Alberta News

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has released its 23-player roster for the team that would have competed at the cancelled world women's hockey championship. The tournament was scheduled to begin March 31 in Halifax and Truro, N.S.

EDMONTON — The Vegas Golden Knights have earned a bit of a cushion in the standings with another strong road performance.

THREE HILLS, Alta. — People in the hamlet of Swalwell northeast of Calgary were forced from their homes Monday after a Canadian National freight train collided with a tanker truck carrying propane. CN said there were no reports of injuries or a fire.

CALGARY — An Alberta pilot program meant to help some of the toughest-to-treat opioid users will end in a year. The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant, announced under the former NDP government, was supposed to end this month.

EDMONTON — Three new cases of the novel coronavirus have been found in Alberta, bringing the total number to seven. "All cases of COVID-19 in Alberta are now confirmed," Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer, said Monday.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will do whatever it takes to rescue the province from an oil price collapse and he wants the federal government to step up as well. "This is not just about Alberta.

CALGARY — The CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says Monday's oil price crash and stock market selloff will hurt Canadian energy companies that have weak balance sheets and high debt.

CALGARY — World oil prices are in free fall after Saudi Arabia slashed its crude sale price Sunday, signalling the start of a price war after OPEC talks with Russia broke down without an agreement on production cuts.

CALGARY — Shares in drilling company Ensign Energy Services Inc. plunged by as much as 40 per cent on Monday amid a worldwide oil price and stock market crash. The company, which reported a loss of $71.6 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec.

CREMONA, Alta. — Richard Reid never forgot his first love. Growing up on a farm near Cremona, Alta., about 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary, he was obsessed with airplanes as a kid and became a fully licensed pilot by the time he was 17.