Police say a 26-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a Calgary woman on Friday had no connection to her. A police news release says Vanessa Ladouceur, who was 31, was killed in what appeared to be a random attack. Police released her name after an autopsy was completed. Michael John Adenyi, who is 26, has been charged with first-degree murder. He did not appear in person for a court appearance today and his case was adjourned to March 30. Police say the woman was found injured and unconscious, and died despite efforts of first responders.

Baisakhi Nagar Kirtan will be held on May 22 in the city of Edmonton to celebrate the Creation Day of the Khalsa. Disclosing this here today the management of Nagar Kirtan Committee said that this time some changes have been made in the route of Nagar Kirtan for the safety and convenience of the common man. "This time the big stage has been shifted from Gurdwara to TD Baker School grounds. In Nagar Kirtan this time there will be only one float in which Sri Guru Granth Sahib will be riding." This time the Nagar Kirtan will start from Gurdwara Millwoods at 12 noon and through Millwoods Road East

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says weather conditions were poor when a plane crashed in northern Alberta last summer, killing the pilot. A board report says RCMP found the pilot dead two days after the crash in the rugged terrain of Marten Mountain, about 10 kilometres northeast of Slave Lake. The investigation found the pilot had told a flight service specialist in Edmonton on Aug. 31 that he was taking off from La Crete, Alta., for Saskatoon International Airport. He was flying a privately registered Mooney M20C, which is a low-wing, single-engine plane, built in 1964. The repor

Alberta RCMP are warning about an online Ponzi scheme that has cost victims in the province nearly 150,000 dollars. Police say the Aweunion or Awebuy scam involves an app that claims to use investor funds to buy underperforming products on Amazon to drive up consumer popularity and their financial performance. The Mounties say individuals believe they'll receive a commission from their investments but see little to no return and get no response from Aweunion administrators after investing a significant amount. They say people must be vigilant in the investments they make with apps and online

Alberta's newest legislature member, Brian Jean, is expected to meet up with his United Conservative colleagues later this week and take the next step in his campaign to get Premier Jason Kenney ousted as party leader. Jean says he will be going to Edmonton to speak truth to power and to get more people signed up to vote against Kenney at the U-C-P's upcoming leadership review. Jean handily defeated seven challengers last night in the Fort McMurray-Lac-La-Biche byelection, winning two-thirds of the votes cast. He says he doesn't expect to be sworn in and take his seat in the house until early

Former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean has apologized for a social media post about a rival for the United Conservative Partynomination in an Alberta byelection.In a post that has since been amended, Jean said that Premier Jason Kenney's people were backing a candidate that Jean described as ``a Nigerian economist.''Joshua Gogo accused Jean of trying to make the nomination contest in Fort McMurry about his ethnicity and of trying to undermine hiscredibility by implying he is not Albertan.Jean says a campaign volunteer posted what he says was an inappropriate comment and he called Gogo to give

Alberta will receive 3.8-billion dollars in federal funding over the next five years after signing onto the federal government's universal child-care program.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the program will make a huge difference in the lives of families in the province but also in Canada's economic recovery. Under the deal, fees in licenced child-care facilities are to be cut in half next year and fall to 10-dollars a day, on average, within five years.Choice of child care had been a sticking point in negotiations and Premier Jason Kenny says he will make subsidies eligible for alltypes of

R-C-M-P say they are investigating a bomb threat at a high school in a city northwest of Edmonton.Police say Bellerose Composite High School in St. Albert notified R-C-M-P about a threat being reported to the school.The information referred specifically to a bomb threat on Wednesday, November 10th.St. Albert R-C-M-P say they are taking the threat seriously and has started safety planning with the school.

Alberta's top court has agreed to hear a sentence appeal of a man convicted of killing three people but a hearing date has been delayed indefinitely.Derek Saretzky was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 deaths of Terry Blachette, the man's two-year-old daughter, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, and Hanne Meketech. He was sentenced to life with no chance at parole for 75 years.His lawyer, Balfour Der, asked the Alberta Court of Appeal for permission to challenge the constitutionality of consecutive parole ineligibility periods.The Appeal Court says it will hear the appeal, but only after