Alberta News

OKOTOKS, Alta. — Mullen Group Ltd. reported a third-quarter profit of $39.1 million, up from $38.0 million in the same quarter last year as its revenue edged lower.

CALGARY — Flashing lights and police tape encircled a strip mall in northeast Calgary late Wednesday afternoon after a shootout that sent a police officer to hospital and left one suspect dead.

EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau entered the Alberta pension-exit debate Wednesday, telling Premier Danielle Smith in a letter that the federal government will fight any threat to the stability of the Canada Pension Plan.

CALGARY — Last week's ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada against large portions of the federal government's impact assessment law could reset the policy landscape in this country in favour of energy development, the head of a major oil and gas lob

EDMONTON — Alberta is making changes aimed at making it easier for family doctors and caregivers to see more patients, but the Opposition NDP said it’s yet another government plan to make a plan.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary are looking for a man they believe to be responsible for a hate crime targeting the Jewish community.

CALGARY — A report by insolvency firm MNP Ltd. says its consumer debt index improved slightly in its latest quarter as Canadians felt marginally better about their ability to pay their debts.

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services is adopting stricter masking rules in hospitals as it deals with COVID-19 outbreaks, but regions and hospitals are free to ignore the directive.

EDMONTON — The board of the Canada Pension Plan says Alberta’s consultation with its citizens on quitting the CPP is not a straightforward fact-finding exercise but rather a biased manipulation of public opinion.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is again considering using the Quebec investment model for a possible provincial pension plan, less than a week after Finance Minister Nate Horner announced the Quebec option had been scrapped.