Alberta News

CALGARY — The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says an updated environmental review released by a Minnesota state agency on Monday is a "good outcome" but declined to speculate on when its oft-delayed Line 3 pipeline replacement project will be completed.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. plans to increase its capital spending in 2020 compared with this year. The energy company says it plans to invest between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion in 2020, up from between $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion in 2019.

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to meet face-to-face today for the first time since voters in that province threw out all of its Liberal MPs.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Five people in southern Alberta have been charged in what police say was the swarming of a 16-year-old boy who had made arrangements to meet with a young woman before he was attacked.

BOWDEN, Alta. — It was way easier than finding a needle in a haystack when RCMP went searching for a suspected car thief in southern Alberta last week.

CALGARY — A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says it feels good to be home after spending five weeks in Thailand, where he underwent spinal surgery. "It feels good.

COCHRANE, Alta. — A man in Alberta has died after an officer shot him following a lengthy standoff in a home northwest of Calgary. RCMP say in a news release that they were called to the residence in Cochrane shortly after 7 p.m.

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts edged higher last month compared with October, although there were declines in five provinces.

EDMONTON — It was a win that the Buffalo Sabres really wanted to go out and get for head coach Ralph Kreuger. Colin Miller scored in overtime as the Sabres emerged with a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.

CALGARY — Jake Christiansen had back-to-back goals as the Everett Silvertips rallied past the Calgary Hitmen 6-3 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action..