Alberta News

EDMONTON — Depending on which number-crunching study or oddsmaker you follow, the team scoring first has about a 67 per cent probability of winning a soccer game. So far the Canadian men’s national team has defied the odds.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing an Opposition bid to have him formally censured in the legislature for his handling of COVID-19's fourth wave.

EDMONTON — A panel gathering public input on coal mining in the Alberta Rockies has been given another six weeks to hand in its report.

CALGARY — Drilling activity in the Canadian oilpatch will return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to a new industry forecast.

CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) says it has reached a deal to acquire Calgary-based oil and gas explorer Storm Resources Ltd. for $6.28 per share, a price that pegs Storm's enterprise value at $960 million.

CLARESHOLM, Alta. — Hangar 4 has seen better days. Only scraps of its original white paint remain. The rest has been sandblasted away by 80 years of winds that sweep down from the Rocky Mountains west of the town of Claresholm, Alta.

CALGARY — Still minus their head coach and several regulars, the San Jose Sharks prevailed 4-1 on Tuesday over the host Calgary Flames. Captain Logan Couture scored the third-period winner for San Jose (7-4-1).

A recall has been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for AlBurj brand tahina and halawa due to possible Salmonella contamination.

CALGARY — Vermilion Energy Inc. says it plans to reinstate its dividend in the first quarter of 2022 even though its net loss more than doubled in its latest quarter despite a big increase in revenues.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the active cases of COVID-19 continue to decline. Dr.