Alberta News

CALGARY — The Alberta government is taking 50 per cent ownership of the controversial Sturgeon Refinery by paying $825 million to reduce tolling costs at the facility northeast of Edmonton.

Calgary police say their arson unit is investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a church in the city's Forest Lawn neighbourhood Sunday evening.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say a man who was chased and stabbed after he'd overheard a woman in a park telling a man to stop hitting her last week has died in hospital from his injuries.

CHESTERMERE, Alta. — Special prayers were held at Calgary's Green Dome mosque and at the Chestermere Islamic Centre east of the city in honour of seven members of the same family who perished in a house fire early Friday.

LACOMBE, Alta. — A highway and rail line south of Lacombe, Alta., will remain closed for hours to allow for cleanup after litres of tar oil spilled from a derailed rail car.

BLACKFALDS, ALBERTA — RCMP in central Alberta say emergency crews are responding to the derailment of a 20-car train carrying "tar sand." Mounties in Blackfalds say the crews are actively working to contain and manage a spill.

CALGARY — TC Energy says it will seek more than US$15 billion from the U.S. government in the wake of President Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline's damage permit.

CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA — Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in a community just east of Calgary. RCMP say five people managed to escape the early morning fire that engulfed the home in Chestermere.

CALGARY — Home sales in Calgary in June rose compared with a year ago to a new record for the month. The Calgary Real Estate Board says sales totalled 2,915 in June, up 65.3 per cent compared with a year ago.

CALGARY — Nearly 70 per cent of Canadian employers expect to hire more freelance or contract workers in the next two years as their businesses emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.