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Cenovus is buying Athabasca Oil in a $5.7-billion cash-and-stock deal adding about 45,000 barrels a day of Alberta output. Closing is set for December.

Alberta added 76,419 people to reach 5,101,050 by July 1, the fastest growth of any province at 1.5%. Canada grew 0.5%, its smallest gain since 1944-45.

About 6,000 Alberta Safeway workers ratified a five-year Sobeys deal by 91 per cent, cancelling the Oct. 7 strike. Bonuses, 18% raises and store protections.

Alberta midday: Flames seek first win at Seattle 6 p.m. MT; Sexsmith data-centre faces 107 appeals; CPS still seeks East Village pair; sunny, no alerts.

County of Grande Prairie OK'd a data centre near Sexsmith with no council vote under a 2003 bylaw. Now 107 appeals and Monday's rewrite loom.

Medicine Hat council votes Monday on an Amazon delivery hub in the 1913 Ogilvie Flour Mill: 50+ full-time jobs, 25 trucks and no exterior changes planned.

Finance Canada notes model an $18B fiscal shock if Alberta leaves, about what Albertans send Ottawa each year. They also call the CPP exit formula flawed.

Sunday Alberta gas: Calgary ~154.4c and Edmonton ~153.0c averages; floors near 135-138c. Costco avg ~149.2c; wait-until-Tuesday signal after the 13c tax pause.

Alberta morning: CPS seeks man and woman in East Village homicide; Flames fall 4-1 in Vancouver; Oilers beat Kraken 3-1; sunny Sunday across Alberta.

Province-wide Alberta gas snapshot Oct 3: Calgary ~154.6c and Edmonton ~153.0c averages, cheapest opens near 135-141c, Costco map after the 13c tax pause.

Alberta midday: Rocky View luxury break-ins charges, Calgary pump spike after gas-tax pause, Oilers & Flames tonight, calm EC afternoon.

Alberta morning news: East Village fatal stabbing, Ottawa's $18B separation briefings, Stamps win in Regina, Oilers/Flames bounce-back, calm Saturday weather.

Trump signed a memo directing U.S. officials to remove Canadian goods from federal civilian procurement, calling it reciprocity for Buy Canadian rules.

Canada's Sept. 8 counter-tariffs on $27.6B of U.S. goods raise costs in Calgary and Edmonton. Jason LaFace on why Alberta's import pain beats its export hit.

Donald Trump announced new tariffs on a broad range of Canadian goods. What it could mean for Alberta, whose biggest trading partner is the United States.

Dumped milk, rigid quotas and high prices strain Canada's dairy sector, while approval of lab-grown dairy like Remilk threatens farmers. Jason LaFace explains.

Jason LaFace on Chrystia Freeland's outsized power over Canada's economy, the documented history of her grandfather Michael Chomiak, and a country left behind.

Under Mark Carney, Ottawa faces scrutiny for chasing international issues over domestic needs. Is the Trudeau-era framework steering Canada toward collapse?