
Alberta predicts wider budget deficit amid lower oil prices
(World Oil)– Alberta is projecting a wider deficit for the current fiscal year as oil prices fall, denting a key source of revenue for Canada’s top energy-producing province. The deficit will widen to US$4.7 billion (C$6.5 billion) in the fiscal year ending in March, C$1.3 billion bigger than previously forecast, the provincial government said Thursday. Driving the wider shortfall is

