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CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says April home sales were up 7.3 per cent from last year, driven by growth in the number of relatively more affordable, higher-density properties changing hands.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. executives warn it could be well into next year before oil companies resolve their ongoing dispute with Trans Mountain Corp. over rising pipeline shipping fees.

EDMONTON — Engineering firm Stantec Inc. says it has acquired Hydrock, an engineering design firm based in England. Financial terms of the deal that closed on Tuesday were not disclosed.

CHARD, Alta. — Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Métis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years.

EDMONTON — The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say the province has pulled at least $12 million in funding meant to help low-income residents access public transit.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have made the case they can rely on their defending to win games. That doesn’t mean it’s their preferred way of getting the job done.

CALGARY — The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open.

CALGARY — The Alberta government will consult with the province's sexual assault centres to determine how to spend an additional $10 million over the next three years.

CALGARY — A judge is to determine in June if he will approve a proposed settlement for complainants in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the Calgary Stampede allowed a performance school staffer to sexually abuse young boys.

The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says the province will spend $750,000 to help fund a feasibility study on the project.