Editor’s note: CBC News commissioned this public opinion research before concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic mounted. About half of the total survey of 1,200 respondents was conducted before stock markets and oil prices plunged (March 2-8). The other half of the interviews took place after this economic shock (March 9-18). Our analysis found no real difference in…

If a week is a long time in politics, a year is an eternity. And for Premier Jason Kenney it must seem like a lifetime. A year ago Kenney was celebrating a decisive electoral victory over the NDP after running on a campaign platform that could be summed up in three words: jobs, economy, pipelines.…

WestJet has sent layoff notices to 1,700 of its pilots amid an unprecedented reduction in air travel due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Calgary-based airline said the layoffs affect pilots with WestJet, WestJet Encore and Swoop, and are effective either May 1 or June 1.  “These notifications are in response to the COVID-19 global crisis that…

A U.S. court on Wednesday ruled against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ use of a permit that allows new energy pipelines to cross water bodies, in the latest setback to TC Energy Corp.’s plans to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Keystone XL, which would carry 830,000 barrels per day of crude from Alberta…

Alberta public health officials are closely watching an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Kearl Lake oilsands facility north of Fort McMurray after three workers tested positive for the illness. Six more people at the Kearl work camp have been tested and are isolating while waiting for results, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health,…

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic could cost of the City of Edmonton $260 million if the crisis persists past December, councillors were told at a meeting Wednesday. That’s the worst-case scenario presented by Mary Persson, the city’s chief financial officer. But Persson said she is focusing on the city getting back to business by September. She…