Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Transportation Safety Board says external corrosion led to a natural gas pipeline rupture that caused an explosion near a small northwestern Alberta community.

CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance.

EDMONTON — Stantec Inc. has signed an deal to buy engineering and management firm Morrison Hershfield. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stantec says the deal expands its presence in most major Canadian markets and strengthens its U.S.

CALGARY — Analysts say 2024 will be a year of weaker oil prices, something that should bring some relief to weary consumers after two years of soaring energy costs.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada announced Monday that three Ontario-based members have signed on to the national governing body's updated dressing room policy.

CALGARY — Keets Fawcett scored twice, Tyson Greenway chipped in with two assists and the Calgary Hitmen drilled the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings 5-1 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at Scotiabank Saddledome.

CALGARY — Former punter Burke Dales, who helped the Calgary Stampeders win the 2008 Grey Cup, has died. He was 46. The Stampeders confirmed Dales' death on Sunday. The cause was not revealed. Dales was a native of Collingwood, Ont.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed veteran American quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson on Sunday. The move wasn't a surprise as word surfaced Friday that Bethel-Thompson had agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Edmonton.

EDMONTON — A man has been discovered dead at a homeless encampment north of Edmonton's downtown, prompting city officials to briefly pause their plans to clear the camp.

CALGARY — No community anywhere would willingly choose to have a nearly 30 per cent office vacancy rate in its downtown core.