Federal regulators approve $161 million loan for Montana-Canada transmission line

$161M loan for Montana transmission line approved

House calls a health reform fix? Updating old idea seen as saving costs while boosting care

House calls as cost-saver in health care reform?

Canadian Pacific Railway profit up on asset sales gains as revenue tumbles 20 pct

Canadian Pacific Railway profit rises on gains

Man accused of taking 8 hostages in Canada charged with weapons offenses, unlawful confinement

EDMONTON, Alberta — Police say a man who took eight people hostage for 10 hours inside the Edmonton Workers’ Compensation building has been charged with unlawful confinement and several weapons offenses.

Hostage situation at Canadian office ends peacefully after 10 hours

EDMONTON, Alberta — A man who barricaded himself with eight hostages inside the Edmonton Workers’ Compensation building has surrendered, 10 hours after the drama began.

Hostage-taking in downtown Edmonton ends peacefully

EDMONTON, Alberta — A man who barricaded himself with eight hostages inside the Edmonton Workers’ Compensation building has surrendered, 10 hours after the drama began.

Police negotiating with gunman reported to be holding hostages in Workers’ Comp office

EDMONTON, Alberta — Police are negotiating with a gunman reported to be holding as many as nine hostages in the Workers’ Compensation Board building in downtown Edmonton.

Police negotiating with gunman reported to be holding as many as 9 hostages in Alberta

EDMONTON, Alberta — Police are negotiating with a gunman reported to be holding as many as nine hostages in a building close to the Alberta legislature.

Police negotiating with gunman reported to be holding

EDMONTON, Alberta — Police are negotiating with a gunman reported to be holding as many as nine hostages in a building close to the Alberta legislature.

Calgary Zoo says tiger mauled man who broke into zoo overnight

TORONTO — A man who broke into the Calgary Zoo overnight and scaled a fence around a tiger exhibit is hospitalized with serious injuries to his arms after he was attacked by a tiger.

Politicians beware: Photo exhibit chronicles the impact of oil just blocks from White House

WASHINGTON — Politicians, cover your eyes.

AP IMPACT: Cocaine made with animal medication kills 3, sickens dozens across US, Canada

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine — a livestock de-worming drug that might enhance cocaine’s effects but has been blamed in at least three deaths and scores of serious illnesses.

PetroChina to take 60 percent stake in Athabasca Oil Sands for $1.7 billion

TORONTO — PetroChina Co., Asia’s largest oil and gas company, is making a $1.7 billion investment in the Canadian oil sands.

Continental announces Houston-to-Edmonton service; flights expected to begin Nov. 1

HOUSTON — Continental Airlines said Monday it plans to begin nonstop flights from Houston to Edmonton International Airport beginning Nov. 1.

Agrium extends takeover bid for CF Industries until Sept. 22

CALGARY, Alberta — Fertilizer company Agrium Inc. is again extending a deadline for its hostile offer to buy out rival CF Industries Holdings Inc.

Kevin Costner says he wants to return to help victims of Canadian festival collapse

CAMROSE, Alberta — Kevin Costner says he hopes to return to Alberta to support those affected by the collapse of an outdoor stage during a severe thunderstorm that killed one person and injured dozens more at a country music festival.

Storm causes stage collapse at country music festival in Canada, killing 1, injuring 75

CAMROSE, Alberta — Organizers on Sunday canceled the closing day of a country music festival in central Alberta a day after a fierce thunderstorm caused an outdoor stage to collapse, killing one person and injuring about 75 others.

Storm causes stage collapse at country music festival in Canada, killing 1, injuring 40

CAMROSE, Alberta — Fans screamed and ran for cover as a fierce thunderstorm caused an outdoor stage to collapse at a country music festival in central Alberta. Police said one person was killed and up to 40 others injured.

Storm causes stage collapse at country music festival in Canada, killing 1 and injuring 15

CAMROSE, Alberta — One person was killed and at least 15 were injured after a storm whipped through an outdoor country music festival, causing a stage to collapse.

Storm causes stage collapse at country music festival in Canada, killing 1 and injuring 19

CAMROSE, Alberta — One person is dead and at least 19 are inujred after a storm whipped through an outdoor country music festival, causing a stage to collapse.

Canada’s EnCana boosts reward in pipeline bombing case

CALGARY, Alberta — EnCana Corp. has doubled its cash reward for information leading to an arrest in bombings that have targeted its natural gas operations in British Columbia.

US-Canada Arctic expedition aimed at mapping, won’t resolve boundary dispute

EDMONTON, Alberta — A joint U.S.-Canada expedition sailing next month to the icy waters off the northern coastline both countries share will help map the farthest reaches of the North American continent, but it won’t deal with a long-running dispute over a resource-rich part of the Beaufort Sea.

Australian Will Power wins first IndyCar race at Rexall Edmonton Indy

EDMONTON, Alberta — Will Power led almost the entire way Sunday to capture the Rexall Edmonton Indy in a race marred by a pit fire that burned driver Tony Kanaan’ss hands and face.

Gen. Petraeus, head of US Central Command, says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy

CALGARY, Alberta — The head of U.S. Central Command warned Friday that the thousands of American troops surging into Afghanistan’s turbulent Helmand province to battle the Taliban are in for a tough fight.

Canada-based Agrium says CF Industries still resisting takeover efforts

CALGARY, Alberta — The chief executive of Agrium Inc. says rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc. is still resisting takeover efforts.

Chinese refiner Sinopec to buy Canada’s Addax Petroleum for $7.2 billion

CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian oil and gas exploration company Addax Petroleum Corp says that it has agreed to be acquired by Chinese refiner Sinopec in a deal valued at $8.27 billion Canadian (US$7.2 billion).

Chinese refiner Sinopec to buy Canada’s Addax Petroleum

CALGARY, Alberta — Chinese refiner Sinopec agreed to acquire oil and gas exploration company Addax Petroleum Corp. in a deal valued at $8.27 billion Canadian (US$7.2 billion), gaining access to reserves in West Africa and the Middle East.

Canada-based Agrium extends deadline for CF Industries offer to July 22

CALGARY, Alberta — Agrium Inc. said Tuesday it extended the deadline to acquire rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc. after 62 percent of CF shareholders tendered their shares to the deal valued at more than US$4 billion.

Knife wielding gorilla had no violent intent zoo officials say

CALGARY, Alberta — It may look like gorilla warfare, but officials say the knife-wielding primate photographed by visitors to the Calgary Zoo had no violent intent.

Heritage Oil agrees to acquire Turkey’s Genel Enerji for $2.7B in stock

CALGARY, Alberta — Heritage Oil Ltd., an energy company with operations in Russia and the Middle East, said Tuesday it will buy the privately held oil producer Genel Enerji AS of Turkey for stock worth more than 3 billion Canadian dollars ($2.7 billion).

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