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Tuesday's letters: Keep adding chapters to books program that supports babies
Imagine how delighted I was to see a poster for Books For Babies at a West Edmonton Parent Link site. Junior Leaguers, including myself partnered with the Centre For Family Literacy to start this...
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Alberta RCMP investigate after driver collides head-on with truck
A man was in critical condition after fleeing a traffic stop and smashing into a pickup east of Camrose. Camrose RCMP received a call Friday morning about a dangerous driver near highways 845 and 26....
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Editorial: Heed early fire warnings
Northern Alberta’s run of warm, sunny weather makes for great spring patio hopping and an early start to the golf season, but there’s a worrisome side to all this hot and dry that should spark more...
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David Staples: Edmonton should move to Bus Rapid Transit, expert says
Whether you hate traffic jams or crave city streets that are great for walking and cycling, Gil Penoloso is a person of interest. Penoloso wields influence in the world of transportation system design,...
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Edmonton electrician and Epcor at odds over smart meter installations
An Edmonton electrician and Epcor are at odds over the utility’s method of replacing thousands of residential power meters. Epcor is replacing about 385,000 power meters in 2016 and 2017 with newer...
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Wildfires near Edmonton play havoc with home life, schooling, air quality
Wildfire evacuees west of Edmonton gathered necessities, homes to the east were razed and schools to the south were shut down Tuesday as tinder-dry conditions continued to fuel Alberta’s fire season....
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What would you do with more time in your day?
We asked Capital Ideas members how they would spend extra time. Here’s what members of our community of business owners helping business owners had to say: Joanne Blake, personal branding speaker and...
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Fourth suspect charged in slaying of man found in burned car north of Edmonton
A fourth man has been charged in the homicide of Junior Morris Laidley, whose remains were discovered in a burned out car in Lamont County in January, say police. Max Matthews, 37, of Edmonton, was...
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LRT murder trial about what was going on inside accused's head, lawyer says
Loud sobbing reverberated through an Edmonton courtroom Wednesday as family members of the victim of a fatal 2012 beating on an LRT train watched video of the deadly attack. The Edmonton Transit System...
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ALERT seizes four kilograms of W-18, a drug 100 times deadlier than fentanyl
Addictions outreach workers say Alberta’s public health response to powerful street drugs like the W-18 recently seized in Edmonton is lagging, even as overdose deaths continue to climb at a staggering...
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Alberta organ donations get a boost from under the dome
While politicians and their staffers were encouraged to sign up to be organ donors at the Alberta legislature Wednesday, Nicole Goehring, NDP MLA for Edmonton-Castle Downs, needed no encouragement....
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Thursday's letters: Spring heralds misery of traffic racket
We should all feel good now spring weather has arrived but unfortunately for Oliver residents, pleasant weather also comes at a price, with the incessant roar of unmuffled screaming engines, echoing...
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Former Syncrude boss bids farewell to U of A mining school
Former Syncrude president Jim Carter, who played a leading role in the growth of the University of Alberta’s highly regarded mining engineering program over the past 25 years, is set to retire. Carter...
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'I believe he was stomping on his head': Edmonton LRT driver testifies in...
Accused LRT killer Jeremy Newborn repeatedly kicked and stomped victim John Hollar in the head as he lay motionless on the train car floor, a jury heard Thursday. Testifying at Newborn’s second-degree...
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Editorial: New wave of drugs alarming
If Albertans thought the worst of the opioid-abuse crisis was in the rearview mirror after the horrific number of fentanyl overdoses that marked 2015, the first few months of 2016 are providing a...
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Friday's letters: Winning neighbourhood buy-in for infill requires smart...
Re. “Councillor hopes community’s support for row houses mean new era for infill,” April 19 Coun. Andrew Knack hopes Edmonton has turned a corner on the infill debate. If a corner has been turned, it...
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John Jagersma: All Alberta schools serve the public good
A young child timidly meets new classmates on the first day of school. Soon school becomes a normal part of the daily routine. Time flies. Graduation arrives, and the child, now a young adult,...
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Fred Duckett: Oil jobs fueled Alberta's wealth then and now
I was born in 1939, and raised in Tomahawk, a hamlet about 100 kilometres west of Edmonton and about 35 km northeast of Drayton Valley. I can remember Alberta before oil. Alberta was a poor province....
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Alberta government announces how hospitals, health facilities will benefit...
Crumbling hospital elevators, roofs, boilers and pipes are set to receive more attention over the next five years as the provincial government increases spending on its health maintenance program. “I...
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Saturday's letters: Bad call on minor hockey body checking ban
Re. “Body checking now banned in most levels of minor hockey,” April 22 Where was the consultation with stakeholders in Hockey Edmonton’s decision to eliminate body checking from bantam and midget...
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