This year, Albertans won’t find out if there’s coal in their stockings until after Christmas.

As Alberta grapples with a surgical backlog, one family received the news that after a necessary medical procedure was pushed back because of the pandemic, now no more treatment options remain.

Alberta is set to relax COVID-19 restrictions next week so more people can gather together for Christmas. Premier Jason Kenney detailed his own holiday plans Friday, which he said would not comply if he left current fourth-wave restrictions in place.

The government of Alberta is celebrating the progress in construction at the new Calgary Cancer Centre in the city’s northwest.

About $20,000 in stolen fire-fighting equipment and several stolen firearms have been recovered in a northern Alberta small town.