Alberta News

PENTICTON, B.C. — Police in British Columbia say one teen is dead after a Jet Ski collision on Skaha Lake in the Okanagan city of Penticton.

EDMONTON — The police chief of Alberta's capital city stood solemnly at a podium, at moments appearing to be welling up, as he took questions from reporters about the random killing of a mother and child outside a school in May.

CALGARY — Desperate for both a win and a home win, the Calgary Stampeders ground out a 20-7 victory over the defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts on Friday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A father from southern Alberta who caused permanent injuries to his six-week-old daughter will spend seven years in prison, a judge ruled Friday.

EDMONTON — Police have arrested a man following what they say were unprovoked machete attacks on four people in northeast Edmonton. Officers responded to a call Monday and discovered two women and a man with life-threatening injuries.

EDMONTON — Police say they are investigating after a body was found in a burned vehicle in northeastern Edmonton. Police say officers responded to a call around 12:30 a.m. Friday about a burning vehicle.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says its most recent quarter delivered a profit of $1.8 billion as it reached a settlement with shippers for tolls on its Mainline pipeline system and moved toward proceeding with its Rio Bravo pipeline project.

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. reported a profit of $62 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $80 million in the same quarter last year.

CALGARY — The Commonwealth Games continue to be a tough sell domestically with a potential third Canadian bid dying by lack of provincial government enthusiasm.

EDMONTON — Jeff Jackson once represented Edmonton Oilers star forward Connor McDavid and defenceman Evan Bouchard as their agent. Now Jackson is the new CEO of hockey operations for the NHL team.