As uncertainty continues over the H1N1 pandemic, veterinary clinics in Calgary have been inundated with calls from people worried about their family pets.

Premier Ed Stelmach appeared to largely ignore his critics Saturday as Alberta Progressive Conservatives voted on his leadership while 700 people protested outside.

Russian pianists Georgy Tchaidze and Evgeny Starodubtsev captured first and second laureate after five finalists performed Thursday and Friday nights in Calgary.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders can wrap up first place in the CFL West, a bye week and the chance to host the division final if they can beat the visiting Calgary Stampeders on Saturday

Sean Avery will return to his very own house of ill-fame Saturday night when his New York Rangers visit the Calgary Flames at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Hockey Night in Canada (10 p.m., CBC, CBCSports.ca).

Decision time for delegates to Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party convention arrives Saturday morning, when they begin voting in a leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach.

Mayor Stephen Mandel has returned to Edmonton with the Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership, after a special ceremony with Prince Charles on Wednesday in Toronto.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told CBC News Friday he makes regular visits to the Obama White House, but he denied he still influences policy-making.

A 24-hour shelter has opened in central Alberta to house homeless people with the flu.

Alberta children under 10 with chronic health conditions and parents of babies will be able to get a swine flu vaccination, starting Tuesday.

Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. said Friday it plans to sell up to $4 billion in assets next year.

A small kitchen appliance likely started a fire in southwest Calgary that turned seven people out of their homes.

A cement truck driver who killed five people when he plowed into the back of a car is appealing his sentence.

Canada's unemployment rate rose slightly in October, with the economy shedding 43,200 jobs in the month.

Dion Phaneuf's goal 2:50 into overtime gave the Calgary Flames a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.

Members of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party are gathering in Red Deer for a convention this weekend where the main event will be a secret-ballot vote on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

The Alberta government spent $383,000 on private charter planes for Conservative MLAs and cabinet ministers, even though the province has its own fleet of planes, CBC News has learned.

A puppy abandoned in the parking lot of a Calgary veterinary hospital with a severely broken leg and head trauma should make a full recovery.

The Northwest Territories hopes to convince Alberta to sign a transboundary water agreement by 2011, Environment Minister Michael Miltenberger says.

Prairie flax farmers are worried they will be forced to undergo costly testing to regain their soured reputation with Europe.