The Edmonton Police Service has launched a new initiative it says will use amalgamated data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat crime in the city.

A spokesperson from ATB Financial said that the issue affected 1,400 customers in Alberta.

Economic challenges continue to weigh on Calgary and Alberta in 2019.

Alberta's economic outlook, published by ATB Thursday, expects real GDP growth of just 0.7 per cent in 2019, thanks in large part to pipeline constraints.

The numbers are considerably higher than 2013 and early 2014, when around 70,000-80,000 Albertans were unemployed without EI benefits, according to the report.

The 2019 economic outlook for Calgary and Alberta shows challenges ahead, especially when it comes to job creation and energy investment.

A Drumheller woman faces nine months in jail and the restitution of over $47,000 after defrauding members of the local ATB Financial.

Former CEO Dave Mowat helped drive technological innovation at the Alberta-based bank - Canada's only bank that is also a Crown corporation - to keep up with, and sometimes outpace, Canada's biggest Bay Street financial institutions.

RCMP said the Red Deer woman was working at an ATB Financial branch when she forged a customer's signature and obtained a loan in the customer's name.

Alberta's Crown-owned bank ATB Financial announced Thursday its next president and CEO is Curtis Stange, who will replace the retiring Dave Mowat.