In Alberta, the new tax is part of a larger plan to help it reduce emissions while diversifying its oil-rich economy. The tax officially began Sunday, adding pennies to the price of gasoline.

A large turnout for Justin Trudeau during an Alberta byelection campaign wasn't enough of a push for the Liberals in the federal constituency of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner.

A page on the department’s website states the proposed amendments would add fresh and frozen raw ground beef to a list of foods that are already permitted to undergo radiation treatment.

Wildfires that levelled neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray slowed their rampage through tinder dry forest in northern Alberta on Sunday, allowing firefighters in the oilpatch city to focus on hotspots.