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Team Sonnet bounces back with 4-3 win over Team Bauer at Secret Cup

Team Sonnet bounces back with 4-3 win over Team Bauer at Secret Cup

CALGARY — It was a bounce-back win for Team Sonnet at the Secret Cup women's hockey tournament in Calgary.
Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor

Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor

EDMONTON — The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won’t look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the city's mayor.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Wilks appeal of ruling on Calfrac recapitalization

Supreme Court refuses to hear Wilks appeal of ruling on Calfrac recapitalization

CALGARY — Calfrac Well Services Ltd. has won its legal battle with a Texas rival that mounted an unsuccessful takeover attempt after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal.
Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

EDMONTON — There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulator.
Calgary police cleared in fatal shooting of woman who was stabbing her son

Calgary police cleared in fatal shooting of woman who was stabbing her son

CALGARY — Alberta's police watchdog says Calgary police shot and killed a 33-year-old Indigenous woman to save her son.
Goldboro LNG builder Pieridae proposes carbon capture and power project in Alberta

Goldboro LNG builder Pieridae proposes carbon capture and power project in Alberta

CALGARY — The company behind a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility in Nova Scotia is planning a power plant and carbon capture facility at its central Alberta natural gas processing plant that will help offset its LNG project's future carb
Canadian drilling contractor association changes name to reflect energy transition

Canadian drilling contractor association changes name to reflect energy transition

CALGARY — A 72-year-old bastion of the Canadian oilpatch is changing its name and mandate in a sign of the times as the world aims to reduce its use of fossil fuels in favour of cleaner, greener forms of energy.
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015.
'Have a heart:' Advocate says Alberta has to follow science to treat opioid crisis

'Have a heart:' Advocate says Alberta has to follow science to treat opioid crisis

EDMONTON — Jamal Awl says it was difficult to return to a central Edmonton park after he watched three friends die together there last week from an apparent opioid overdose.
Oilers GM Ken Holland disgusted by racist comments directed at defenceman Ethan Bear

Oilers GM Ken Holland disgusted by racist comments directed at defenceman Ethan Bear

Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland says any racist comments directed to Indigenous defenceman Ethan Bear are "totally unacceptable" and "disgusting.
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