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Brick closing Edmonton, Montreal-area call centres
Furniture and appliance retailer The Brick is closing customer care centres in Edmonton and a Montreal suburb as part of a restructuring designed to improve service. An Internet customer care centre in...
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Edmonton lottery winner argues undercover officer entrapped him in...
An Edmonton man who won a $10-million Lotto 6/49 draw was in court Friday claiming he was the victim of police entrapment during a prostitution-related sting operation. Cecil Underwood, 67, earlier...
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Saturday letters: Some vegetables are becoming luxury items
Re: “Getting creative with cauliflower,” Jan. 20 I usually enjoy reading the food page on Wednesday. I find the restaurant reviews and the recipes helpful and I have followed many of them. Needless to...
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Venting: Let's hope the new downtown library isn't a boondoggle
What bugs you? What makes you happy? Tell us about it. Hey Mr. DiCaprio. Thank you for saving me about $50. I was going to go see your movie, but now because of your stupid speech, I will not go to...
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Edmonton-based soldiers gearing up for 'tenure of high-readiness'
After years on the sidelines, Edmonton-based soldiers are getting ready to take the lead. In July, following the completion of Canada’s largest military training effort, Exercise Maple Resolve, local...
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Peace River prisoner sprung from custody by armed masked man before making...
Mounties are hunting for an escaped prisoner from Peace River after corrections officers escorting him to an appointment handed him over to an armed masked man who demanded his release. Peace River...
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Cross-country ski club invests $1.4M to make it snow in Edmonton park
Winter is going to come early from now on at the cross-country ski trails at Gold Bar Park after a project 10 years in the making finally came to fruition this month. Skiing enthusiasts no longer have...
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Edmonton International Airport reports second-busiest year despite downturn
Despite the slumping economy, 2015 turned out to be a banner year for the Edmonton International Airport. Canada’s fastest growing major airport recorded its second-busiest year, serving 7.9 million...
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Edmonton homicide detectives investigate suspicious death
A 53-year-old man found inside a vehicle with “obvious signs of trauma” may be Edmonton’s fourth homicide of the year. Officers responding Sunday about 9:45 p.m. to a call for assistance near 119th...
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Victim found in burned car near Edmonton had served time for armed robbery
A 38-year-old man found dead inside a burned out BMW on a rural Fort Saskatchewan road served time for a 1999 Edmonton home invasion. Junior Morris Laidley was reported missing to Edmonton city police...
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Rain, icy roads expected in Edmonton this afternoon
Brace yourselves for a taste of Vancouver weather Tuesday afternoon. Environment Canada has issued a weather statement for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park as a downpour is expected to make its...
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Edmonton man pleads guilty in fatal hit and run
An Edmonton man owned up in court Tuesday to being responsible for fatally running over a father of two who was trying to stop him from stealing his pickup truck. However, the admission was little...
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'Overvaluation' in Edmonton housing market already correcting: CMHC
Edmonton’s housing market showed “moderate evidence of overvaluation” in the third quarter of 2015, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday in a housing market assessment. But prices are...
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Edmonton homeless man who raped teen in stairwell gets six years in prison
A homeless Edmonton man who raped a 14-year-old boy after luring him into a hidden stairwell at City Centre Mall was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday. Kenneth Jackson Bull, 34, earlier...
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Hippo tusks and swan meat are just two of the things seized in Edmonton last...
From hippo tusks to date-rape drugs to swan meat, border services in Edmonton had their share of the strange amongst the sundries in last year’s seizures. Canadian Border Services (CBSA) says officers...
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Ford makes jump from MMA to boxing
Edmonton hasn’t had a born-and-raised male boxer make a name for themselves on the world stage in close to two decades, but Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford is trying to change that. This city used to be one...
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Police seek suspect in Edmonton kidnapping
Police are on the lookout for an Alberta man wanted in connection to a robbery and kidnapping in Edmonton earlier this month. Lyle Cory Crane, 38, of St. Paul is one of four suspects who robbed and...
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Edmonton 'sky palace' open for business with old furniture, Redford's couch
A penthouse suite that was dubbed the sky palace as it came to symbolize what was seen as the former Alberta government’s sense of entitlement is open for business. But the space has become a...
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Supreme Court rules man acquitted in Clareview park gang rape must face new...
Canada’s highest court has ruled that an Edmonton man acquitted by a jury of gang raping a heavily intoxicated young woman in a Clareview park must be tried again. Johnathan Spicer, 22, had been...
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'It stinks at Gold Bar': Alberta Environment tests find above average levels...
Alberta Environment has tested higher than normal concentrations of hydrogen sulphide — responsible for that rotten egg smell — at Gold Bar Park. It has referred the matter to the department’s...
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