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The Edmonton Oilers have dispatched the Los Angeles Kings and advanced to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third straight season. With a 4-3 win over the Kings in Game…
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Air Canada lost $81 million in its first quarter, falling below analysts’ expectations even as revenue and capacity ramped up. Canadians’ diminishing appetite for post-pandemic travel yielded thinner…
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The makers of Ozempic say their weight-loss drug Wegovy will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday. Novo Nordisk’s weekly injection is approved for weight loss among patients diagnosed with…
Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately…
In today’s The Big Story podcast, former U.S. president, Donald Trump, is facing criminal charges, a historical first. It’s been two weeks since the trial began, and the former president has been complaining…
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Alberta is walking back it’s decision to pull funding for low-income transit passes in Calgary and Edmonton after a flurry of negative comments from the city’s mayors and advocates.
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Construction, bike lanes, no loading zone, and a lack of access to available parking. These are the concerns a business downtown has raised near LRT expansion.
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May 1st marks the start of a government reform adjusting the off-campus work hours for international students from 20 hours to 24 hours. Phoenix Phillips reports.
The Alberta government reversed its plan to cut low-income transit passes in Edmonton and Calgary following criticism from mayors and advocates.
Cooler heads appeared to prevail, one day after Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons for unparliamentary language. But less than an hour later, Poilievre doubled down on his remarks to a local radio host.
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The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) has voted to reintroduce the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, four years after it was suspended. Elliott Knopp attended the heated debate.
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Phase Three of the wildly popular Alberta is Calling campaign is up and rolling, with the province hoping it will recruit skilled tradespeople to fill critical role in the labour market.
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Edmonton police say they are continuing to investigate a suspicious death that occurred in June 2023. EPS says on June 12, officers responded to a report of a “sudden death” at a home near 92 Street…
The Conservative and Liberals continued their sniping a day after heated exchanges led to Pierre Poilievre being ejected from the House.
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Edmonton-based Capital Power Corp. says it is no longer pursuing its proposed $2.4-billion carbon capture and storage project at its Genesee natural gas-fired power plant. The…
Construction, bike lanes, and congestion are all that can be seen along 103 Street, as the City works to revitalize downtown. That construction has been going on for many years and businesses are fed up. “As…
The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) has voted to reintroduce the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, four years after it was suspended. The SRO program was halted by EPSB in 2020 after community…
London Drugs stores remain closed for a fourth day in a row in western Canada, after a cyberattack was reported over the weekend.
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Employees at Canada’s two biggest railways have authorized a strike that could see thousands of workers walk off the job in three weeks if they are unable to reach new deals on contract demands. About…
Wednesday marks the official start date of the long-awaited $34-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project. Crown corporation Trans Mountain Corp. says as of Wednesday, the expanded pipeline…
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Edmonton police are looking to identify a person of interest in connection with the fire that destroyed a historic WWII hangar last week. Hangar 11 at the Edmonton Municipal Airport, one of two remaining…
As Canadians grow increasingly frustrated with the high cost of food, a look at Loblaw’s latest quarterly profits may upset some people.
Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Métis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years. The community leader and his wife were among the many residents…
Harvey Weinstein is due back in a New York courtroom Wednesday for his first appearance since an appeals court last week overturned his 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial. The preliminary hearing…
The Alberta government will consult with the province’s sexual assault centres to determine how to spend an additional $10 million over the next three years. An additional $3 million is being allocated…
Police say the man allegedly responsible for three drive-by shootings in Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Winnipeg in December 2023 fled to India.
Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of the House of Commons during question period Tuesday. All Conservative MPs have left the chamber in protest after Fergus gave Poilievre…
The farmer’s market will be returning to its 104th Street location between Jasper Avenue and 102 Avenue this summer. It comes just months after the old Downtown Farmers’ Market declared bankruptcy citing…
A swarm of bees created quite a baseball buzzkill in the desert. The start of Tuesday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks was delayed nearly two hours after a bee…
Having police officers in schools is harmful to many students, according to a public education advocacy group. The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) is meeting Tuesday to debate reintroducing the…