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Edmonton Federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development instead of Parks Canada. Once passed, would help accelerate rebuilding efforts, Environment minister says Jack Farrell · The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 18, 2024 6:51Continue Reading

Edmonton Premier Danielle Smith has launched an ambitious school construction plan to help relieve pressure created by a population boom by creating 50,000 spaces for students over the next three years.  Province wants to create 200,000 spaces in the next 7 years Premier Danielle Smith announced her government’s new SchoolContinue Reading

At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the most expensive public infrastructure project in the province’s history. Last month, B.C. Hydro started filling the dam’s 83-kilometre long reservoir. The dam is expected to startContinue Reading

Edmonton An Edmonton fertility doctor who admitted to participating in a drug kickback scheme for more than two years will pay a $5,000 fine and serve a temporary practice permit suspension, following a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta hearing last week. Dr. Tarek Motan also faces a proposedContinue Reading

Edmonton·First Person Growing up in the 1990s, Megan Paxman never worried about air quality or dangerous heat. Her summers changed forever when she rushed her four-year-old asthmatic son to the hospital in severe respiratory distress. Growing up in the 1990s, we smelled smoke only when roasting marshmallows Megan Paxman ·Continue Reading

Edmonton The Edmonton Elks are finding a way to return to respectability in what initially looked like a lost season. Edmonton swepts Labour Day series with Calgary for first time since 2004Shane Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 08, 2024 12:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hoursContinue Reading

This story is part of the Prairies Climate Change Project, a joint initiative between CBC Edmonton and CBC Saskatchewan that focuses on weather and our changing climate. Roaming a stretch of land in Lamont County, members of the Métis Nation of Alberta’s conservation and climate change department gather bumblebees inContinue Reading

Edmonton The wildfire that burned a third of the buildings in Jasper, Alta., to the ground is now under control, Parks Canada officials announced Saturday. Designation after just seven weeks of wildfires starting is a ‘significant achievement,’ officials say Emily Rae Pasiuk · CBC News · Posted: Sep 07, 2024 5:52 PMContinue Reading

Edmonton The northern lights, the total eclipse and the perseid meteor shower are out-of-this-world celestial events driving Canadian stargazers to dark sky tourist spots in 2024. What’s also up, in some places, are noise complaints, nocturnal roadkill and bad behaviour. Overcrowding, bad behaviour and nocturnal roadkill prompt new rules AContinue Reading