Alberta News

CANMORE, Alta. — Robin McKeever has been named head coach of Canada's cross-country ski team following 12 years coaching the country's decorated Para Nordic program.

CALGARY — One person has died in a house fire in Calgary's southeast Forest Lawn neighbourhood. Firefighters were called to a fourplex on the 2600 block of 39th Street at about 10:10 p.m. Monday.

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it will cut production capacity and jobs at an Alberta pulp mill and change the type of pulp output.

NISKU, Alta. — An independent association of counties and municipal districts says it opposes the Alberta government's proposal for a provincial police force because it fails to demonstrate how that would increase service levels in rural areas.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc.

CALGARY — Canadian energy company TransAlta Corp. says it has signed a deal with Meta, formerly known as Facebook, to sell the technology giant power generated at a planned U.S. wind project.

CALGARY — A University of Calgary study says there may be a link between the density of certain oil and gas operations and increased health risks for nearby pregnant women and their babies.

CALGARY — A price tag in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, and a project scope akin to that of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1800s.

CALGARY — Canadian energy company Suncor says it is getting rid of its wind and solar assets.

SMOKY LAKE, Alta. — The Métis Nation of Alberta says the arrival of 20 wood bison at a site northeast of Edmonton is a milestone for reconciliation. The bison, which were transported to Métis Crossing from Elk Island National Park on Feb.