Alberta News

CALGARY — Kerri Einarson's bid for a record five straight Canadian women's curling championships halted Friday with a playoff loss to Kate Cameron.

CALGARY — The road to another Canadian women's curling championship for Rachel Homan and Jennifer Jones shortened with playoff wins while Kerri Einarson's bid for five straight titles came to an end Friday.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Matt Boldy scored a twice as the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Friday night. Jonas Brodin and Mats Zuccarello also scored for the Wild, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games.

Alberta's energy regulator has accepted initial applications and is to open public hearings for a controversial open-pit coal mine on the eastern slopes of the province's southern Rocky Mountains that has already been turned down twice.

WESTLOCK, Alta. — Mayor Jon Kramer says he spent weeks telling residents in Westlock, Alta., not to vote for a bylaw that bans Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks on municipal property.

CALGARY — The company behind the proposed Cedar LNG facility said this week itwill defer making a final investment decision on the project until mid-2024. Pembina Pipeline Corp.

CALGARY — Come Monday, Canadian travellers booked with the ultra-low-cost airline Lynx Air will be out of luck and its employees out of work.

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. reported a loss attributable to common shareholders of $84 million compared with a loss of $163 million a year earlier. The power utility says the loss amounted to 27 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec.

CALGARY — Krysten Karwacki is in a spotlight not of her own making at the Canadian women's curling championship.

CALGARY — Seven months after managing a Kyiv coffee shop, Anton's reality has gone from grinding beans and the hiss of hot espresso to the high-pitched scream of explosive Iranian drones on the front lines in the war between Ukraine and Russia.