Alberta News

CALGARY — After announcing its purchase of 56 gas stations from the parent company of Sobeys Thursday, Shell Canada is on the lookout for other potential acquisitions as it seeks to grow its retail fuel footprint across the country.

TORONTO — Sunny Sareen is a busy man these days. The Unified MMA president is in the midst of putting on three fight cards in 15 days, a run that started Dec. 2 with Unified MMA 47 in Calgary. "An ambitious plan," Sareen himself said.

CALGARY — The women's hockey world championship is returning to the Greater Toronto Area after nearly 25 years. Brampton, Ont.

CALGARY — Police say the homicide unit is investigating a fatal shooting in southeast Calgary. Officers responded to reports of gunfire this morning in the Douglasdale neighbourhood and found a man dead.

CALGARY — It took extra time, but the much improved Vancouver Canucks kept on rolling Wednesday night.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored the only goal of the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 Wednesday night for their sixth straight road win.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Chase Pauls and Cole Shepard both recorded a goal and an assist as the Lethbridge Hurricanes won their fifth straight, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-1 on Wednesday night.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. says it has restarted the section of the Keystone pipeline that was unaffected by last week's oil leak in Kansas. The Calgary-based company says the restarted segment of pipeline extends from Hardisty, Alta., to Patoka, Ill.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she is sorry if anyone misinterpreted earlier remarks to conclude she was equating Ottawa’s treatment of Alberta to the systemic and horrific abuse of First Nations people in Canada.

BANFF, Alta. — An Alberta mountain town has passed a bylaw banning smoking and vaping in most public places.