Alberta News

IEA report warns oil and gas companies against banking on carbon capture

CALGARY — Carbon capture and storage has become a key plank of the Canadian oil and gas sector's decarbonization goals, but a new report from the International Energy Agency warns against banking on the technology as the planet continues to warm.

Nov 23, 2023 12:41 PM Read more >

Case adjourned in alleged Alberta high school locker room assault

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — There was another court appearance Wednesday for four members of an Alberta high school football team charged with the sexual assault of a teammate last month.

Nov 22, 2023 4:02 PM Read more >

Calgary police chief apologizes to two brothers who were wrongly charged in shooting

Calgary's police chief apologized Tuesday to two teenage brothers who were facing charges in a fatal shooting after homicide investigators received new video evidence on the case.

Nov 21, 2023 8:40 PM Read more >

Alberta government won't say if it will hold December in-person CPP-exit town halls

EDMONTON — The Alberta government won’t confirm if it will follow through on its promise to meet with citizens face to face in December to discuss quitting the Canada Pension Plan.

Nov 21, 2023 3:47 PM Read more >

Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares enters not guilty plea

CALGARY — A company that runs a commercial kitchen at the centre of an E. coli outbreak at multiple Calgary daycares has entered a not guilty plea to municipal bylaw charges. The City of Calgary charged Fueling Minds Inc.

Nov 21, 2023 2:40 PM Read more >

Alberta man accused of murder in 1976 death of Calgary teen retains a lawyer

COCHRANE, Alta. — The family of a teen killed in 1976 sat in the front row of the courtroom gallery Tuesday as the man accused in her death had his second appearance.

Nov 21, 2023 1:06 PM Read more >

TransAlta going greener as it maps out $3.5B in spending, mainly on renewables

CALGARY — One of Alberta's largest power generators says more than two-thirds of its profits will come from renewable electricity production by 2028 — a major transformation for a company that once was one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases

Nov 21, 2023 10:23 AM Read more >

Capital Power spending US$1.1 billion in pair of deals for U.S. power plants

EDMONTON — Capital Power Corp. says it has signed a pair of deals with CSG Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of Beal Financial Corp., to buy two natural gas power plants in the United States for a total of US$1.1 billion.

Nov 21, 2023 6:29 AM Read more >

Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings

EDMONTON — The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings in the next election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing coalition.

Nov 20, 2023 3:54 PM Read more >

Edmonton human rights group upset encampment hearing won't be heard until January

EDMONTON — A human rights group is expressing concern that its court application to pause the City of Edmonton's dismantling of homeless encampments won't be heard until the new year, well after winter weather has settled in.

Nov 20, 2023 8:47 AM Read more >