Alberta

Inter Pipeline signs deal to sell majority of European storage business

CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. says it has signed a deal to sell a majority of its European bulk liquid storage business to the CLH Group for $715 million.The sale includes all of Inter Pipeline's bulk...

Sep 22, 2020

Obsidian Energy formalizes share swap bid for Calgary rival Bonterra Energy

CALGARY - Obsidian Energy Ltd. is formalizing its hostile takeover bid for rival Bonterra Energy Corp.It says it will offer two Obsidian shares for each Bonterra share until Jan. 4. The share-swap off...

Sep 21, 2020

Brooks death prompts warning not to spread misinformation on social media

BROOKS, AB- The death of an elderly man due to natural causes Saturday has prompted the Brooks RCMP and the City to advise residents not to spread misinformation on social media.According to the Brook...

Sep 21, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at U of A student residence

EDMONTON - A confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 at a student residence on the main campus of the University of Alberta means there will be no varsity athletics activities on the campus for the next 14 day...

Sep 21, 2020

RCMP in Alberta say man dead after he called 911 and told police he wanted shootout

CALLING LAKE, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta say a man is dead after he'd called them multiple times, telling them he wanted a gunfight with police.Police say officers in Athabasca, Alta. received multiple 9...

Sep 21, 2020

Charges laid in 2019 house fire and homicide west of Slave Lake

An arrest has been made in the death of a 30 year old man, who's body was located in a fire in Widewater in May of 2019. As crews were putting out a house fire in the small hamlet west of Slave Lake, ...

Sep 20, 2020

Four arrested in Airdrie after six people shot with BB guns

AIRDRIE, AB - Six people suffered minor injuries following a string of shootings with BB guns Friday night.At approximately 9:30 pm on Friday, Airdrie RCMP received multiple reports of men shooting gu...

Sep 19, 2020

COVID-19 case ‘likely transmitted’ within Edmonton school: Hinshaw

Alberta has recorded its first case of COVID-19 believed to have been transmitted within a school.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, announced Friday afternoon that the...

Sep 19, 2020

Premiers push for increase to health care funding from federal government

OTTAWA, ON - Four of Canada's premiers gathered in Ottawa Friday morning to discuss what they want from the federal Liberals' Throne Speech next week.Alberta's Jason Kenney, Manitoba's Brian Pallister...

Sep 19, 2020

Seven-year prison sentence in gas station death

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the gas-and-dash death of an Alberta gas station owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Mitchell Robert Sydlowski, who is 29...

Sep 18, 2020