News/Canada/Calgary (Page 18)

As one southern Alberta community welcomes the crackdown on border security unveiled Thursday by Premier Danielle Smith, some experts question the need for the investment. Randy Bullock is the reeve of Cardston County, which sits on the 298-kilometre border Alberta shares with Montana. He said a two-kilometre-deep border zone that will be policed byContinue Reading

Calgary Suncor Energy Inc. is aiming to increase its oil output next year by up to five per cent as it continues to work to improve its performance and lower costs from its oilsands assets. National crude oil production hit all-time record in 2023, at 5.1 million barrels per dayContinue Reading

Alberta introduced plans to create a new unit in an attempt to bolster security at its section of Canada’s border with the U.S. Premier Danielle Smith announced on Thursday that the province will invest $29 million to create the Interdiction Patrol Team, under the command of the Alberta Sheriffs. TheContinue Reading

Calgary Calgary’s Cavalry FC will head south to Mexico in February to face one of that country’s biggest soccer clubs in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. ‘Another great chapter in the story of soccer,’ says club president Ian Allison Omar Sherif · CBC News · Posted: DecContinue Reading

Calgary When the Bearspaw south feeder main broke on June 5, it threatened the city’s potable water supply and led to months of water restrictions. Following a third-party investigation, city council is finally hearing about why the rupture happened. Mayor says some findings could have been publicly shared sooner LilyContinue Reading

Researchers studying wolverines warn a recent decision by the Alberta government to lift trapping quotas on wolverines could lead to notable population decline while failing to produce meaningful data. The warning comes as Alberta trappers argue their year-round presence on the landscape puts them in a unique position to gather dataContinue Reading

Calgary Calgary’s unemployment rate is trending higher than the national average — but it’s not about layoffs. Since about 2022, people have been moving to the city faster than they can find jobs Paula Duhatschek · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2024 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: DecemberContinue Reading

Calgary The Alberta government has decided to cancel a foreign worker recruiting trip to the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement from the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad Yaseen. The trip was tentatively scheduled for late February or early March next year Kylee Pedersen · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Calgary Crowsnest Pass Mayor Blair Painter says council will explore an annexation of the nearby Municipal District of Ranchland, the site of the proposed coking coal mine at Grassy Mountain. Meanwhile, the reeve of that community calls the move “quite preposterous.” Relations with nearby district have been ‘cold’ recently, Crowsnest Pass mayor saysContinue Reading