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Over 25,000 residents in Alberta, Canada, are ordered to evacuate because of wildfires.
2023-05-6

Alberta reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil.
2021-03-14

Premier Jason Kenney announces that the province will ban indoor gatherings, suspend classes for students, and reduce retail store capacities to stop the spread of COVID-19.
2020-11-24

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces new restrictions that will suspend indoor group fitness programs, team sports, group performance activities, limit the number of people who attend weddings and funeral services to 50 and reduce operating hours for restaurants, bars and pubs in the areas that are under enhanced status from tomorrow until November 27. It comes after Alberta reports a record 860 cases.
2020-11-12

Alberta general election, 2015: Voters in the Canadian province of Alberta go to the polls with the New Democratic Party, led by Rachel Notley, winning a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly for the first time ever. The Progressive Conservative Party, which had ruled for more than 40 years, not only loses its majority, but also finishes behind the Wildrose Party.
2015-05-5

Former Premier of Alberta Ralph Klein dies in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 70.
2013-03-29

Voters in the Canadian province of Alberta go to the polls for a general election with the incumbent Progressive Conservatives being reelected.
2012-04-23

Three members of the Shafia family are convicted of murder in relation to the Shafia family deaths in the Canadian city of Kingston, Ontario.
2012-01-29

An out-of-control forest fire near the Canadian town of Fort McMurray in Alberta causes the closure of Highway 63.
2011-09-25

United States nurse William Francis Melchert-Dinkel is convicted of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman.
2011-03-15