Industry

Local company fined for workplace accident

REGINA -- A southern Alberta company has been fined 60-thousand dollars for a workplace accident in Saskatchewan that seriously injured a worker.Varsteel Limited of Lethbridge pleaded guilty in a Regi...

Nov 04, 2019 VarSteel - Photo credit to Var Steel Lethbridge web site

Experts say oil and gas shouldn’t be threatened by renewables

RED DEER -- There is optimism among those in Alberta's renewable energy sector despite an unstable political landscape and this province's attachment to oil and gas.At the Renewable Energy Fair at Red...

Oct 27, 2019 Wind Turbines -- RDNewsNOW

Finance minister forgoes new shoes and selects cowboy boots to present Alberta's next budget

EDMONTON -- It's a decades old tradition for finance ministers to purchase a new pair of shoes to present a new budget. Spending money on new footwear tends to offer a foretaste of what is to come in ...

Oct 23, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

Alberta legislation would scrap NDP plan to change electricity power market

EDMONTON -- Alberta has introduced legislation to follow through on its promise to end the plan to move the provincial power market to a capacity system.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says stakeholders ...

Oct 19, 2019 Electrical lines

Berkshire Hathaway firm announces launch of $200-million Alberta wind power farm

CALGARY - A company linked to American investment guru Warren Buffett says it will break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern Alberta next year.In a news release, Calgary...

Oct 15, 2019 Wind Turbines in Southern Alberta -- LNN

Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now a legal entity with a new name, a new managing director and a plan to be running by Christmas.Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the Canadian Energy Centre i...

Oct 12, 2019 Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage - The Canadian Press

Scientist responds to critique of industry ties after publishing study on red meat

HALIFAX - A Canadian researcher who co-led a study that challenges well-worn advice to limit meat consumption has responded to criticisms he should have disclosed past ties to the globa...

Oct 05, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)

Expanded Alberta Livestock Expo set for Exhibition Park Oct. 9 and 10

LETHBRIDGE -- The third annual Alberta Livestock Expo is slated for Exhibition Park on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. (Oct 9 and 10).It's a popular event that has grown substantially with booth ...

Oct 04, 2019 Alberta Livestock Expo

Auditor General finds $2.3 Million misuse of funds by Alberta Energy Regulator

EDMONTON -- In a scandal that has left taxpayers about $2.3 million out of pocket, a provincial government investigation has concluded the former head of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) grossly mis...

Oct 04, 2019 Alberta Legislature

Humboldt Broncos families upset by Alberta trucking regulation review

EDMONTON - Several families affected by the deadly Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash say they are upset by an Alberta review of trucking regulations.Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba implemented mand...

Oct 02, 2019 Bronco bus crash site -- The Canadian Press