Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says cases of measles have been confirmed in the Edmonton area.

Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson’s Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history.

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay was in court Monday, seeking approval to begin a full liquidation even as it fights to stay alive.

CALGARY — A shareholder in Parkland Corp. is demanding a board shakeup as the Calgary-based fuel refiner and retailer looks into putting itself up for sale. Engine Capital LP, the New York activist hedge fund that owns 2.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City says about 600 workers represented by the United Steelworkers union have ratified a new four-year collective agreement. The union represents clerical and intermodal employees at the railway in Canada.

CALGARY — Marshall Finnie scored twice and Rylen Roersma had a goal and two assists as the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings knocked off the Calgary Hitmen 8-4 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

VANCOUVER — Renoldo Robinson wasn’t even born the last time the University of Victoria Vikes lifted the Canadian men’s university basketball championship trophy.

EDMONTON — The union representing more than 4,000 school support workers says they have reached tentative deals that could end a two-month strike as early as Wednesday.

TORONTO — Analysts say the planned liquidation of Hudson's Bay will leave a hole in the country's retail landscape, as Canada's oldest company prepares to wind down in the coming months unless it can find a last-minute solution.

KANANASKIS, Alta. — A woman has died after an avalanche in the backcountry west of Calgary. RCMP say four people were out skiing near Mount Black Prince in Kananaskis Country on Friday afternoon when an avalanche hit.