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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta.
Alberta spiritual leader, wife facing additional sexual assault charges: police

Alberta spiritual leader, wife facing additional sexual assault charges: police

EDMONTON — A self-styled spiritual leader and his wife are facing additional charges for alleged sexual assaults between 2012 and 2019.
Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

Alberta premier plays down prospect of advisory council of defeated candidates

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated Edmonton candidates to advise her.
Stantec buying Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design

Stantec buying Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design

EDMONTON — Stantec Inc. has signed a deal to buy Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Lawyer tells Alberta's highest court review board biased in de Grood's case

Lawyer tells Alberta's highest court review board biased in de Grood's case

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home after the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party.
Alberta Premier Smith facing challenges, smaller roster, in naming new cabinet

Alberta Premier Smith facing challenges, smaller roster, in naming new cabinet

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is to name her new cabinet Friday, with a lot of jobs to fill, fewer people to fill them and a conspicuous urban-rural divide to bridge.
Bail hearing to continue for Alberta man accused of sexually assaulting five women

Bail hearing to continue for Alberta man accused of sexually assaulting five women

CALGARY — A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month.
Police watchdog investigating after Alberta RCMP shooting leaves man dead

Police watchdog investigating after Alberta RCMP shooting leaves man dead

VALLEYVIEW, Alta. — Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after Valleyview RCMP shot and killed a man Monday night.
Mitchell gone, Stampeders start season with Jake Maier as No. 1 quarterback

Mitchell gone, Stampeders start season with Jake Maier as No. 1 quarterback

CALGARY — The football is now Jake Maier's when the Calgary Stampeders' offence takes the field. No longer does Maier share a sideline or a dressing room with a future Hall of Fame quarterback.
Winless at home in two straight seasons, Elks embracing culture change in 2023

Winless at home in two straight seasons, Elks embracing culture change in 2023

EDMONTON — Culture change. Those two words best describe what the Edmonton Elks wanted to accomplish going into the 2023 season. It’s a term being used by general manager and head coach Chris Jones. It’s used by starting quarterback Taylor Cornelius.
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