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TransAlta, one of Alberta's largest power generators, has cancelled one proposed development and put three others on hold, citing provincial rule changes and a lack of certainty in the market.

Here is the local news making headlines in Edmonton on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Excited basketball fans and players are travelling to downtown Edmonton this weekend for Canada's second ever WNBA game. Travis McEwan has more on the growing popularity around women's basketball on the collegiate and professional levels.

The family of a First Nations woman who was killed in Edmonton over 14 years ago held a news conference Friday with Edmonton police. 

Edmonton Police Service has arrested one man in connection to the homicide of a 70-year-old man following a January apartment fire in south central Edmonton.

Boyle Street Community Services is now a lot closer to reaching its $49.5-million fundraising goal for its new headquarters in central Edmonton.

The Alberta government says it's taking steps to improve the health of women and children by following through on a promise to spend $26 million on research and expanding a newborn screening program.

Public health officials have rescinded closure orders imposed late last month on several halal meat outlets in Calgary that were prompted by an investigation into the sale of uninspected meat that began last fall.

Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators believe was tasked by the government of India with killing prominent Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. last June, CBC News has learned.

Capital Power's decision not to pursue its $2.4-billion Genesee project shouldn't be seen as a signal of more cancellations to follow.

The Citadel Theatre's leases are up for renewal and a proposed new agreement could see the city take on maintenance costs of $1.3 million per year and major renovation costs estimated at $56.2 million over the next decade.

Researchers from the University of Alberta say tests on the Queen Elizabeth II highway show some of the challenges and opportunities associated with autonomous truck driving in Canada.

Ten people were involved in confining, torturing and murdering Tiki Laverdiere in the spring of 2019 in a violent bid to get information on the killing of an Edmonton man, according to court documents.

Residents in the Ritchie and Old Strathcona neighbourhoods are again trying to prevent Boyle Street Community Services from opening an overdose prevention site on 81st Avenue and 101st Street. 

Despite a drier winter, it's been a cooler, wetter start to spring across Alberta and that's helping to curtail wildfires. This time last year there were multiple evacuation orders in place while flames threatened many communities. The CBC's Travis McEwan had a chance to speak with residents and fire officials about that time, and their reflections on lessons learned.

The oil-and-gas sector remains by far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta, which remains by far the largest emitter of all the provinces, but its share of Canada's total emissions has declined — slightly.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the greenest ways to dispose of old clothes, check out a hot experiment in the Arctic tundra and find out whether we still really need humans in fire towers to watch for wildfires.

In the wake of significant backlash from mayors and councillors across Alberta, the province is promising amendments to proposed legislation to give itself major new powers over municipalities.

Edmonton-based Capital Power Corp. says it is no longer pursuing its proposed $2.4-billion carbon capture and storage project at its Genesee natural gas-fired power plant.