Alberta News

CALGARY — A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded and his investigation is in the public interest.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A judge says a northern municipality must resume transferring emergency medical calls to a provincial dispatch centre by noon on Saturday.

CALGARY — A plan to spend $1.7 billion over the next seven years to develop the Odyssey underground mine to extend the life of the Canadian Malartic Mine's open pit operation in western Quebec has been approved by its owners.

EDMONTON — Alberta and the federal government say another $400 million in funding is available to help clean up inactive oil and gas sites in the province. The money includes $100 million for clean up in Indigenous communities.

CALGARY — A two-week trial has been scheduled in the tax evasion case of former Conservative member of Parliament Rob Anders. His lawyer appeared in Calgary court to enter not guilty pleas on his behalf. The trial is to start Oct. 25.

CALGARY — Canadian accounting and consulting firm MNP LLP says it will buy part of Deloitte's Canadian business in a new deal between two of the country's largest professional services firms.

CALGARY — Greg Ewasko will be an expert on curling bubble life by the time he's done tending Calgary's ice. The icemaker from Oakbank, Man., will spend 52 days making ice for four Curling Canada events at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre.

CALGARY — Construction of the U.S. portion of its Line 3 oil pipeline will cost $1.1 billion more than expected due to regulatory and court delays in Minnesota but the CEO of owner Enbridge Inc.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says its profits rose in the fourth quarter, despite increasing costs of its Line 3 project. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings attributable to shareholders of $1.

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — Brent Saik laughs when asked how 40 players in the world's longest hockey game are handling the bitter cold on an outdoor rink.