Alberta News

CALGARY — AltaGas Ltd. says it has agreed to pay $715 million in cash to privately held SAM Holdings Ltd. to double its ownership share in oil and gas liquids handling firm Petrogas Energy Corp. to 74 per cent.

EDMONTON — Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of an Edmonton man. A statement from the Edmonton Police Service says an arrest warrant has been issued for 31-year-old Aaron Atchooay.

AIRDRIE, Alta. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government's political staffers have taken a seven per cent pay cut and he's using that as a warning to the province's public-sector unions.

AIRDRIE, Alta. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is still hopeful about the future of the Keystone XL pipeline, even if the Democrats win the U.S. election next month.

CALGARY — Higher oil prices are expected to bolster returns as Canadian energy companies report third-quarter results over the next few weeks but observers say a recent stall in the crude price recovery and ongoing oil market uncertainty make increas

CALGARY — The Western Hockey League has announced that its regular season will open on Jan. 8, 2021.

RED DEER, Alta. — A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta has been found fit to stand trial after a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour, 54, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Dr.

Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his “killer resume.” The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the Badlands region of southeastern Alberta.

CALGARY — An facilitator of international skiing in Canada has died. Darrell MacLachlan was chief of race for men's alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, B.C., and the annual World Cup downhill races in Lake Louise, Alta.

EDMONTON — Alberta's finance minister says he expects all provincial departments to make recommendations similar to cuts recently announced by the health ministry for next year's budget.