As a popular Calgary recreation facility heads into a year-long closure for repairs, most of the staff at the Talisman Centre are preparing for lay offs.

Calgary Flames backup goalie Curtis McElhinney stemmed the tide as long as he could in the third period, but T.J. Oshie of the St. Louis Blues roofed a puck into the net for the game winner in a 4-3 result

Jayna Hefford of Kingston, Ont., scored a pair of goals to pace the Canadian women's hockey team in a 6-2 win over the U.S. in Tuesday's exhibition game.

Edmonton city council approves the proposed southwest and west routes of the LRT in a vote Tuesday afternoon.

A couple in central Alberta is keeping an injured moose and its calf fed through the winter with donated fruits and vegetables.

Sean O'Donnell scored the winner short-handed with 4:33 remaining as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday night.

A 25-year-old woman has been charged after a stabbing early Monday morning in south Edmonton, police say.

The victim of a fatal stabbing death in a downtown rooming house in Edmonton has been identified as 29-year-old Jonathan Blaine Nepoose, police said Tuesday.

A derailment near Shell Canada's Scotford refinery, about 40 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, caused 15 cars to leave the tracks in the railyard, CN Rail said Tuesday.

The Conservative government has not ruled out giving special breaks to oilsands companies when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, Environment Minister Jim Prentice says.

Chilly Alberta has already broken a power use record set just last week.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach's first foray into the world of social media is getting a thumbs-down from an Edmonton blogger and social media expert.

The Edmonton Food Bank is blaming the recession and the recent cold snap for much lower donations this Christmas.

The Conservative government has considered abandoning some of the greenhouse gas reduction goals set out in its 2007 green plan and allowing weaker targets for the oil and gas sector, documents obtained by CBC News suggest.

Ice on the Bow River and a rising water table are being blamed for a parkade flood that created a big mess for residents of a downtown Calgary condo building.

A Calgary bus company that transports children with special needs says it will be difficult to replace one of its stolen buses.

Calgary's Silver Dollar Casino has been bought by Colorado-based Century Casinos, Inc. in a $10.6-million US deal.

The near-death experience of an Edmonton man who caught a ride on a train near Wetaskiwin, Alta., last week shows he was "obviously not a train-hopper," says a man whose passion is grabbing illegal rides on the rails.