Alberta News

CALGARY — The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has named Lisa Baiton as its new president and CEO. Baiton replaces outgoing president and CEO Tim McMillan, who has led the oil and gas lobby group for the last eight years.

EDMONTON — A group representing Alberta prosecutors is to meet with the government Wednesday to try to resolve concerns that have Crown lawyers considering job action.

CALGARY — A pilot who was killed in a plane crash west of Calgary has been identified as the president of a local aircraft sales company.

FALUN, Alta. — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a fellow student was stabbed in the library of a central Alberta school.

EDMONTON — The federal natural resources minister said Tuesday that concerns from the auditor general’s office about government plans to move to a more hydrogen-powered economy don’t mean the goals aren’t achievable.

EDMONTON — A judge has overturned a decision to stay charges against a Calgary police officer and has ordered her trial resume on charges of criminal harassment and unwanted communication. Const.

EDMONTON — One of Jason Kenney’s caucus members says the Alberta premier is reaping what he has sown through personal attacks, dividing people and intimidating opponents.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say a townhouse complex in the city's northeast was damaged when a suspected impaired driver smashed into it Monday night with a stolen vehicle.

EDMONTON — Alberta government house leader Jason Nixon will not be sanctioned for comments he made during an angry exchange that included him swearing at Speaker Nathan Cooper in the legislative assembly.

FALUN, Alta. — A central Alberta school division says it is arranging counselling for students and staff after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in a library by another teen Monday. Police said the boy was stable after surgery.