to reverse this dangerous trend before it's too late.

The upcoming G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis and the demanding schedules of Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney make seeing the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday impossible.

The former Humboldt Broncos player, paralyzed from the chest down in the 2018 bus crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others, has been in a wheelchair for the past seven years. On Thursday a new exoskeleton allowed him to walk along a 40-foot track in Calgary.

Highway 2 was temporarily transformed into a modern-day Jurassic Park as three colossal animatronic dinosaurs were hauled from Calgary to Innisfail. The prehistoric cargo's journey went from Calgary Zoo all the way to Discovery Wildlife Park.

Alberta residents now have stronger privacy protections and easier access to government information thanks to new laws that came into effect this week.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting Trump and world leaders from France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy and the European Union for the three-day summit starting Sunday in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Calgary.

Former Canadian prime ministers Joe Clark and Jean Chrétien and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are among the notable names set to speak at a conference today ahead of next week's G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.