Alberta News

EDMONTON — It would cost Alberta hundreds of millions of dollars more to set up and run a provincial police force, but it ultimately could provide more cost-effective law enforcement, says a report.

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CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd.'s chief executive lauded "what a difference a year makes" as the Calgary-based company reported its highest third-quarter production in more than 30 years against a backdrop of surging oil prices.

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.