Edmonton Alberta’s public radio station is relying on donations to stay on the air. CKUA has started fundraising, while also seeking government dollars Nicholas Frew · CBC News · Posted: Apr 21, 2024 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 21 CKUA, Canada’s first public broadcaster, needs to raise $3Continue Reading
Edmonton The Alberta government says it won’t revamp its court system to get federal funding for 17 judges dedicated to hearing family court cases. UCP government not willing to remodel family courts to get the funding, minister says Janet French · CBC News · Posted: Apr 19, 2024 6:00 AMContinue Reading
Urban gardening might seem fairly innocuous when it comes to its overall carbon footprint, but when compared to conventional agriculture, a study released earlier this year would suggest otherwise. The study, published in January in the science journal Nature, found the carbon footprint of food from urban agriculture is six times greater thanContinue Reading
Edmonton·First Person As a family physician, Dr. Nhung N. Tran-Davies had been right next to her patients’ tough moments. When she was diagnosed with cancer, her patients surprised her by showing up for her. Because of my patients, I was able to get through surgery and am now tolerating chemoContinue Reading
Edmonton A natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday morning in west-central Alberta has sparked a wildfire. TC Energy activated its emergency response procedures after it was notified about the incident involving its Nova Gas Transmission Line in a remote location 40 kilometres northwest of Edson, Alta. TC Energy says the affected sectionContinue Reading
Edmonton There are only four places to get a lung transplant in Canada and the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton is one of them — but patients are responsible for finding their own accommodation. Alberta Lung hopes to break ground on the $15M project next year Emily Williams ·Continue Reading
Edmonton Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it’s a waiting game to see how many insects take wing. Southern Alberta grasshopper outbreaks in 2023 likely to repeat this year, forecast warns MadelineContinue Reading
Edmonton·CBC PODCAST CBC’s local podcast looks at the history of Edmonton’s electronic dance music community, and how the culture has expanded. CBC’s local podcast looks at the electronic dance music communityCBC News · Posted: Apr 10, 2024 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 10 David Stone is a DJ,Continue Reading
Alberta Health Services is investigating after an undocumented woman says she was denied an emergency C-section at an Edmonton hospital last month. Perla Estrada, 35, said a doctor told her to go to the hospital on March 25 after an ultrasound revealed she had low amniotic fluid and needed aContinue Reading
