Honestly, residential tenancy acts and agreements differ GREATLY b/w provinces (shockingly so, sometimes), that you best bet it to call the Alberta Tenancy Board. I can almost guarantee that there is little to NO similarities b/w the Acts in BC and AB.
This situation has too many variables to come to some type of summation. Without knowing the law/regulations/guidelines in AB, I can't offer a lot of help.
My only advice:
-Read the AB tenancy act and/or call an information officer
-define you landlord/tenant/owner relationship
-investigate subletting and you rights...landlord rights....owner rights....fuck, is it even allowed?
-Get contact information for the owner. If your 'landlord' won't give it to you, find it somewhere else....be resourceful! Introduce yourself to him.
Good luck and don't forget to update us
