Alberta News

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. raised its guidance for the year as it reported a loss of $456 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $136 million in the same quarter last year. The power utility says the loss amounted to $1.

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