Alberta

Coastal Gas Link blockades a 'dress rehearsal' for future project fights; Kenney

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal" for opposition to...

Feb 11, 2020

Kitimat LNG partner takes $720-million writedown of project and gas fields

CALGARY - A partner in the proposed Kitimat LNG project on the B.C. coast warns that it will record a $720-million after-tax writedown on its investments in Western Canada.Australia-based Woodside Pet...

Feb 11, 2020

UCP unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet.His predecessor, Rachel...

Feb 11, 2020 Photo: Colton McKee

Peterson wanting to put Alberta back in the PMO

Rick Peterson says he wants to ensure that Alberta and Western Canada are represented in the Prime Minister's Office once again.Peterson, who announced his intention to run for the Conservative Party ...

Feb 11, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo

Safety device not working before fatal glider crash

BLACK DIAMOND- The Transportation Safety Board says pilots of a tow plane and a glider couldn't see each other before they collided mid-air southwest of Calgary last year.Neither the weather nor sun p...

Feb 11, 2020

Alberta couple aboard quarantined cruise ship

A couple from Red Deer, Alberta, don't have a balcony or window in their tiny stateroom as they wait out a quarantine aboard a luxury cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan, but they say they're feelin...

Feb 11, 2020

Seven Generations signs deal with Quebec natural gas distributor

CALGARY - Seven Generations Energy Ltd. is the first to land a supply contract with Quebec's major natural gas distributor based on obtaining certification for its responsible production of the heatin...

Feb 11, 2020 Photo: Seven Generations Energy Ltd.

One dead after collision near Morinville Sunday

MORINVILLE, Alta. - The RCMP say a man is dead and five others, including three children, are in hospital after a head-on crash near Morinville.They say two SUV's collided late Sunday afternoon on Hig...

Feb 10, 2020

UCP contract proposal has created "kind of a powder keg": UNA head

EDMONTON - The head of the United Nurses of Alberta says she has not seen such regressive contract demands from the province since the strike year of 1988.Heather Smith says some nurses have been aski...

Feb 10, 2020 Photo: United Nurses of Alberta

Medicine Hat group set to join protest against GasLink project

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat is set to become the latest community to join a growing number of protests against the Coastal GasLink project and in support of a B.C. First Nation.Dave Condon, chair ...

Feb 10, 2020