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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

WARNING: This story contains graphic details of violence. Dylan Pountney will be in his thirties by the time he’s allowed to apply for parole for murdering 17-year-old Jennifer Winkler during their high school social studies classroom. The 22-year-old was given a life sentence on Thursday for second-degree murder, with no eligibility forContinue Reading

Edmonton According to a statement of claim, the shooting death of Mathios Arkangelo, 28, in a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood was “unnecessary, unreasonable and without lawful justification.” Mathios Arkangelo, 28, was shot and killed by police on June 29 Julia Wong · CBC News · Posted: Sep 05, 2024 4:00 AMContinue Reading

Edmonton Organizers of the country awards show say the Edmonton-raised singer will sing with the band as part of a celebration tied to lang’s induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame. Canadian Country Music Awards set to take place Sept. 14 in EdmontonDavid Friend · The Canadian PressContinue Reading

A hazardous waste processing facility owned by the Alberta government was granted permission by the same government to operate without mercury monitoring equipment for years, despite such monitoring being a condition of its operating permit. The Swan Hills Treatment Centre is owned by Alberta Infrastructure and operated by a contractorContinue Reading