Alberta News

EDMONTON — Hundreds of people and dozens of homes have been evacuated as an active wildfire continues to threaten rural areas north of Edmonton.

CALGARY — A judge has declined to hear a challenge to Parkland Corp.'s last-minute decision to delay its shareholder meeting by more than a month so investors can vote on a US$9.

EDMONTON — A former Alberta premier has a new job in the provincial courts. The provincial government says David Hancock has been named assistant chief justice of the Alberta Court of Justice in the Edmonton Family and Youth Division.

CALGARY — Power producer TransAlta Corp. is hoping to sign agreements this year with prospective Alberta data centre partners that would draw on natural gas-fired electricity it generates in the province.

Canada will take the first step towards the 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup with a game against the U.S. on Aug. 22 in Calgary to open the Pacific Nations Cup. The Canadian men are currently ranked 24th in the world, compared to No. 15 for the U.S.

CALGARY — Oilsands giant Suncor Energy Inc. has begun a three-month outage at one of its upgraders so it can begin to replace enormous components first installed almost six decades ago.

LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers winning the first game of a playoff series was rare. Coming from behind to do it was not.

REDWATER — Residents in rural areas northeast of Edmonton have been ordered to leave their homes because of separate wildfires.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada.

VANCOUVER — Politicians and business leaders in British Columbia say talk of separation in Alberta is an opening for better co-operation between Ottawa and Western provinces, but dividing the country is a step too far.