Lady Gaga returns to Edmonton
Lady Gaga will bring her artRAVE: The ARTPOP BALL to Rexall Place on Monday, May 26. Tickets are $35 to $200 plus service charges. On sale: Monday, Dec. 9 at Ticketmaster. …
View ArticleMore Edmo shows: Wednesday Night Heroes, Moonspell, Zakk Wylde, Kalle...
Wednesday Night Heroes, one of Edmonton’s most influential punk bands of the late ’90s and ’00s, are reuniting for a Saturday, Jan. 25 show at The Pawn Shop. Tickets are $18 plus service charges at...
View ArticleCanadian Western Bank shares hit record high on strong 2013 results
Shares of Canadian Western Bank jumped $1.95 apiece or 5.6 per cent to close at a record high of $36.61 Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange, after the Edmonton-based bank reported stellar net...
View ArticleFlorida Georgia Line bring the Good Times — and warmer weather? — to Edmonton
Florida Georgia Line with Dallas Smith and Chris Lane: Tuesday, April 15 at Rexall Place. Tickets: $39 to $59 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Dec. 13 at Ticketmaster. …
View ArticleLaura’s Story
Just in case you haven’t noticed, it’s cold out there folks! I apologize from the bottom of my Albertan-Canadian heart if this is your first winter in Edmonton. I would like to say “It gets better,”...
View ArticleEdmonton Ski Club’s Big Future Plans
At a planning meeting on December 4th, the future plans of the Edmonton Ski Club were unveiled. A great deal of work has been done, and members of the club and other interested parties were invited...
View ArticleParkland County, one of world’s ‘Smart 21 Intelligent Communities,’ hosts...
Parkland Community has been named one of the “Smart 21 Intelligent Communities of the World” for 2014 by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum. The awards highlight communities around the...
View ArticleGoogle Earth time-lapse video shows Edmonton’s growth
The 35,000-foot view – literal or figurative – can be sobering, depending on the subject matter. Thanks to the ever-clever folks at Google, you can view a time-lapse satellite-view video of Edmonton...
View ArticleMike & Shelley’s Story
With yet another Friday of snowy, chilly weather, Edmontonians may want to seriously consider hibernation. But wait! ABC Head Start has another story to warm your heart. Mike & Shelley’s story...
View ArticleYEG: A Generous City
No doubt there is some excitement in the air today. It is our last day of classes before our winter break here at ABC Head Start, and as the end of the day creeps closer the staff are gearing up to...
View ArticleEternal Husbands, Slates in the giving spirit
Eternal Husbands have a dream. A small dream. The Edmonton expats — two-thirds of The City Streets — want to raise money for All Hands Volunteers, a non-profit involved in providing disaster relief...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins says tossing a jersey is a fightin’...
Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins acknowledged he probably took things a little far in denouncing a fan who tossed a replica Oilers jersey onto the Rexall Place ice surface last week as a “quitter.” But...
View ArticleCapital Ideas: Looking back, looking ahead (Part 1)
We’re long overdue for a catchup, and hey, it’s the end of the year, so let’s do it, shall we? Capital Ideas, an experiment here at the Edmonton Journal to find ways to be useful to Edmonton’s...
View ArticleWho’s releasing an album in 2014? Almost everyone in Edmonton
There’s no shortage of Edmontunes. In 2013, local artists released more than 200 EPs and albums, according to a list compiled by music fan Joel Burford. This year is shaping up to be no different....
View ArticleCapital Ideas: Looking back, looking ahead (Part 2)
We put on many useful and well-received events in 2013, as discussed in Part 1, but that’s not all that Capital Ideas did last year. So what else? From the start, we’ve sought to be a useful part of...
View ArticleWHL round-up: Edmonton Oil Kings blank visiting Seattle Thunderbirds
WHL round-up of games Saturday, Jan.4 (The Canadian Press) Edmonton Oil Kings 7 Seattle Thunderbirds 0 EDMONTON — Tristan Jarry stopped 22 shots and Henrik Samuelsson had five assists as the Oil Kings...
View ArticleCelebrate CJSR’s 30th anniversary at City Hall
Edmonton’s radio dial might be overcrowded, but CJSR 88.5 FM still manages to survive. The listener-funded, volunteer-driven community station is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 7 —...
View ArticleDon’t Hang Up on R/ch GRL
There’s a new pop duo in town, R/ch G/RL, and based on their girl-power single, Don’t Hang Up, you don’t want to mess with them. Director Andrew Fiebiger of Randompath shot the accompanying video — a...
View ArticleMore Edmonton releases: Joe Nolan, Ghibli and Ann Vriend
* Singer-songwriter Joe Nolan‘s Tornado will whirl into this world on Tuesday, Jan. 28. It’s his first for Six Shooter Records, run by the women behind Edmonton’s Interstellar Rodeo festival. *...
View Article2o14.o1.o6 ~ steamy windows
pics, words – fish In photos of bands we miss something vital, the music. Still, musicians explode with passion on their faces, so please enjoy some gig shots from the last week. The first set is from...
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