Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta has doubled fines for disobeying public health measures meant to fight COVID-19 and Justice Minister Kaycee Madu is promising a renewed effort to stop public health scofflaws will succeed.

CALGARY — Leslie Echino had planned on serving more than two dozen patrons at a time on an expanded patio at her Annabelle's Kitchen restaurant in Calgary's Marda Loop neighbourhood.

CALGARY — Janice Romick could see it coming. The rabbit breeder for 40 years in Cold Lake, Alta., says she saw the writing on the wall before a deadly rabbit virus appeared last month in the southern part of the province.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. is reporting positive net income in the first quarter thanks to higher oil and gas prices and a 33 per cent increase in production from acquisitions as well as an active drilling program.

CALGARY — The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says the company's Line 3 and Line 5 pipelines in the United States are "absolutely critical" as each faces ongoing hurdles thrown up by environmental, political and other opponents.

CALGARY — Sundial Growers Inc. says it will purchase cannabis company Inner Spirit Holdings Ltd. in a $131-million deal.

MIRROR, Alta. — Alberta Health Services says it has physically closed a central Alberta cafe that has been skirting COVID-19 public health orders for months. The agency says it is barring access to the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror, Alta.

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EDMONTON — An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

CALGARY — Canada's Kerri Einarson kept chipping away at her women's world curling championship deficit with a third straight win Tuesday in Calgary.