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The Canada Energy Regulator approved a toll settlement between Trans Mountain Corp. and companies shipping oil on its Alberta-to-British Columbia pipeline. The agreement lets the company contract up to 90 per cent of pipeline capacity, up from 80 per cent.
Four new collegiate schools have opened for the 2026-27 school year, bringing Alberta’s total to 32. The province also funded 14 existing schools to expand programming to additional locations.
Edmonton begins its season at home Tuesday against Vancouver, with a new coach and a retooled defence and goaltending group after last season’s first-round exit. The matchup is among several Canadian team openers as the new NHL season starts.
Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating reports of arson after fires damaged property at several Fort McMurray homes overnight. Residents said the incidents added to worries about crime in the downtown area.
An 18-year-old Edmonton man faces several charges after police say he used Snapchat’s location-sharing feature to find two minors’ family home and threaten them for explicit videos. ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation unit is investigating whether there are additional victims and is urging parents to review location-sharing settings.
A search of a Medicine Hat home yielded more than 1,000 grams of cocaine, methamphetamine, nearly $19,000 in cash, firearms and other weapons. Sean Bowers, 45, and Ashley Barker, 41, were arrested and remain in custody.
Two-year-old K9s Bobbie and Bak have completed training and are ready to begin working with their handlers. Their graduation ceremony also marked the retirement of six-year-old Aron, who will stay with Const. Steve Zwartbol.
The University of Lethbridge began a series of events Monday ahead of Wednesday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Activities included a sweet-grass-on-coals ceremony, ceremonial rock and face painting, and stories from Indigenous elders.
NAIT welcomed 200 high school students to its annual NEXT in Trades event on Monday, coinciding with Alberta’s Apprenticeship Day. Students toured lab and shop spaces, took part in workshops and met people from the polytechnic and industry.
A new Parkland Institute report describes Alberta’s response to the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s High River meat-packing plant as a “catastrophic failure.” More than 950 workers contracted COVID-19, six people died and dozens were hospitalized, according to the report.
Alberta plans to invite private companies this fall to propose a high-speed rail system connecting Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary, with stops at the province’s two largest airports. Premier Danielle Smith says a proponent is expected to be selected by April 2027, after which Ottawa has agreed to refer the project to its major projects office.
A Whitecourt man is facing multiple charges after Alberta RCMP Traffic Services officers arrested him twice within a week for allegedly breaching court-ordered release conditions. On Sept. 11, members of the Whitecourt Traffic Unit were conducting patrols near Whitecourt when they checked an area where stolen copper...
Advocates in Ottawa are urging the federal government to call an inquiry into Alberta and Saskatchewan laws they say have harmed transgender people. The provinces’ premiers have used the notwithstanding clause to protect the laws from court challenges.
Former U.K. prime minister David Cameron said Alberta’s prospective secession vote concerns the future of a country, unlike the 2016 Brexit referendum on U.K. membership in the European Union. Speaking at an energy leadership conference in Calgary on Monday, he also reflected on Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum.
Elections Alberta has received roughly 658,000 requests for special ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum, 11 times the number in the 2023 provincial election. About 100,000 electors who requested ballots have voted.
Elections Alberta says seven regions need more election officers to provide special ballot services. The province has hired 34,000 officers and received 658,000 special ballot requests for the October referendum.
Starbucks plans to close 250 stores in Canada and the United States later this week, its second major North American closure round under CEO Brian Niccol. The company did not disclose how many Canadian locations or workers will be affected.
An opportunistic salpingectomy, which removes the fallopian tubes during abdominal surgery, may reduce ovarian cancer risk by roughly 80 per cent. Doctors are urging eligible patients and governments to consider the procedure, which leaves the ovaries intact.
Sean Ward, 29, was suing the federal government for $1 million after his 2022 discharge from the Canadian Armed Forces for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds. Police say he targeted a Belleville synagogue on Sunday, where an officer was wounded in the exchange of gunfire; Ward died in hospital Monday night.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he examined the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, describing preparation for an extreme risk as a responsibility. He also discussed defence and satellite internet alternatives as trade tensions with the United States continued.