Alberta News

RED DEER, Alta. — An Alberta judge has thrown out the case of a man accused of carrying counterfeit money because evidence showed the bills were very clearly Chinese knockoffs.

CALGARY — A sentencing hearing for a Calgary couple who killed their badly burned and emaciated toddler has been delayed because the judge fell ill.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed goaltender Owen Say to a one-year, two-way contract, the NHL team announced Monday. The contract kicks in next season and is worth US$872,500 at the NHL level. Say, from London, Ont.

CALGARY — The Western Hockey League has awarded an expansion franchise to Penticton, B.C. for the 2025-26 season. The WHL made the announcement Monday, in addition to initiating a franchise application process for Chilliwack, B.C.

PENICHE — Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks finished third at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal after losing to American Gabriela Bryan in semifinal action Sunday in the third event of the season on the World Surf League's elite Championship Tour.

EDMONTON — Chalk one up for the rank and file on the Edmonton Oilers.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored three goals for his fourth career hat trick, and the Edmonton Oilers held on to beat the Seattle Kraken 5-4 on Saturday night.

EDMONTON — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had three goals for the hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers dug deep without their two top forwards to record a narrow 5-4 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.

EDMONTON — Jordon Kosikowie has been thinking a lot about what would happen if Alberta joined the United States. The 35-year-old works in the oil and gas industry in the Edmonton area and says life has been hard in recent years.

EDMONTON — Lorne Thurston and Joseph McIntyre were planning to get an up-close look at the Wayne Gretzky statue in downtown Edmonton on Friday, when they realized it had been smeared with what appeared to be — and strongly smelled like — feces.