Alberta News

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — RCMP in Fort McMurray, Alta., say they have arrested a man accused of threatening Conservative member of Parliament David Yurdiga.

EDMONTON — Alberta is releasing more funding to help keep small- and medium-sized businesses solvent during the COVID-19 crisis.

EDMONTON — Lawyers have told a jury that a man lied numerous times after finding a woman's body in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room, because he either wanted to cover up the sexual assault that killed her or he was in shock.

CALGARY — Royal Dutch Shell is further reducing its exposure to the Alberta oilpatch with a deal to sell producing light oil shale assets there to Calgary-based Crescent Point Energy Corp. for $900 million.

EDMONTON — An Alberta pastor was in custody Wednesday after being charged by police a second time with breaking public health rules tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it has hired its first chief medical officer. Dr.

CALGARY — Canadian oil and gas producers are banking higher profits as unusually severe winter weather sidelines U.S. rivals this week and drives up demand and prices for their products.

CALGARY — Homebuyers and renovators hoping for a mid-winter price slump are instead being greeted with new all-time record high prices for lumber and oriented strandboard (OSB) building panels.

CALGARY — Kerri Einarson will miss having her twin daughters ask her when can they go to the hotel pool.

CALGARY — A capsule look at the 18 teams competing in the Canadian women's curling championship Feb. 19-28 in Calgary (team members listed skip to lead).