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Seasonal parking ban starts Monday
A seasonal parking ban on priority routes will begin Monday at 7 a.m. Vehicles parked on designated parking ban routes will be subject to tagging and towing for the duration of the ban, the city said...
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Death of man found in Edmonton parking lot deemed non-criminal
Police officers are investigating after a man was found dead inside a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot Saturday afternoon. Police were called to the parking lot at 129 Street and 137 Avenue...
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Gang unit warns of surge in cancer-causing buffing agent
Police fear a growing amount of buffing agent being seized in drug busts means more high-level dealers are bringing wholesale quantities into Edmonton for redistribution, creating another avenue for...
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Sources identify man shot dead by police
Vitaly Savin, 55, is the man shot dead by a police officer following a traffic stop in southwest Edmonton on Thursday, sources confirm. Savin’s Facebook page has since been memorialised, with...
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Salvation Army fundraiser offers Indian feast to help Edmonton's homeless
Indian-born Ramesh Devangodi says Canada has given him a good life and, as a result, he has offered his downtown Haweli restaurant for a Salvation Army fundraiser. “I met my wife Sonia here and we now...
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Jewish Federation of Edmonton strengthens security in response to threats...
The Jewish Federation of Edmonton is working to strengthen security in response to recent bomb threats at Jewish community centres and schools across North America. The umbrella organization is...
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Suspect in road rage crowbar beating makes court appearance
A man accused of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked another driver with a crowbar made a brief court appearance Monday. Jared Matthew Eliasson, 28, is also charged with possession of a...
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Johns aged 20 to 70 busted in vice sting by Edmonton police
More than two dozen men — the youngest 20, the oldest 70 — were arrested during a three-day city police vice sting. The 26 men were charged after an operation that focused on “persons purchasing sexual...
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NDP private member's bill calls for Alberta standard time, no more clock changes
Albertans shaking off some leftover grogginess from turning their clocks forward on the weekend may be in for some relief. Edmonton NDP MLA Thomas Dang introduced a private member’s bill Tuesday that...
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Streetscape homes bring urban feel to La
There’s a trend in new home design emerging in the suburban areas of Canada’s biggest cities, including here in Edmonton, which puts the focus on high curb appeal and family friendly floorplans. The...
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Catholic school board support wanes among young adults, survey says
Younger adults are significantly less supportive of publicly funded Catholic schools in Edmonton than their older counterparts, a new Mainstreet Research poll says. While nearly two-thirds of adults 50...
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Woman reunited with cash in Rimbey
A 50-year-old woman in Rimbey is happy to have her cash back after an honest person came across it at a local business and turned it in to police. The woman who lost the money didn’t tell police,...
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Graham Thomson: New hospital for Edmonton promised in provincial budget
Edmonton is getting a new hospital. Sources who have seen the government’s plan say the announcement will come in Thursday’s provincial budget. It’s not known yet how much the facility will cost or...
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Coldplay adds second Edmonton concert
Coldplay is spending the night in Edmonton after adding a new show at Rogers Place. British rockers Coldplay will bring their Head Full of Dreams tour to Edmonton on Tuesday, Sept. 26 and Sept. 27....
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Pedestrian hit by van dies in hospital
A 64-year-old man who was hit by a van while crossing the street earlier this month has died, police said Thursday. Northwest division police officers were called to a collision near 128 Avenue and 101...
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Police looking for two suspects after Maskwacis gas station robbed at gunpoint
Police said Thursday they are looking for two suspects after a gas station in Maskwacis was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night. Two masked men walked into the Maskwacis gas bar armed with rifles at...
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Budget 2017: NDP promises get watered down in rough economy
The economic downturn and the subsequent drop in government revenues continue to delay and water down many of the Alberta NDP’s 2015 campaign promises. Although the opposition pilloried the government...
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Despite two recent police shootings, Edmonton Police Commission statistics...
While two recent police-involved shootings have some members of the public questioning the use of force, the chief of police said new statistics show Edmonton police officers are using less force...
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Paula Simons: Remembering Derek Walcott: Nobel laureate, former U of A...
Derek Walcott, the Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright died early Friday morning at his home in St. Lucia. He was 87. In 2009, Walcott was named the University of Alberta’s first-ever...
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'We finally got to hear the whole story': life sentence ends murder trial for...
It was Christmas day 1995 when eight-year-old Di Falco learned she was getting a little brother. She was so proud of Allen Neil Wilson, the blue-eyed baby that followed, that she brought him to school...
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