Alberta News

A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites.

CALGARY — RCMP say a man from British Columbia has died in a shooting in a rural area northeast of Calgary. Mounties say officers were call out on Thursday afternoon to investigate a complaint of a firearms injury in Rocky View County.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary have arrested a women in the death of an infant found inside a dumpster on Christmas Eve in 2017. Nina Marie Albright, 21, has been charged with indignity to a human body and failure to provide the necessaries of life.

CALGARY — Shares in natural gas producer Birchcliff Energy Ltd. fell by as much as 13.7 per cent on Thursday after it announced a higher-than-expected $350-million 2020 capital spending budget.

EDMONTON — Alberta's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology at its stores. Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd.

EDMONTON — Alberta's privacy commissioner is considering whether to investigate a liquor retailer's decision to test ID-scanning technology to address a growing number of thefts at its stores. Edmonton-based Alcanna Ltd.

A former provincial Liberal leader and member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs. "It's getting worse," David Swann said Wednesday.

CALGARY — The agency responsible for approving and assessing energy development in Alberta is laying off staff as it deals with budget cuts.

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. says is removing Boeing's grounded 737 Max jet from flight schedules through June 24 following the manufacturer's latest guidance about regulatory approval for the plane to fly again.

CALGARY — Alberta's premier says Ottawa needs to do more to clamp down on opioid drug imports from places such as China.