Alberta News

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Adam Erne to a professional tryout agreement. Erne produced eight goals and 10 assists in 61 games with the Detroit Red Wings last season. He spent four seasons in Detroit.

CALGARY — That's a lot of Gal power.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has announced a pair of senior executive changes.

CALGARY — Both traditional oil and gas stocks as well as Canada's mining and metals sector have benefited from a recent surge of investor interest in energy, new data from the Toronto Stock Exchange shows.

CALGARY — Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) is opening its first Asian office, but the Edmonton-based fund manager says it will steer well clear of China to focus instead on markets with less geopolitical risk.

CALGARY — With an E. coli outbreak linked to multiple Calgary daycares surpassing 200 cases, the parent of one sick child says she has found another centre to look after her daughter.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is making changes to criminal prosecutions to reduce the rise in violent crime.

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says 231 people, many of them children, have been infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 0157 after an outbreak this month at several Calgary daycares.

CALGARY — Two teen brothers have made brief court appearances following a deadly stabbing on a Calgary basketball court. The accused, who are 16 and 18, are charged with second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Danillo Canales Glenn.

CALGARY — Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has named Joe Cecchini, Kevin Boyer and Micaela Widmer as its newest coaches for the national skeleton program. Cecchini will take on the dual role of head coach and technical lead.