EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the announcement of almost 2,000 layoffs at Suncor adds to the largest economic crisis in the province since the Great Depression.Suncor made the announcement this morning, blaming low oil prices and market volatility.Kenney says the federal government should pause environme...

CALGARY - Oil and gas giant Suncor Energy Ltd. says it will eliminate as many as 1,930 jobs over the next 18 months as a result of cost-cutting to deal with low oil prices and market volatility.Spokeswoman Sneh Seetal says CEO Mark Little told employees on a conference call Friday morning the company will aim to reduce...

EDMONTON - Aurora Cannabis Inc. handed out millions in compensation and salary increases to executives as the company was laying off at least 1,000 workers and reporting billions in losses.The Edmonton-based cannabis company's proxy circular released this week shows former chief executive Terry Booth was rewarded with ...

CALGARY - Inter Pipeline Ltd. has signed a deal to acquire the Milk River pipeline system from a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline LP, in exchange for its 100 per cent ownership interest in the Empress II and 50 per cent ownership interest in the Empress V straddle plants. Plains will also pay Inter Pipeline $...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's an aspiration plan to manage development priorities in the city for the next 30 years.On Tuesday night, Medicine Hat councillors passed first reading municipal development plan that hopes to see a growing city with a downtown waterfront development, suburban and industrial development with highe...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - One of the largest solar farms in the province is set to be completed next month as the 23-megawatt Suffield Solar project comes online.The $45 million project, located just outside of Suffield along the Trans-Canada Highway, was partially funded by the federal government with $15 million from the Em...

CALGARY - Calfrac Well Services Ltd. says a U.S. competitor urging shareholders to reject its recapitalization plan is a ``wolf in sheep's clothing'' whose real goal is a corporate takeover.The debt-laden Calgary-based company says Texas-based Wilks Brothers LLC, which owns U.S. oilfield services rival ProFrac Services...

REGINA - North American Helium is announcing a significant investment in a processing facility located south of Maple Creek.The company is billing the project as the largest helium purification operation in Canada and will be located near Battle Creek, SK."We are fortunate to be operating in a jurisdiction with a ...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - It all began with a simple $100 bill, nothing out of the ordinary or too special.Over just a couple of weeks however, that banknote has inspired small business owners across Medicine Hat to look after their own.It all started in early April when a man walked into Gravity Sports on South Railway Stree...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta as a whole has shed nearly 40,000 jobs last month compared to March 2019 but the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region is bucking the trend with job growth over the same period, according to Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Survey.The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region's unemployment rate for Mar...