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• Alberta families honour memory of fallen soldiers to commemorate National Peacekeepers' Day

  Family members, friends and veterans gathered Sunday to pay their respects and remember the lives of Albertans who died while fighting in peacekeeping missions and support operations around the world.

  

• Angela Pitt resigns from Rajan Sawhney's leadership campaign

  Airdrie MLA Angela Pitt has announced she's stepping away from her role as chair in Rajan Sawhney's leadership campaign.

  

• Firefighters extinguish 2-alarm fire in southwest Calgary

  Fire crews say functional smoke alarms are being credited with saving the residents of a southwest Calgary home after a blaze broke out early Sunday.

  

• Tour bus and car involved in crash in northwest Calgary

  Two people are in hospital following a crash on Nose Hill Drive N.W. on Saturday evening.

  

• Alberta jobs minister resigns position, will quit as MLA

  Alberta's Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Doug Schweitzer announced Friday that he offered his resignation to the premier, saying "it was an honour" to serve in Kenney's government.

• Woman flown to hospital following serious crash north of Cochrane

  A 24-year-old woman was flown to hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance after a crash on a highway north of the town of Cochrane on Saturday.

• Second-degree murder charge laid in death of Banff, Alta. man

  RCMP are continuing to investigate the first homicide case in the town of Banff in several decades that stemmed from a disagreement inside a local pub.

• Man shot by police in southeast Calgary incident

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the circumstances that led up to a police officer shooting a suspect in southeast Calgary on Friday.

• RCMP respond to Chestermere armed pharmacy robbery

  Mounties are investigating a Saturday armed robbery of a Chestermere pharmacy where three people pulled a weapon and demanded money and narcotics.

• Air Canada denying passenger compensation claims for staff shortages, citing safety

  Air Canada denied a customer complaint and instructed employees to classify flight cancellations caused by staff shortages as a "safety" problem, which would exclude travellers from compensation under federal regulations. That policy remains in place.

• Montreal Pride parade cancelled hours before event due to lack of volunteers

  Montreal's Pride Parade has been cancelled due to a lack of volunteers able to guarantee a secure event.

• 'Amanda got justice': Dutch man accused in B.C. teen sextortion case found guilty on all charges

  A Dutch man accused of tormenting British Columbia teen Amanda Todd via online threats has been found guilty of all charges he faced in connection with the case, a jury ruled on Saturday.

• Shift in war's front seen as grain leaves Ukraine, power plant hit

  Four more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received authorization Sunday to leave the country's Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the ports to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

• Actress Anne Heche has 'long recovery ahead' after car crash

  Anne Heche remains hospitalized and in intensive care after a car she was driving crashed into a residence in Los Angeles on Friday and became engulfed in flames.