Alberta News

CALGARY — An Alberta judge has sentenced a former mayoral candidate to 17 years in prison after he was caught with a kilogram of high-potency fentanyl hidden in cereal boxes.

CALGARY — The defence concluded its case Friday in the trial of a man who has admitted to the murder of his girlfriend but denies he also killed her 22-month-old daughter.

CALGARY — Shaw Communications Inc. says it remains committed to its deal to be bought by Rogers Communications Inc. as it reported its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 40 per cent compared with a year ago.

CALGARY — TransAlta Renewables Inc. lowered its financial guidance for this year as it said it has found cracks in several foundations of the turbines at a wind farm in New Brunswick where a tower collapsed earlier this month.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has introduced legislation that it says would help municipalities recoup some of the millions of dollars in unpaid property taxes they're owed by energy companies.

CALGARY — A Crown prosecutor raised the possibility of an even more sinister reason for the death of a Calgary woman and her 22-month-old daughter two years ago.

CALGARY — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. says it has completed the acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd. The transaction was approved near unanimously by Inter Pipeline shareholders and received final approval from an Alberta court.

EDMONTON — Alberta's jobs minister says he heard rumours about his chief of staff raising a sexual harassment issue which she alleges led to her being fired by the premier’s office.

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting another decline in COVID-19 cases but the province's chief medical officer of health is urging people to continue following public health orders over the Halloween weekend.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. is doubling its dividend and restoring it to pre-pandemic levels as it continues to pay down debt and ramp up production in the wake of higher oil prices. Shares in the Calgary-based oil producer and refiner closed up $3.