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Alberta RCMP searching for trio involved in violent home invasion
A 39-year-old woman is facing a charge of attempted murder and RCMP are on the hunt for three men in connection to a violent home invasion near Evansburg that sent a man to hospital with serious...
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Tuesday's letters: Right-wing agenda bad fit for this Progressive Conservative
In the interest of being clear and being heard, I wish to make a couple of distinctions. The news of my decision to pull out of the provincial Progressive Conservative leadership race was, by time and...
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Long-time employees celebrate decades of success at the U of A
Time flies when you’re having fun on the job. It seems to go even faster when you’re making a difference too. That’s certainly true on both fronts for this year’s recipients of the Celebration of...
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Here's what is changing in the Edmonton Journal print edition
On Monday, we launched a refocused print edition of the Edmonton Journal that will move the majority of our local reporting to the A section between Monday and Friday. We’ll be sharing the best of...
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Gary Lamphier: All Weather Windows a homegrown success story
I learned long ago that Edmonton is not a conventional corporate town like Calgary or Toronto, where a few dozen big, publicly traded companies dominate the landscape. Due partly to its relative...
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Man arrested in connection to five fires in same Edmonton alley
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection to a series of suspected arsons in a southwest Edmonton alley. Southwest division police were first dispatched to a fire call in an alley near 109...
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Health minister still mum on future improvements to Edmonton's Misericordia...
Improvements are coming to the aging Misericordia Community Hospital, but exactly what those upgrades will look like and when they might begin are questions the province is still contemplating, Health...
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Wednesday's letters: Impossible to forget Serenity
Re. “Her name was Serenity. Never forget it.” Paula Simons, Nov. 19 I never will forget Serenity. How is it possible to forget her after seeing that little face and reading Paula Simons’s heartbreaking...
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Former drug dealer testifies in Edmonton gang murder trial
A former drug dealer for the White Boy Posse told an Edmonton jury Wednesday that her boss — accused killer Josh Petrin — behaved erratically and threatened to dole out violence. Testifying at Petrin’s...
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Man charged with five counts of arson in same southwest Edmonton alley
A 23-year-old man has been charged in a spree of arsons in the same southwest Edmonton alley. Police were first dispatched to a fire call in an alley near 109 Street and 51 Avenue at around 7:45 a.m....
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Edmonton has third highest homicide rate in Canada
New numbers from Statistics Canada put Edmonton at the third-highest homicide rate among large cities in the country as the homicide rate across Canada jumped 15 per cent. According to the Canadian...
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Edmonton's mayor ticked at provincial decision to OK Beaumont annexation
Mayor Don Iveson says he’s puzzled and frustrated by Alberta’s decision to hand 580 hectares of contested Leduc County land to Beaumont. “We’re talking about 100 years worth of land for Beaumont, which...
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Thursday's letters: Detour design should minimize disruption
Re. “Road blocks everywhere,” Paula Simons, Nov. 22 I’d like to thank Paula Simons for raising this issue about the use and removal of construction barricades. The City of Edmonton’s goal is always...
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Editorial: City costs shouldn't put festivals out of business
Edmonton’s festivals are a point of civic pride. But that pride — whether it takes the form of a parade, a day of music in a park or a multi-day food extravaganza — is getting more and more expensive...
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Gary Lamphier: Kinder Morgan pipeline risks exaggerated by critics
Human beings aren’t terribly adept at evaluating risks. While we perceive some things as fraught with peril — like walking down a dark downtown street — we ignore others. For instance. I live in an...
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Watch: Can Man Dan starts annual food drive campaign at Southgate Centre
An Edmonton man is setting up camp outside Southgate Centre as part of his annual holiday food drive. Dan Johnstone, known as Can Man Dan, will camp out in a cube van at the Southgate Mall Safeway for...
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Edmonton Kijiji scammer skirts jail time, pays back victims
An Edmonton man who defrauded numerous people in an online ticket selling scam has avoided jail time, in part because he has repaid his victims. Elias Batraki, 32, received a nine-month conditional...
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Police justified in shooting leg of drunk man armed with pellet gun: ASIRT
Edmonton police were justified in shooting a 50-year-old man in the leg, after he drunkenly threatened them with a pellet gun, independent investigators have determined. A 911 operator received a call...
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Mom relives son's drowning on first day of Edmonton trial
A woman charged with failing to provide the necessities of life in connection with her three-year-old son’s death wiped away tears Friday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench as footage of the lake where...
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Saturday letters: Predictions a losing proposition with Trump
Re. “Upset win can hardly be called revolutionary,” Trevor W. Harrison, Nov. 22 Trevor W. Harrison makes some valid points regarding the depressing tendency of American politics to descend to the...
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