Edmonton Twice a year, a patrol team scrutinizes barns, straw bales and grain storage bins along a 600-kilometre stretch of the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. They’re looking for rats, continuing a 75-year mission to stop the rodents from making themselves at home in the province. Occasional interlopers are dealt with before they start familiesCBCContinue Reading
Edmonton The Edmonton Oilers can be forgiven for holding their cards much closer to their chests this year — they’re in Las Vegas, a place of broken dreams and sleepless nights. Second time in three seasons Oilers take on Golden Knights in second roundThe Canadian Press · Posted: May 06,Continue Reading
Private policing contracts by the Edmonton Police Service have grown significantly over the last five years, according to new data, with the number of hours and dollars involved more than quadrupling since 2020. The extra duty detail (EDD) program allows private organizations to contract Edmonton police officers outside of theirContinue Reading
Edmonton Those behind the lawsuit say it’s a precedent setting settlement — that raises the benchmark for recourse for women who experience sexual assault. City says the settlement will spur change, community won’t shoulder cost Emily Williams · CBC News · Posted: May 06, 2025 12:28 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading
Edmonton Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will chair an “Alberta next” panel to brainstorm how the province can protect itself from perceived economic incursions from the federal Liberal government. Separation only on ballot if citizens successfully petition for a question, premier says Janet French · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading
Edmonton Fire crews in the County of Grande Prairie have begun to gain the upper hand on a wildfire that forced some people from their homes over the weekend, but they caution their progress may be short-lived. About 100 evacuees have registered with county as of Monday morning Wallis Snowdon ·Continue Reading
Edmonton Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned facility. ‘We agreed to fix the problem instead of just leaving it unattended,’ says Chief Allan Adam Dennis Kovtun ·Continue Reading
Edmonton Hundreds of people rallied at the Alberta Legislature Saturday to support separation from Canada, with many in the crowd waving Alberta flags and a few even displaying the U.S. Stars and Stripes. Rally comes as Alberta government introduces legislation to lower the bar for holding referendums The Canadian PressContinue Reading
Edmonton The majority of delegates at the Alberta NDP convention Saturday voted in favour of ending the long-standing tradition of making provincial members automatic members of the federal party. Naheed Nenshi gets 89.5% support in leadership vote from NDP convention delegates Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi addresses delegates at theContinue Reading
WARNING: This story contains discussions of suicide. Canada’s largest jail is again facing calls to improve mental health care for inmates following an investigation into the death of a 23-year-old man who died by suicide inside his cell. A fatality inquiry into the death of Timothy “TJ” McConnell found thatContinue Reading
