Alberta
Suspect in police incident shot, officers find handgun on scene

This release is distributed by the Government of Alberta on behalf of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
ASIRT investigation continues into CPS officer-involved shooting causing injury in Calgary
On Feb. 8, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the City of Calgary.
At approximately 4 a.m. that day, the Calgary Police Service (CPS) responded to a 911 call from a residence on Hendon Drive NW. The caller stated that a “giant truck” had hit her residence and a parked vehicle. CPS officers attended and observed the truck repeatedly hitting a parked vehicle at the residence.
As a CPS officer approached the truck, the driver pointed an item resembling a handgun at the officer. The officer discharged their firearm, striking the driver once. The driver attempted to leave the scene in the truck but was unsuccessful. The CPS tactical team attended and after approximately 1.5 hours, the driver exited the truck and was arrested. The driver suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Below is a photo of the seized item found in the truck after the driver was taken into custody.
ASIRT’s investigation will examine the use of force by the officer. No additional information will be released.
ASIRT’s mandate is to effectively, independently and objectively investigate incidents involving Alberta’s police that have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, as well as serious or sensitive allegations of police misconduct.
Alberta
Temporary Alberta grid limit unlikely to dampen data centre investment, analyst says

From the Canadian Energy Centre
By Cody Ciona
‘Alberta has never seen this level and volume of load connection requests’
Billions of investment in new data centres is still expected in Alberta despite the province’s electric system operator placing a temporary limit on new large-load grid connections, said Carson Kearl, lead data centre analyst for Enverus Intelligence Research.
Kearl cited NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s estimate from earlier this year that building a one-gigawatt data centre costs between US$60 billion and US$80 billion.
That implies the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO)’s 1.2 gigawatt temporary limit would still allow for up to C$130 billion of investment.
“It’s got the potential to be extremely impactful to the Alberta power sector and economy,” Kearl said.
Importantly, data centre operators can potentially get around the temporary limit by ‘bringing their own power’ rather than drawing electricity from the existing grid.
In Alberta’s deregulated electricity market – the only one in Canada – large energy consumers like data centres can build the power supply they need by entering project agreements directly with electricity producers.
According to the AESO, there are 30 proposed data centre projects across the province.
The total requested power load for these projects is more than 16 gigawatts, roughly four gigawatts more than Alberta’s demand record in January 2024 during a severe cold snap.
For comparison, Edmonton’s load is around 1.4 gigawatts, the AESO said.
“Alberta has never seen this level and volume of load connection requests,” CEO Aaron Engen said in a statement.
“Because connecting all large loads seeking access would impair grid reliability, we established a limit that preserves system integrity while enabling timely data centre development in Alberta.”
As data centre projects come to the province, so do jobs and other economic benefits.
“You have all of the construction staff associated; electricians, engineers, plumbers, and HVAC people for all the cooling tech that are continuously working on a multi-year time horizon. In the construction phase there’s a lot of spend, and that is just generally good for the ecosystem,” said Kearl.
Investment in local power infrastructure also has long-term job implications for maintenance and upgrades, he said.
“Alberta is a really exciting place when it comes to building data centers,” said Beacon AI CEO Josh Schertzer on a recent ARC Energy Ideas podcast.
“It has really great access to natural gas, it does have some excess grid capacity that can be used in the short term, it’s got a great workforce, and it’s very business-friendly.”
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Alberta
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