Alberta News

EDMONTON — Alberta's first-quarter fiscal update shows the government expects a surplus of $2.9 billion but won't have surplus cash this year and will need to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars.

CALGARY — Shares of Parex Resources Inc. were down nearly 30 per cent in early trading after the company cut its production guidance for the year and said its chief financial officer was leaving to pursue another opportunity.

SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. — RCMP have charged a man with second-degree murder in a stabbing at a corn maze west of Edmonton. They say officers received a call Tuesday night about the stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze near Spruce Grove.

EDMONTON — Alberta's doctors and nurses say they have questions and concerns about the government's plan to off-load underperforming hospitals to third-party operators. Dr.

CALGARY — City officials say Calgarians are getting better at cutting down on their water use, but need to do more to stop the taps from potentially running dry. The city says 497 million litres of water were used on Tuesday.

CALGARY — The Calgary Airport Authority says it will take at least a year and a half to fix part of its domestic terminal that was hammered by hail earlier this month. It says Concourse B will be closed while restoration work is done.

MACKLIN, Sask. — Saskatchewan Mounties have charged a man in a string of hay bale arsons in and around Macklin -- and the Macklin fire department says the accused is one of their own.

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — A daycare in central Alberta has been temporarily shut due to an E. coli outbreak. Alberta Health says a child who attended the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre in Blackfalds tested positive on Friday.

EDMONTON — The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the wildfire that tore through Jasper is the second-most expensive one in Alberta's history for insured losses.

VANCOUVER — Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices by students.