Tens of thousands of Alberta voters will have a chance to cast ballots during the next week as advanced polls open in three provincial byelections.

A round of thunderstorms is potentially in store for parts of Alberta today, bringing with them high wind gusts and large hail.

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge has convicted a man of manslaughter in the 2023 killing of a woman who was stabbed in the head with a steak knife. Blake Bird was initially charged with second-degree murder after the woman was discovered on a couch with the knife in her head outside a home on the Paul Band First Nation.

With cases of measles in Alberta at their highest in decades, the provincial government is encouraging people to get vaccinated against the virus. However, measles vaccines are not publicly available at pharmacies unlike other routine vaccinations.

Alberta has surpassed 900 cases of measles since the beginning of March. Data from the provincial government’s dashboard shows 53 more cases were confirmed over the weekend, bringing Alberta’s total to 932.

A candy store in West Edmonton sells treats that are often hard to find in other local stores — like Gobstoppers and Good & Plenty — items that are mostly made in the U.S. The store owner told CityNews they’ve been hit hard by U.

When the immunization rates go down and you have a lot of unprotected people in the communities, usually the first vaccine-preventable disease to come back is measles, said Constantinescu on a measles episode of CBC Radio's Alberta at Noon.

BANFF, Alta. — The heads of the world’s richest economies are converging on Alberta today for one of the most high-stakes G7 meetings in recent memory amid a U.S.-led global tariff war and the growing crisis in the Middle East.

The Health Sciences Association of Alberta says that is the best way to protect patients, reduce hospitalizations, and keep the health-care system strong. Smith says the aim of the new policy, announced last week, is to prevent wastage, recover costs, and protect those who need it the most by giving them the COVID shot for free.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she likes the federal government's plan to reduce the approval times of major infrastructure projects down to two years, and she hopes Canada can revise other legislation to "improve investor confidence.