Madeline Smith

Dylan Pountney will be in his thirties by the time he's allowed to apply for parole for murdering 17-year-old Jennifer Winkler in their high school social studies classroom.

Stephen Frank Dienes, 52, is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and unlawful confinement of a 16-year-old boy.

Dr. Ghassan Al-Naami, who previously worked in Edmonton and Fort McMurray, was found guilty of possession and distribution of child pornography. The child sexual abuse material was not related to his work, and it didn't involve any of his patients.

Hospitality company Scandinave Group Inc., which operates four spas across Canada, is floating a possible new location in the Brander Gardens neighbourhood, on land that was previously home to a prominent Edmonton philanthropist.

The province says the move comes "after years of AIMCo consistently failing to meet its mandated benchmark returns." For now, Finance Minister Nate Horner has been appointed the AIMCo board's sole director and chair. Senior public servant Ray Gilmour has been appointed interim CEO.

The sentencing of Ghassan Al-Naami, handed down Wednesday by Court of King's Bench Justice Kent Davidson, more than five years years after he was arrested and charged over child sexual abuse material found on his laptop.  

Dane Skinner, 60, was convicted of fraud over $5,000 and money laundering for a fraudulent investment scheme he ran over five years in central Alberta.

The Alberta Law Foundation gives 25 per cent of the interest revenue from Alberta lawyers' pooled trust accounts to Legal Aid Alberta. The head of the non-profit says he expects the province to mandate an increase to 50 per cent.

A group of Edmonton parents is suing the provincial government over access to education for their children with disabilities who can't go to school normally while education support workers are on strike.

Alberta's law society has formally reprimanded former provincial justice minister Kaycee Madu and ordered him to pay nearly $39,000 in costs, pending his appeal of the decision.