A beginner's guide to selecting a hockey stick
With a dizzying array of hockey sticks on the market today, selecting the proper weapon can be overwhelming for a new player and even for some veterans of the game. But breaking the stick down into...
View ArticleWine and flowers are a perfect match on Valentine's Day
Many wines have aromas and flavours that are reminiscent of the perfume of fresh flowers, from the lightly scented peony to the dark spice of violets. Wine columnist Juanita Roos says whenever she...
View ArticlePaula Simons: Colten Boushie case exposes a rural Canada tipping to anarchy
Colten Boushie’s death, and the aftermath of his trial, symbolize just how far we are from true reconciliation on the prairies. But Gerald Stanley’s acquittal is also a symptom of another malaise — a...
View ArticlePremier Notley vows to "keep the pressure on" in trade war with B.C.
When Premier Rachel Notley invited the media into the first meeting of her market access task force Wednesday afternoon, you half expected to find campaign maps on the wall. These would be the kind you...
View ArticleWhat is a knuckle boom crane?
A knuckle boom crane is also known as a picker crane, loader crane and articulating crane. It resembles a traditional straight boom crane but it actually has two booms that articulate at the knuckle...
View ArticleNext week, or else: Premier Rachel Notley continues to push B.C. on pipeline
Premier Rachel Notley’s patience with the Trans Mountain pipeline battle with British Columbia is growing thin. That province has until next week to step back from its threat to reduce bitumen...
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Sunny side up: Breakfast gets a re-do as new restaurants launch in Edm
No sooner has brunch established itself as the go-to meal in Edmonton than its scrappy younger sibling elbows on to the scene in a full-on battle for egg supremacy. Yes, breakfast has busted into the...
View ArticleOil Spills: Edmonton Oilers Letestu and Maroon top targets as NHL trade...
Monday, Feb. 26 is the NHL trade deadline and Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are perhaps the only two Edmonton Oilers players who won’t be in play. The team’s encouraging performance in last year’s...
View ArticleWorld’s Longest Hockey Game propelled by hope
Brent Saik is hoping he and 39 other skaters will keep the record for the world’s longest hockey game. Saik started the World’s Longest Hockey Game in support of the Alberta Cancer Foundation and the...
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Photos: The Fire and Ice of the Silver Skate Festival
Flow performer Geoff Brockelsby juggles fire inside the Hawrelak Park Ice Castle during the Silver Skate Festival in Edmonton Sunday Feb. 18, 2018. A wolf snow sculpture appears to watch visitors to...
View ArticleWest Edmonton Mall welcomes the hatching of black-footed penguin
West Edmonton Mall recently announced a new addition to the African black-footed penguin colony at its Sea Life Caverns attraction. The five-week old African penguin is the fourth penguin to be hatched...
View ArticleHybrid mountain pine beetles threaten Jasper National Park
University of Alberta researchers Jasmine Janes and Stephen Trevoy have uncovered a hybrid population of mountain pine beetles while tracing the origins of the bugs in Jasper National Park. The park...
View ArticlePaula Simons: Pipeline champion Rachel Notley casts herself as Alberta’s Iron...
What do Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and Rachel Notley have in common? According to Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons, more than you might think. In this video essay, Simons looks at the way...
View ArticleFuture looks promising for the singing Melisizwe Brothers
In 2016 the Melisizwe Brothers posted a cover on YouTube of The Jackson Five’s I’ll Be There and the video went viral. The singing brothers – Marc, 14, Seth, 11, and Zacary, 10 – from Leduc, AB, were...
View ArticleWhat is Halal meat?
More Alberta beef producers are pursuing halal certification as Canada’s Muslim population continues to grow. Halal means permissible in Arabic and refers to foods that have been prepared according to...
View ArticleFort Saskatchewan's Two Sergeants brewery moving to Edmonton
Fort Saskatchewan — Two Sergeants is marching into Edmonton, and it’s bringing its kegs with them. The Fort Saskatchewan brewery first opened its doors back in 2015, but is unable to expand in its...
View ArticleFriends of nurse killed by mother call for accountability within health-care...
Friends of a nursing graduate who was killed by her mother during a psychotic episode want the mental-health system to change. Both the Crown and defence believe Christine Longridge should be found...
View ArticleOil Spills: Oilers play for small victories even while out of playoffs
Small victories: That’s what the Edmonton Oilers are playing for now that they are out of the 2018 National Hockey League playoff chase. Yes, it has been a disappointing season for the Oilers and their...
View ArticleOlympics inspires young bobsledders
Grade 3 students at Sweetgrass School in Edmonton got into the Olympic spirit by participating in a bobsled race event at the school on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Kristy Lundstrom, a grade three teacher...
View ArticleAlberta to invest $1 billion over eight years in bitumen upgrading
The province plans to spend up to $1 billion over the next eight years for new partial upgrading facilities in Alberta to diversify the energy sector. The money will likely come in the form of $800...
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