Labour activist Gil McGowan has officially entered the race to run for leader of the Alberta NDP.

If Brent Stark has his way, the Whitecourt Wolverines are staying put. Rumour has it the current owners want to move the Junior ‘A’ squad to Devon, said Stark, who sold it to the Parkland Hockey Group out of Spruce Grove three years ago.

An Alberta man has been sentenced to 12 months house arrest in the death of Beaumont mother Treasa Oberly.

Health experts in Alberta are urging parents to make sure their children are fully vaccinated for measles and that their booster shots are up to date as the contagious virus begins to spread in communities across Canada.

A man has turned himself into police in connection with the sexual assault of a child at an Edmonton recreation centre.