Calgary Just because Alberta’s economy is strong, doesn’t mean you’re not feeling a ‘me-cession’The economy in Alberta looks good from a distance, where record immigration has led to a jump in consumer spending. But when you shine a brighter light onto it, there are some problems the GDP fails toContinue Reading
Calgary Extreme heat across southern Alberta is drying out crops and threatening a wave of intense and dangerous grassfires. Here are some of the volunteers who are constantly on alert. ‘Feels like it’s really neighbours helping neighbours,’ says rural firefighter Elise Stolte · CBC News · Posted: Aug 03, 2024Continue Reading
Calgary A jury has found two men not guilty of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., during a 2022 protest against COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates. Jury found 2 men not guilty of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade during pandemic protest Anti-mandateContinue Reading
Calgary Enbridge Inc. has raised its earnings forecast for the year in light of the successful completion of two previously announced purchases of U.S. gas utilities. Calgary company now expects adjusted earnings between $17.7 billion and $18.3 billionAmanda Stephenson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 02, 2024 12:53 PMContinue Reading
A scaled-back version of the website for the Pathways Alliance, a consortium of Canada’s largest oilsands companies, is back online, weeks after content was pulled down in response to Bill C-59. Bill C-59, which includes amendments to the Competition Act, became law in June. The new rules require companies be ableContinue Reading
Calgary Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert face the conspiracy to commit murder charge as well as mischief over $5,000, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose while Olienick faces a further charge of possessing a pipe bomb. The five-man, seven-woman jury was handed the case late Wednesday afternoonBill GravelandContinue Reading
Calgary TC Energy Corp. is selling a minority stake in its Western Canadian natural gas transmission network to a consortium of Indigenous communities for $1 billion. Company says it’s Canada’s largest Indigenous equity ownership agreementAmanda Stephenson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 30, 2024 10:58 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading
Calgary How E. coli got in daycare meat loaf, sickening hundreds, may never be known, says reportA report into a massive E. coli outbreak at Calgary child-care facilities that saw hundreds fall ill says it was likely tied to meat loaf at one meal, but how it got there can’tContinue Reading
Calgary After a days-long search spanning kilometres around Bragg Creek, Alta., a championship endurance horse was reunited with his family. Days of searching, professional tracker brought Flex the horse home Kelsea Arnett · CBC News · Posted: Jul 27, 2024 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 27 Flex theContinue Reading
