Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general has flagged $1.6 billion worth of accounting blunders along with oversight issues by Premier Jason Kenney’s government on big-ticket files including the Keystone XL pipeline and the so-called energy war room.

CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. says its net income decreased 14 per cent to $318 million in the third quarter. The Calgary-based company says it earned 51 cents per diluted share for the three months ended Sept.

EDMONTON — An infectious disease expert at the University of Alberta says it's shocking to hear about Canada's first human case of a rare swine flu variant, but she expects it's likely a one-off. Dr.

OTTAWA — The federal government has finalized deals with three provinces to reduce emissions of a potent greenhouse gas, saying methane proposals from Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia will achieve the same cuts as rules suggested by Ottawa.

CALGARY — Conditions are right for more merger and acquisition activity in the Canadian oil and gas sector, says the president of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

CALGARY — The president of Ensign Energy Services Inc. says activity is beginning to pick up in the North American oil and gas drilling sector after grinding to deep lows earlier this year due to low oil prices.

CALGARY — Alpine Canada is recalling some of its national-team athletes from Europe because of the deteriorating COVID-19 pandemic situation there.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it is buying two privately held oil and gas companies producing 76,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for a total of about $526 million in cash and shares.

EDMONTON — Canada's first case of a rare swine flu variant has been found in a patient from central Alberta, but the province's chief medical officer of health says it seems to be isolated. Dr.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman William Lagesson to a two-year contract. The contract is two-way in year one and a one-way in year two and has an annual average value of US$725,000 at the NHL level.