Alberta

Attempts to close Line 5 pipeline a "threat" to consumers; Suncor CEO

CALGARY - The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says attempts by Michigan state politicians to retire the Line 5 pipeline running through a Great Lakes channel is a "huge potential threat" for consumers in Mi...

Jul 07, 2020

Province tables bill to modernize Alberta’s health care system

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is proposing legislation that would accelerate approvals of private clinics in order to get more surgeries done.It's one of the changes proposed in the Health Statute...

Jul 06, 2020

New admissions barred at Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton amid growing COVID-19 outbreak

EDMONTON - A hospital in west Edmonton is tightening restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to increase at the facility.An outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital was first declared by Albert...

Jul 06, 2020

Global oil demand rebound from COVID-19 lows prompts price spike forecasts

CALGARY - Oil analysts say a rebound in the world's hunger for oil has already started after demand destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic fell far short of what many experts had expected.Amrita ...

Jul 06, 2020

Alberta adds sandhill crane hunting season

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced there will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall - a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government...

Jul 06, 2020

Province to give out another 20 million free masks

Alberta Health is distributing another 20 million non-medical masks through fast food chains A&W, McDonald's and Tim Horton's.The free masks, which come in packs of four, will be given out startin...

Jul 05, 2020

Alberta NDP MP concerned over lack of Conservative attendance at virtual committee meetings

EDMONTON - Alberta's only non-Conservative member of Parliament says she's disappointed some of the province's Tory MPs haven't been participating in virtual House of Commons special COVID-19 committe...

Jul 05, 2020

Biden could be swayed to supporting Keystone XL: Kenney

OYEN, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he believes United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden can be swayed to supporting the Keystone XL pipeline.The presumptive Democratic nominee has vow...

Jul 05, 2020

Three killed in plane crash south of Edmonton

LEDUC COUNTY, Alta. - RCMP say three people have died in a plane crash south of Edmonton.Mounties say they were alerted Friday morning that a float plane went down in a field in Leduc County.Three bod...

Jul 03, 2020

Construction begins on Alberta section of Keystone XL pipeline

OYEN, AB - Around 2,000 construction workers are on-site for the start of construction on the Keystone XL pipeline.Premier Jason Kenney spoke in Oyen Friday morning, the starting point for the Alberta...

Jul 03, 2020