Alberta News

COCHRANE, Alta. — A fire at a gas well north of Calgary that injured five workers earlier this week has been extinguished. HWN Energy Ltd. says it consulted with industry experts and implemented a well control plan that was reviewed by regulators.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says her recent comments about chemtrails don't mean she believes the United States government is spraying them in the province.

COCHRANE, Alta. — An energy company that runs a natural gas well north of Calgary says a roughly 24-hour fire that injured five workers has finally been snuffed out.

HINTON, Alta. — An Alberta man is dead after his kayak capsized on the Athabasca River. RCMP say they responded to a call on Saturday about a man in medical distress near the town of Hinton, Alta.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. says it has signed a $278.2-million deal with Topaz Energy Corp. giving Topaz a gross overriding royalty interest in recently acquired lands in Alberta and B.C.

CALGARY — Worries over escalating tensions in the Middle East and their potential to cause oil price disruptions hung over day one of a major energy sector conference in Calgary.

WANDERING RIVER, Alta. — Mounties in northeastern Alberta say they used a helicopter to rescue a stranded trapper on the weekend. They say they got a report Sunday that the hunter's all-terrain vehicle overturned and became stuck.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says September home sales tumbled 17.6 per cent from last year's record levels to 2,003, but remained around 16 per cent higher than long-term trends for the month.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has completed its spinoff of South Bow Corp., its crude oil pipelines business, as an independent company.

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation.