Canadian election, CTV projection is tipping the United Conservative party led by Jason Kenney to win.

Had been the opposition party, look set to take power. And to win with a majority government. A majority government should set up better governance than some sort of cobbled together coalition we are seeing in so many parliaments. Kenney ran on pipelines and lower taxes, business should appreciate this (if he follows though).

Alberta is a noted energy production province:

Canadian election, CTV projection United Conservative party led by Kenney to win.

CAD had gained on the release of the China data, this electoral news not seeming of too much impact after this.

Do note, this is a provincial election only, not national. There are no national policy issues at stake her - having said this it'll have some sort of impact on sentiment and on considerations of the federal government leading into the next election.