Alberta News

EDMONTON — Credit Connor Hellebuyck for being able to stifle the offensive output of the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Hellebuyck made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets pushed past the Oilers 2-1 despite only mustering 17 shots of their own.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Defenseman Mackenzie Weegar scored his first goal with Calgary and added an assist Saturday night to lead the Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

EDMONTON — Police say they are investigating the death of a 28-year-old man after reports of gunshots in southeastern Edmonton. City police say officers responded to a call of gunshots and found a man in medical distress.

RED DEER, Alta. — Kai Uchacz had a hat trick as the Red Deer Rebels picked up their second straight win, defeating the Calgary Hitmen 4-1 on Thursday. Frantisek Formanek scored the other for Red Deer (24-6-1-3). Rhett Stoesser stopped 28 shots.

NANTON, Alta. — RCMP say a 45-year-old man is facing charges after a stabbing at a home in southern Alberta that left one person dead. Mounties say officers responded to a report of a stabbing Tuesday at a home in Nanton, Alta.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Police in Lethbridge, Alta., have charged a 59-year-old man with first degree murder in his wife's death.

BANFF, Alta. — RCMP in Alberta say a 19-year-old female pedestrian died after she was hit by a Canadian Pacific Railway train. Police say she was trespassing on the CP main line in the town of Banff on Thursday when she was hit.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. says it has restarted the southern extension of its Keystone pipeline after repairing a Dec. 7 leak that led to the worst oil spill in the pipeline's history.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says its Colorado refinery is offline following mutliple fires and it expects it to be out of commission until late March.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s wood-panelled third-floor legislature office is bereft of bric-a-brac. There are no pictures, mementoes or books — only a small stack of Alberta sovereignty act bills perched on her desk.