Edmonton aims to extend 3-game win streak as Oilers host league-leading Jets
The Edmonton Oilers last played on Tuesday night, when they dismantled the Utah Hockey Club by a score of 7-1.
Stranded WestJet passengers fight for compensation: ‘It’s the communication’
After spending the better part of two days in the Cancun airport earlier this year, several WestJet passengers have seen their compensation claims denied by the airline.
Edmonton Oilers’ back end looks sharp with addition of Walman, return of Ekholm
The Oilers say they are excited to have Jake Walman.
Prime Minister Carney returns to Edmonton, meets with Premier Smith
Carney is also scheduled to make a housing announcement in Edmonton on Thursday afternoon.
Feds commit $187M to rebuild critical infrastructure in Jasper
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the funding on Thursday in Edmonton.
Carney will maintain oil and gas emissions cap, environment minister says
The Liberals introduced draft regulations back in November that require producers to cut emissions by about one-third over the next eight years.
Large drug bust made at Canada-U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta.
There’s been another large drug seizure at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing. CBSA officers have charged a 26-year-old Calgary man after seizing 108 kilograms of cocaine.
Alberta to keep AAA credit rating even if oil falls to $60 a barrel: Moody’s
Alberta will keep its AAA credit rating even if oil prices fall to $60 a barrel, Moody’s credit rating agency said Tuesday.
The Oilsands: A political timeline
1948 Oilsands Ltd. Bitumount plant becomes property of the Alberta government. Premier Ernest Manning takes all the members of the legislative assembly on a tour of the plant. But the plant is not successful and is shuttered in September.
Graham Thomson: Alberta politics revolves around selling the oilsands
Everybody in the Alberta government calls the oilsands Canada’s greatest buried treasure or maybe the goose that laid the golden egg and certainly the economic engine of a nation. Everybody except perhaps provincial cabinet minister Doug Griffiths.
