Edmontonians, Albertans react to mosque shooting in Quebec City
As news of a shooting in a mosque in Quebec City broke on Sunday, Edmontonians and Albertans shared sympathy and offered support. A vigil is planned for the victims of the attack at 6:30 p.m. on...
View ArticleTop 5 stories of 2016 from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
For Canadian border patrol officers working in Edmonton, 2016 proved to be a busy year. In total, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers welcomed more than 741,040 travellers in 7,482 aircraft,...
View ArticleEdmonton researcher denied entry to U.S. calls for an end to prejudice
Like many times before, Parsin Hajireza was headed to a conference in the U.S. to present exciting new findings from his University of Alberta lab. He had his visa, his permanent residency card, his...
View ArticleNo tenants left in the cold following high-rise apartment fire, manager says
A spokesman for Devonshire Properties said none of its tenants has been left out in the cold after a deadly fire ripped through the downtown Edmonton apartment building. “I am very proud of the people...
View ArticleCanadian golfing great Betty Stanhope-Cole, who 'hated to lose more than she...
Betty Stanhope-Cole, without question the most dominating female golfer in Alberta history and one of the most passionate to ever play the game, has died. Cole, 79, passed away Friday of cancer in...
View ArticleAlberta government opens phone lines ahead of provincial budget
Caller, you’re on the air. The Alberta government opened the phone lines Monday night to field questions about the state of the economy and the forthcoming 2017 provincial budget via the first of two...
View ArticleWalterdale Theatre cancels 'Othello' production due to threats
An Edmonton theatre production of ‘Othello’ has been cancelled after threats were directed towards production members. On Monday evening, the Walterdale Theatre Association released a statement saying...
View ArticleE-tool helping lift the blinders for parents of children with excess weight
A new online app hopes to make parents more aware of children’s weight issues and resources available to help improve their health. Developed by researchers at the University of Alberta, the Resource...
View ArticleFuture raises to be out of Edmonton Public School Board's hands
Edmonton public school trustees elected next October will take home more generous paycheques after the board voted unanimously Tuesday to hike its pay. The board also voted to take future pay decisions...
View ArticleBoundaries set to shift for Edmonton Public Schools voters
Some Edmonton voters may be casting ballots in a different public school ward in October after trustees gave their blessing to new boundaries. Divided over the best option, trustees voted 5-2 Tuesday...
View Article'This will affect us all': Edmonton immigrants and refugees react to U.S....
We visited the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers — an organization that serves 16,000 refugees and immigrants a year — to get reaction about U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that...
View ArticleUniversity of Alberta part of study treating epileptic children with cannabis
As desperate parents of children with severe epilepsy turn to alternative therapies, researchers are launching a study examining the efficacy and safety of treating seizures with medical marijuana...
View ArticleAlberta's population will only get more diverse as immigration fuels...
Twenty-five years from now the face of Alberta will include many more immigrants and almost all of them will be calling Edmonton and Calgary home, according to long-term projections from Statistics...
View ArticlePETA activists denounce exotic skin bags, shoes outside Edmonton store
Covered in body paint mean to simulate a crocodile, two PETA protesters gathered outside the Holt Renfrew store in downtown Edmonton to denounce the making of exotic-skin bags, watchbands, shoes and...
View ArticlePolice on the hunt for carjacker who fled in woman's SUV
Police were investigating after a woman had her car stolen during a carjacking in an east Edmonton grocery store parking lot. On Jan. 25, a woman was walking to her car near 63 Street and 90 Avenue...
View ArticleMan dies after being found in smoke-filled apartment
A man in his 20s has died after being found inside his smoke-filled apartment in Edmonton’s Central McDougall neighbourhood. Edmonton Fire Rescue was called to the apartment building at 10720 108 St....
View ArticleMan charged after heists involving knife, blood-filled syringe
An Edmonton man has been charged after a series of robberies where victims were threatened with a knife and blood-filled syringe. Edmonton police began investigating after two robberies Dec. 27. In one...
View ArticleWestern Canadian history curator collecting artifacts from Women's March rallies
Julia Petrov, curator of western Canadian history at the Royal Alberta Museum, is collecting artifacts from the Women’s March on Washington solidarity rallies in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge....
View ArticleAnger, sadness at sentencing for drunk driver who killed young father,...
An admitted drunk driver who fled the scene after a crash that killed a young father and seriously injured three other people listened in an Edmonton courtroom Thursday as his victims and their...
View ArticleEdmonton LRT service slows Sunday
Track maintenance scheduled for Sunday evening will see trains on the Metro LRT line run at reduced frequency. Edmonton Transit Service crews will be doing required track work at Churchill Station on...
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