Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition says the province needs to dip into surplus budget funds to allow child-care program operators to keep their doors open during the pandemic.

CALGARY — MEG Energy Corp. boosted its output forecast for the year after swinging to a $54-million profit in its latest quarter on a doubling of revenues.

COUTTS, Alta. — The mayor of a village in southern Alberta says the sun rose above the longest row of vehicles the border community had ever seen Monday a few hours after the Canada-United States border restrictions were eased.

CALGARY — Dr. Corey Adams should perhaps buy himself a superhero costume.

CALGARY — Tech giant Amazon says it has broken ground on its second Canadian cloud-computing server hub — this one to be located in Calgary, bringing billions of dollars of investment to the region.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has signed a deal to invest in a significant equity stake in Growery B.V., a Netherlands-based company that holds a license to participate in the country's controlled cannabis supply chain experiment.

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Canadian Brad Gushue won the Grand Slam of Curling's National on Sunday while Tracy Fleury dropped the women’s final. Gushue of St. John's, N.L.

CALGARY — Between Matthew Tkachuk's big night offensively and Jacob Markstrom's stellar goaltending, the Calgary Flames were excellent at both ends of the ice Saturday night.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves for his league-best fourth shutout of the season and the Calgary Flames extended their point streak to 10 games with a 6-0 win over the New York Ranger

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Brad Gushue of St. John's N.L., will face Scotland's Bruce Mouat in the men’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling's National, while Canadian Tracy Fleury takes on Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in the women’s final.