53 m. ago Oil prices tumble to a 5 month low on new Trump tariff threats

The price of oil tumbled to a 5 month low on Friday as global markets plunged following U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to greatly increase tariffs on Chinese imports.

Economics

2 h. ago Varcoe: Alberta in 'a league of its own' with 42,000 new jobs in September, while oil dips below $59

It was the single-biggest monthly increase in Alberta jobs on record outside of some wild bumps during the pandemic

Economics

2 h. ago Alberta Premier Smith says Ottawa is dodging responsibility for pipeline decision

The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province’s planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Friday, Premier Danielle Smith’s office said the decision to build a pipeline lies solely with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government. “We expect […]

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2 h. ago Monarch butterfly gets new lease on life after broken wing repaired

'This butterfly would have died if we didn't try. We need hope in this world today.'

Transport

3 h. ago Lavender marriage 2.0: Couples open up about their nontraditional partnerships

Samantha Wynn Greenstone knows her husband is gay, OK? She knew he was gay when they met in a San Diego production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” She knew he was gay when he proposed. She knew he was gay when they got married in November. He’s not bisexual. She’s not in denial. That hasn’t […]

Culture

4 h. ago Oilpatch brawl seemingly over as Strathcona abandons takeover bid for MEG Energy

MEG accepted an increased offer from oilsands major Cenovus Energy earlier this week

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4 h. ago Alberta couple found guilty in death of senior who spent days caked in feces, urine

June Briggs and Richard McElroy were convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence in the 2023 death of Briggs’s mother, Dianne Simmons.

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6 h. ago Homicide detectives investigating fatal shooting in central Edmonton

An autopsy on Thursday confirmed that Andrew Donald McCabe, 42, died of a gunshot wound and his manner of death has been ruled a homicide

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8 h. ago Lethbridge man charged with manslaughter following fatal altercation with local senior

A 34-year-old Lethbridge man has been charged with manslaughter following an altercation with an 80-year-old who died in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries.

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12 h. ago ‘Butt Lady’ guilty of murder in silicone injection death of TV star

Back alley butt booster Libby Adame proved to be more than a pain in the ass. The 55-year-old California woman was convicted late Thursday of second-degree murder and practicing medicine without a license in the shocking silicone injection death of Married with Children actress Cindyana Santangelo, 58, during a botched silicone injection session in March. […]

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12 h. ago The Right Chemistry: The deadly differences between poisons, toxins and venoms

if you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous.

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12 h. ago 8 executions in October: Why the death penalty is being used more in the U.S. this year

Thirty-five men have died by court-ordered executions in the U.S. so far this year, including one early Friday, with seven others scheduled to be put to death later this month. The total for 2025 already far exceeds the number of executions carried out last year — 25 — and could be the highest since 2012, […]

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13 h. ago Wyloo announces sale of interest in Neo Performance Materials Inc

PERTH, Australia, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 9 October 2025, Wyloo Consolidated Investments Pty Ltd sold, through a block trade over the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, 8,275,311 common shares (19.89 per cent) in Neo Performance Materials Inc. (“Neo”) for an aggregate price of C$165,506,220 (equivalent to A$180,101,678) or C$20.00 per common […]

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15 h. ago Terence Corcoran: Oil man Carney? Let’s not get too captured just yet 

Beware the carbon capture 'boondoggle'

Transport

24 h. ago Oil Holds Sharp Drop With Focus on Gaza Plan and Global Supply

Oil held the biggest decline in a week on cautious optimism about easing tensions in the Middle East and the outlook for supply.

Other

24 h. ago Convicted killer pleads guilty to separate South Surrey manslaughter

28-year-old Bryce Dallas Campbell was charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of David Goldstein, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter this week

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26 h. ago Five people a day died from drug use in B.C. over the summer

Fentanyl and its analogs continue to be the most deadly to its users

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27 h. ago Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. Announces Effective Date of 10:1 Consolidation of Shares & Resignation and Appointment of Directors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. (CSE: RFLX) (OTCGB: RFLXF) (FRANKFURT: HF2) (the “Company” or “Reflex”) is pleased to announce, further to its October 1, 2025 news release, that the effective date for the Company’s consolidation of its common shares (“Common Shares”) on the basis of one (1) […]

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28 h. ago Texas Oil Driller Taps Trump’s Team to Save California Crude Project

Sable Offshore Corp. is seeking the Trump administration’s help to jumpstart a California oil project stalled by red tape.

Other

30 h. ago Family slams decision not to pursue charges against Edmonton police officers who hogtied man who suffocated

Loved ones of an Edmonton man who died after telling the police that he couldn’t breathe say they see no justice in the Alberta police watchdog’s decision not to recommend charges. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) on Wednesday released its decision in the case of 46-year-old Mazin Zaim, who died in hospital nearly […]

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