Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Edmonton business owner who forked out $16,000 in a government-sponsored bidding war for a life-size donair costume says it was all about keeping the meat suit from being desecrated by lettuce-rejecting Maritimers.

EDMONTON — In the midst of a 13-game losing streak, and a 22-game home losing skid, the Edmonton Elks announced Tuesday that Victor Cui is out as the team’s president and chief executive officer.

CALGARY — The man hired to turn around the flagging fortunes of Suncor Energy Inc. said Tuesday he believes the company has been too focused in recent years on the energy transition and must get back to an oil-centred business strategy.

Statistics Canada says a spike in the amount Albertans paid for electricity last month counteracted an overall decline in energy prices in July — and was one of the key reasons cited by the agency as the overall inflation rate ticked up.

EDMONTON — That's a wrap on a fierce bidding war for a one-of-a-kind costume. The winning bid for a donair costume being auctioned off by the Alberta government was listed at $16,025 when bidding closed on Monday evening.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith offered up conflicting explanations Monday for why her government put a temporary ban on large wind and solar energy projects.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $1.88 billion in the second quarter of 2023, down from approximately $4 billion in the same period last year when oil prices were higher.

CALGARY — Police are identifying the man killed over the weekend in a Calgary mall parking lot shooting. They say Danny Truong, who was 23, died Saturday after a shooting outside the south entrance of Market Mall.

OTTAWA — New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — Mounties in central Alberta say one of their officers has been charged with theft. RCMP say they were made aware of allegations in May 2022 that an officer had items seized from the Blackfalds Detachment.