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EDMONTON — A two-term legislature member from Edmonton has joined the Alberta NDP leadership race. Rakhi Pancholi, who made the announcement early Thursday in a video on social media, said her campaign will focus on growth, opportunity and optimism.

Alberta will field more firefighters, more volunteers and more high-tech gear as it braces for what it expects will be another busy wildfire season, the province's forestry minister said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Premier Danielle Smith says no matter the outcome of the United States election, there will be challenges for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and Alberta.

CALGARY — The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been cited for environmental non-compliance related to its management of recent flooding in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. has announced a deal to buy the 90 per cent stake they don't already own in medical cannabis company MedReleaf Australia.

CALGARY — When Liam Gill felt he didn't belong, snowboarding came to his rescue. Diagnosed with a language processing disorder and dyslexia, Gill struggled to understand and make himself understood in school.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Pospisil to a two-year contract extension. The deal carries an annual average value of US$1 million.

CALGARY — An officer has been charged with sexual assault more than three years after the province's police watchdog began investigating the alleged offence.

VANCOUVER — Two trucking firms say the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government wrongly concluded they were "one operation" after an overpass crash last December, and want a court to let them both back on the province's road. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½-based Chohan Freight Forwarders Ltd.

Sixteen-year-old Aspen Cervo says he began thinking about a student walkout over the Alberta government's planned policies around transgender youth right after Premier Danielle Smith announced them last week.