Alberta

Four new cases in Alberta, health officials recommend cancellation of bigger events

Alberta has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The province's chief medical health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, says the cases include a two-year-old who had travelled with family to Florida. The ch...

Mar 12, 2020

Downtown Calgary daycare closed after child tests positive for COVID-19

CALGARY - A daycare in a downtown Calgary office tower has closed after a child tested positive for COVID-19.Suncor Energy spokeswoman Erin Rees says the Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre is closed unt...

Mar 12, 2020

TransAlta and Tidewater sell Pioneer Pipeline to TC Energy for $255 million

CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. and its partner Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. have signed a deal to sell the Pioneer Pipeline to a subsidiary of TC Energy Corp. for $255 million.The Pioneer Pi...

Mar 12, 2020

Birchcliff Energy cutting spending

CALGARY - Players in Canada's oilpatch are continuing to cut capital spending plans in the wake of this week's sharp plunge in oil prices. After markets closed Wednesday, Birchcliff Energy Ltd. said i...

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Seven Generations and MEG Energy cutting capital spending plans for 2020

CALGARY - A pair of big names in Canada's oilpatch is cutting their capital spending plans in the wake of the sharp plunge in oil prices.Seven Generations Energy Ltd. is lowering its 2020 capital inve...

Mar 11, 2020

Number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta up to 14

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health has confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total up to 14. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says three of the cases are in the Edmonton zone, wh...

Mar 10, 2020

Cenovus announces 32 per cent cut to spending plan amid price drop

CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. says it is cutting its capital spending plan for this year by 32 per cent due to the recent plunge in world oil prices.The company says it now plans between $900 million ...

Mar 10, 2020 Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix (Canadian Press File Photo)

Hamlet in Kneehill County evacuated after train collides with propane truck

THREE HILLS, Alta. - People in the hamlet of Swalwell northeast of Calgary were forced from their homes Monday afternoon after a Canadian National freight train collided with a tanker truck carrying p...

Mar 10, 2020 Photo: Facebook / Kneehill County

Money manager advises not to panic during market turmoil

Plunging stock markets are prompting at least one local money manager to call for calm and for investors not to panic.Dion Zukiwsky, Branch Manager and Director of Wealth Management at Scotia Wealth M...

Mar 10, 2020 Associated Press File Photo

Finance minister says gov will provide steady hand amid oil price meltdown

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta's finance minister was in Medicine Hat Monday but even as he spoke to a gathered crowd of about 50 residents, oil prices were tanking with Opposition Leader Rachel Notley ca...

Mar 09, 2020