Alberta News

Precision Drilling employee count down almost 3,000 as rig activity stalls

CALGARY — The deep downturn in North American oil and gas drilling has resulted in nearly 3,000 fewer employees working for Precision Drilling Corp. now than at the same time last year, its CEO said Thursday.

Apr 30, 2020 2:10 PM Read more >

Show won't go on: Alberta Health shuts down hamlet's makeshift drive-in movies

MIRROR, Alta. — Alberta Health Services has called it a wrap on impromptu drive-in movies in a hamlet looking to pass the time during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Apr 30, 2020 12:51 PM Read more >

Oil and gas drilling forecast revised to 49 year low as producers cut spending

CALGARY — The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has revised its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast to an almost 50-year record low of 3,100 oil and gas wells, a level not seen since 2,900 wells were drilled in 1972.

Apr 30, 2020 11:35 AM Read more >

Oilers sign defenceman Markus Niemelainen to entry-level contract

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Markus Niemelainen to a two-year entry-level contract.

Apr 30, 2020 11:03 AM Read more >

Whitecap Resources posts $2.1-billion loss, warns of 'involuntary' crude cuts

CALGARY — Oil producer Whitecap Resources Inc. says it is planning for "involuntary shut-ins" of production as North American crude storage levels threaten to exceed capacity and commodity prices remain at low levels.

Apr 30, 2020 10:39 AM Read more >

'It's a lot:' Fort McMurray residents deal with floods during COVID-19 pandemic

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Fort McMurray resident Michelle Toner says it's been a hectic, sad week in the northern Alberta city.

Apr 29, 2020 9:04 PM Read more >

Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure

CALGARY — Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Apr 29, 2020 5:48 PM Read more >

No short-term end to oil price slump hitting Alberta: premier

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says a global oil glut means Alberta's main industry will be dealing with low prices for a year or longer after the COVID-19 crisis abates.

Apr 29, 2020 4:41 PM Read more >

Study on early humans sheds new light on old stories about animals and alcohol

CALGARY — Elephants are said to seek out the fallen, fermenting fruit of the marula tree. Waxwings flock in spring to berries still hanging from branches and fly erratically thereafter. Swedish elk behave strangely after gorging on rotting apples.

Apr 29, 2020 3:24 PM Read more >

Flames sign Swedish defenceman Johannes Kinnvall to two-year deal

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Johannes Kinnvall to a two-year, entry-level contract, the club announced Wednesday.

Apr 29, 2020 12:16 PM Read more >