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10 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Alberta petroleum rights sale could be record

Alberta petroleum rights sale could be record
Oil and gas companies were poised to spend hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday on what is shaping up to be one of the biggest land sales in Alberta's history, in part in anticipation that the province plans to reduce its royalty take.
10 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Alberta petroleum rights sale could be record

Alberta petroleum rights sale could be record
Oil and gas companies were poised to spend hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday on what is shaping up to be one of the biggest land sales in Alberta's history, in part in anticipation that the province plans to reduce its royalty take.
9 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Alberta Children’s Hospital errors revealed

Alberta Children’s Hospital errors revealed
Failures to implement recommendations from previous incidents and poor communication led to unrelated errors - including two non-fatal drug overdoses - at the Alberta Children's Hospital, a review has concluded.
9 Mar by admin in Health

Virus can attack prostate cancer

Virus can attack prostate cancer
Researchers in Alberta have successfully tested a new viral approach to treating prostate cancer in a small number of men.
9 Mar by admin in Canada

Ex MP due in court on drug, drunk charges

Ex MP due in court on drug, drunk charges
Former Alberta Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer is due in an Ontario court today to face a cocaine possession and drunk driving charge.
9 Mar by admin in Canada

Former MP facing drug, DUI charges today

Former MP facing drug, DUI charges today
Former Alberta Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer is due in an Ontario court today to face a cocaine possession and drunk driving charge.
8 Mar by admin in Sports

Alberta’s Koe drops from undefeated ranks

Alberta’s Koe drops from undefeated ranks
British Columbia's Jeff Richard handed Kevin Koe of Alberta his first loss of the Brier on Monday, upending the Alberta skip 7-5 in Halifax.
4 Mar by admin in Sports

Alberta’s Koe poised to make Brier debut

Alberta’s Koe poised to make Brier debut
For the first time in 11 years, Alberta's representative at the Brier won't be skipped by either Kevin Martin or Randy Ferbey.
4 Mar by admin in Canada

2 CP Rail trains collide in B.C.

2 CP Rail trains collide in B.C.
The CP Rail (TSX:CP) twin main line in southeastern B.C., just west of the Alberta border, has been closed by a derailment.
4 Mar by admin in Money

Air cannons were at Syncrude pond, court told

Air cannons were at Syncrude pond, court told
Oilsands company Syncrude now says some noise-making air cannons were in place the day 1,600 ducks died after landing on tailings pond covered in toxic sludge, a provincial court in Alberta hears.