A man charged in connection to a deadly break-in and shooting at a Mill Woods home has pleaded guilty – but not to the first-degree murder he was originally charged with.

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says he accepted free VIP tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs but didn’t break conflict-of-interest rules.

Hundreds of trees around Wabasso Campground have been plastered to the ground, downed not by fire, but by hurricane-force winds that tore up asphalt and left tangled metal wrapped around the trees left standing.

The goal this year: to play 100 consecutive hours of baseball starting Thursday through Labour Day Monday to set a world record and raise $300,000.

The accused and the victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze earlier this week had both previously been found not criminally responsible for violent crimes and confined to a psychiatric hospital, court documents show.