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Edmonton From cellphone “hotels” to patchwork policies and recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate classrooms without cellphones. Several provinces have introduced plans to limit cellphone usage this school yearBrittany Hobson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 24, 2024 10:59 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Edmonton The Alberta government banned the use of electronic tabulators in municipal elections when it passed Bill 20 in May 2024. It’s a method that municipalities have used for decades, saying it has saved them both time and money.  Province says the change is about trust; some municipalities worry aboutContinue Reading

WARNING: This story discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. Mental health resources in the Edmonton Remand Centre (ERC) are “completely inadequate” and inmates are at risk without more specialized staff, an Alberta judge says. After a fatality inquiry into the death of Jonathan Anderson, Justice Marilena Carminati concluded the jail isn’t equippedContinue Reading

Landon Shepherd, sporting his yellow Parks Canada jacket and blue safety helmet, stood in a campground in Jasper National Park, beside a wooden pole with the metal remnants of a bear bin wrapped around it. Patches of green grass were starting to sprout on the earth nearby, juxtaposed against aContinue Reading

Edmonton Five bison died after two separate vehicles hit them in a national park east of Edmonton early Thursday morning, Parks Canada officials say. RCMP are investigating the incident, agency says Five bison died Thursday as a result of two vehicle collisions, Parks Canada says. (Dennis Kovtun/CBC)Five bison are dead afterContinue Reading

Edmonton The Canadian National Railway (CN) announced it’s moving its crew change terminal out of Jasper. One-third of the buildings in the mountain town were burned down by wildfire in July. More than 200 people work for CN in Jasper Liam Harrap · CBC News · Posted: Sep 19, 2024Continue Reading

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