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'Heinous offence': Man who ran over wife to serve 16 years before parole eligibility

'Heinous offence': Man who ran over wife to serve 16 years before parole eligibility

CALGARY — A Calgary man who deliberately drove over his wife with a van during an argument and left her to die alone on a snow-covered street will not be eligible for parole until he has served 16 years of his life sentence, an Alberta judge ruled We
Imperial, Exxon completes $1.9B sale of XTO Energy Canada to Whitecap Resources

Imperial, Exxon completes $1.9B sale of XTO Energy Canada to Whitecap Resources

CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. says it and ExxonMobil Canada have closed the $1.9-billion sale of their oil and gas-producing assets in the Montney and Duvernay areas to Whitecap Resources Inc.
Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank

Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank

EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says the government is going to use this year’s projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan is to make a $13.
Freeland says Albertans kind, welcoming, as RCMP investigate confrontation

Freeland says Albertans kind, welcoming, as RCMP investigate confrontation

CALGARY — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she loves her home province of Alberta and the world needs to know it's a welcoming place.
Danielle Smith faces renewed attacks in final Alberta UCP leadership debate

Danielle Smith faces renewed attacks in final Alberta UCP leadership debate

EDMONTON — Danielle Smith, the perceived front-runner candidate in the race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta’s United Conservative Party leader and premier, faced renewed attacks on multiple fronts Tuesday in the campaign’s final debate.
Alberta RCMP investigate after Saskatchewan man potentially electrocuted in hot tub

Alberta RCMP investigate after Saskatchewan man potentially electrocuted in hot tub

CANMORE, Alta. — RCMP say a 25-year-old man from Saskatchewan has died after potentially being electrocuted in a hot tub in southern Alberta. Police, fire and emergency medical services were dispatched to the call in Canmore, Alta.
Edmonton may be known for winter chill, but heat islands on the rise, researchers say

Edmonton may be known for winter chill, but heat islands on the rise, researchers say

EDMONTON — Researchers at the University of Alberta say a city known for its bone-chilling winter temperatures also has potentially dangerous heat islands that have been getting hotter for the last two decades.
Alberta on track for $13.2B surplus, Kenney says ahead of fiscal update

Alberta on track for $13.2B surplus, Kenney says ahead of fiscal update

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is on track for a $13.2-billion surplus in this budget year. It’s an exponential escalation from the $511-million surplus forecast when the provincial budget was introduced in February.
Alberta to start online registry for teachers and school administrators in September

Alberta to start online registry for teachers and school administrators in September

EDMONTON — The Alberta government plans to start an online registry of teachers and school administrators. About 160,000 educators who received their certification since 1954 are to be included in the registry, which is to go online Friday.
'Infectious smile and big heart': Family of man killed in random attack in shock

'Infectious smile and big heart': Family of man killed in random attack in shock

CALGARY — The family of a man who was killed in what appears to be a random attack in Calgary on the weekend say they are in shock and despair over his death.
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