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Western oil prices slip as Keystone pipeline leak cleanup continues
Prices for Western Canadian Select oil continued to soften on Monday as TC Energy Corp. reported recovering about half the crude that leaked from its Keystone pipeline in North Dakota last week.Spokes...
Nov 04, 2019 Damage from a pipeline leak in a field near Edinburg, N.D. is seen in this undated handout photo. Prices for Western Canadian Select oil continued to soften on Monday as TC Energy Corp. reported recovering about half the crude that leaked from its Keystone pipeline in North Dakota last week. . THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, TC Energy Corp.

Saskatchewan granted intervener status in First Nations TMX project appeal
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says it has been granted leave to intervene in an appeal over construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The province says it is intervening in support...
Nov 04, 2019

Provincials next up for several local football teams
Several local football teams are off to provincials this weekend. The Hunting Hills Lightning, who claimed the city division high school league over the Lacombe Rams by a score of 31-0 Saturday at Gre...
Nov 04, 2019

FBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in temple bomb plot
DENVER - A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out t...
Nov 04, 2019

Municipal leaders ask province to work together on fair funding model
Municipal leaders in Alberta are calling on the provincial government to work with them to amend Bill 20.They mayors of Calgary and Edmonton and the presidents of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (...
Nov 04, 2019 AUMA president Barry Morishita (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Some possible candidates to succeed Elizabeth May as federal Green leader
OTTAWA - A look at possible contenders to replace Elizabeth May as leader of the federal Green party: Peter Bevan-Baker - In this year's Prince Edward Island election, provincial Green leader Bev...
Nov 04, 2019

RCMP looking for wanted Red Deer man
UPDATE (Nov. 14) - RCMP advise that Shaw was recently located and arrested without incident.--- Red Deer RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a man accused of fraudulently selling a motorcyc...
Nov 04, 2019 Chance Shaw, 28, of Red Deer, is wanted by RCMP.

'Quite optimistic:' Injured Bronco player has spinal surgery in Thailand
BANGKOK - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has received spinal surgery in Thailand that he hopes will restore some of his movement. Doctors on Monday implanted an ...
Nov 04, 2019

Hamilton Forge FC claim first Canadian Premier League championship
CALGARY - Hamilton Forge FC shut down the highest-scoring team in the Canadian Premier League to claim the inaugural championship. Forge became the first CPL club to hoist the North Star Shield with a...
Nov 04, 2019

Leafs' Muzzin ready for 1st game versus Kings as Tavares inches closer to return
TORONTO - Jake Muzzin will be in uncharted waters. The big defenceman has made a home on the Maple Leafs' blue line since the Los Angeles Kings traded him to Toronto nine months ago. A calmi...
Nov 04, 2019