Alberta

TC Energy says it is going ahead with US$8-billion Keystone XL project

CALGARY - TC Energy Corp. says it is going ahead with construction of its US$8-billion Keystone XL Pipeline project.The 1,947-kilometre project will be able to carry 830,000 barrels per day of crude o...

Mar 31, 2020

Alberta cuts energy war room budget by 90% due to COVID-19

EDMONTON - Alberta's $30-million-a-year energy war room is drastically cutting its budget due to COVID-19.The province announced late Monday that the Canadian Energy Centre is reducing its current ope...

Mar 30, 2020

WATCH: Province provides COVID-19 update for March 30

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other provincial officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 4:30 p.m. The province added 119 confirmed cases over the we...

Mar 30, 2020

AHS partners with tech company to enable rapid COVID-19 testing

Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Canadian technology company Spartan Bioscience are teaming up to enable rapid testing in the province for COVID-19.Spartan Bioscience Inc. is in the late stages o...

Mar 30, 2020 Photo Credit: Alberta Health Services

AHEIA makes Alberta Fishing Education Program available free of charge

The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors' Association is making its Alberta Fishing Education program available online and free to the public.The release of the program is for those who are self-isola...

Mar 30, 2020 A young man fishing at the County Sportsplex pond (Photo: County of Grande Prairie)

Oilsands producers in the red as blended bitumen price dips below $4 per barrel

CALGARY - Analysts say oilsands producers are likely losing money or barely breaking even as prices for Western Canadian Select bitumen-blend crude dipped as low as US$3.82 per barrel on Monday.Michae...

Mar 30, 2020

Alberta doctors send letter asking government to delay health-care restructuring

EDMONTON - Hundreds of Alberta doctors have signed an open letter asking the provincial government to delay its proposed health-care restructuring.The changes, which are to take effect Wednesday, incl...

Mar 30, 2020

Calgary police search for suspect in fatal, early morning shooting

CALGARY - A man has been shot and killed in Calgary.Calgary police say the early morning shooting happened in the northeast part of the city.Paramedics located a critically injured man as police respo...

Mar 30, 2020

Alberta adds 40 new COVID-19 cases as province reports third fatality Sunday

The North zone reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the province added its lowest count of cases since last Sunday, with 40 new cases being recorded by the province.However, the ...

Mar 29, 2020

Falher, High Level areas add first confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday

The province's COVID-19 aggregate data website is reporting the first five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Falher area on Saturday, as the province as a whole added 79 new cases to bring Alberta's ...

Mar 28, 2020 The Falher area added its first five confirmed cases on Saturday, while the High Level area (highlighted at the top) added its first case (Photo: Government of Alberta)