CBC Edmonton

The Alberta government plans a busy fall legislature sitting aimed at adding jobs and diversifying the economy while focusing on tamping down the renewed surge of COVID-19.

Crews wrapped up the search for unmarked graves at the site of the former Camsell Hospital on Friday after no human remains were found.

The 656 new cases were detected through 10,732 tests for the virus, with a positivity rate around 6.09 per cent.

Justin Byron, 41, has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison after admitting he built bombs and used them in two Edmonton bank robberies in 2018.

Casuals are lagging behind other workers in submitting proof of vaccination, and rural continuing-care sites present "some challenges," AHS said Friday.

The death of a 49-year-old man found dead in a northeast Edmonton home on Monday is now being investigated as a homicide. 

The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid charges against Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. for a release of acidic water in west-central Alberta.

Voters in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo have elected what is believed to be the most diverse council in the region's history.

Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is urging all Albertans to read the final report of the government-sponsored Steve Allan public inquiry into anti-Albertan activities.

Alberta reported 656 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday out of 10,732 tests.

Grande Prairie veterinarian Angela Oakley needs a $57,000 prosthetic knee, but the province will only pay for about 10 per cent. She says Alberta's funding model is unfair, burdening amputees with costs they cannot afford.

Alberta announced it would move in August toward treating the pandemic as an endemic — ending contact tracing. That didn’t last, but resuming it has been difficult, contact tracers say.

Connor McDavid scored twice to eclipse 200 career goals and had an assist, Zach Hyman had two goals and the Edmonton Oilers remained undefeated with a 5-1 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night in Glendale, Ariz.

A northern Alberta First Nation says it has completed the first phase of ground penetrating radar in its search for children's remains at a former residential school site.

Alberta reported 770 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and eight new deaths. There are 912 patients in hospital being treated for the disease, including 201 in ICU.

Ward 4 Coun. Sean Chu says he will not be stepping down, amid calls for him to do so from his colleagues. 

The closest race for a seat at city council in Edmonton is over, with 33 votes between the top two candidates and no recount required, the city said Wednesday.

Excavation work resumed Thursday morning at the site of the former Camsell Hospital, the Edmonton facility that for decades was used to treat Indigenous people with tuberculosis — and where some of those patients are believed to have died and been buried on the grounds.

A long-delayed and controversial report into alleged anti-Alberta energy campaigns could not determine how much of a role foreign money played in cancelling resource projects, nor could it find how much of that money was spent advocating against the oil and gas industry.

Initially recorded as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake, Natural Resources Canada upgraded it to a 5.0-magnitude quake, making it the second largest in Alberta since reporting began.