-A 15-year old boy from St. Albert is dead after his mother says he was attacked while they were out walking Tuesday evening along 137th Avenue and 184th Street.
She says they had run into a man they were familiar with, and she says he stabbed her son, in what she believes was some kind of mental health episode.
The victim has been identified through Facebook as a Grade 9 student from Lorne Akins Junior High in St. Albert.
The suspect was arrested.

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-Edmonton police have charged a man and woman with 2nd degree murder, following the death of a 64-year old man last weekend.
Police had been called to a home on 135-A Avenue and 68th Street, where the man’s body was found.
The victim has been identified as Brian Rud, but police aren’t saying how he died, so they don’t impede the investigation.
A 32-year old man and 24-year old woman have been charged in the case.

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-The federal Tory Ag Critic says the Liberal government has delivered a slap in the face to Canadian youth, after approving cuts to 4-H Canada this year.
John Barlow says it’s a continuation of a nine-year attack on farmers and producers, because instead of celebrating the organization in it’s 111th year, the feds are snubbing the ag industry.
Barlow says the 4-H program not only plays a significant role in agriculture, but in positive youth development, by helping kids work on important life skills, such as public speaking, leadership, responsibility and hard work.

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-The rain and cooler weather has led to a drop in the wildfire danger in the province.
As of Wednesday night, there are 32 active wildfires in the Forest Protection Area.
None are out of control, three are being held and the rest are under control.

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-There’s already been a lot of severe weather in the U-S this spring, as softball sized hailstones, flooding rains and incredibly powerful tornadoes have torn through the Midwest and south.
And now, hurricane forecasters say it’s going to be a busy season for those storms as well.
They say up to 25 storms could be named this year, with four to seven of them becoming major hurricanes.

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-WestJet is coming out with a new fare category for travellers who are willing to go without a carry-on bag.
People who choose that fare won’t be able to use the overhead bins, but they can store a purse or small knapsack under the seat in front of them.
WestJet recently introduced an extended comfort category, which gives passengers preferential access to overhead bins and other things, for a price.

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-AUPE says the company that runs the Devonshire Care Centre in Edmonton has cut the hours for all its full-time healthcare aides.
AUPE officials say those hours have been chopped nearly in half, which means not only are they losing wages, but critical benefits.
And they say centre residents are going to suffer, because the aides won’t be able to spend as much time with them.
There’s going to be a rally at the Centre from 2 til 4 this afternoon, on Rabbit Hill Road.

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-A lot of people are wondering what’s going on with Westmount Shopping Centre, as several business owners in the place were recently given notice to move out.
There aren’t a lot of shops in the mall to begin with, as much of it now houses medical clinics, but a few of the shops have been there for decades.
And no one really seems to know why they’ve been told to leave.
The mall has been around since 1955.

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-A man who survived a Singapore Airlines flight that was recently rocked by severe turbulence says he feels lucky he only wound up with minor injuries.
A 73-year old British man died from what appears to be a heart attack, while 20 people wound up in the ICU, after the plane suddenly dropped about 6-thousand feet.
Passengers and crew members were tossed like ragdolls around the cabin.
Doctors say many of the injured are going to need spinal surgery.

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-Yoga classes in Spencer, Massachussetts have been selling out, with dozens of people driving hours so they can take part in Piglet Yoga.
Wilbur, Charlotte and Bluey get to play amongst the people while they’re going through their stretching and posing.
Sometimes the pigs sniff the guests, give them a gentle nibble, snuggle up to them or even climb on them and go to sleep.
One woman who attended the class says she would have been happy to forgo the yoga and just go “all piglet.”

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-With the Oilers playing Dallas in the Western Conference Final, the leaders of Alberta and Texas are putting beef on the line in a friendly wager.
Premier Danielle Smith says if the Oilers beat the Stars, Governor Greg Abbott has to eat an Alberta rib-steak while being recorded, and he has to explain how amazing it is.
And she says if things go the other way, she’ll do the same with a Texas ribeye.
Abbott says she’s on.

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-Action is supposed to get underway at 6:30 this evening as the Oilers face the Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final.
The last time the Oilers made it to the third round was in 2022 and then they were swept by the Avalanche.
But Connor McDavid says they’re better prepared this time, they’ve got more experience in the playoffs and they’re more mature.

-The Florida Panthers shut out the New York Rangers 3-nothing last night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. Rangers Head Coach Peter Laviolette says his guys “had issues”. Game 2 is tomorrow night.

-Jays hit the WhiteSox 9-2 last night. They face the Tigers this afternoon.

-Canada beat Slovakia 6-3 in their quarter-final game this morning at the World Hockey Championship.