Alberta News

CALGARY — Pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. is cutting its workforce by 650 positions due to what it calls "increasingly challenging business conditions.

EDMONTON — A former coal mine in the Alberta Rockies is releasing a contaminant toxic to fish at rates more than dozens of times higher than federal and provincial guidelines, while another periodically disgorges water so iron-heavy it stains local c

CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing delay yet again, as the company responsible for building the project reported Monday it has run into a fresh construction-related challenge in B.C.

EDMONTON — Residents and businesses in Edmonton and the surrounding area were told Monday to limit their water use. Epcor issued a mandatory ban on non-essential water use after a failure in the distribution pumping system at the E.L.

BON ACCORD, Alta. — A huge stuffed polar bear has gone missing from a resort in northern Alberta and police are asking the public to keep an eye out for it.

CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing delay yet again.

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel.

CALGARY — Team captain Marie-Philip Poulin and defender Ella Shelton are among the players looking to build on strong seasons in the Professional Women's Hockey League when the Rivalry Series between Canada and the United States resumes next month.

CALGARY — Dave Dickenson will have two newcomers to his Calgary Stampeders coaching staff this season.

CALGARY — Tye Spencer's second goal of the game, scored at 3:33 of overtime, lifted the visiting Regina Pats to a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Hitmen in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.