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Alberta’s police watchdog found “reasonable grounds” for charges against police officers in the arrest of an autistic, non-verbal teenage boy in St. Albert in 2022, but Alberta’s Crown prosecutors…
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Is there trouble brewing at Edmonton City Hall? Post Media columnist David Staples reports the Alberta Government is ready to ‘stabilize the city and audit the finances and corporate culture’. CityNews…
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Police believe a burned-out vehicle found in northeast Edmonton Tuesday night is connected to a drive-by shooting in Westmount two days earlier. Police say the burned, dark grey F-250 pickup truck was…
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Police say two semi truck drivers were killed after their vehicles collided just north of Fort Saskatchewan Tuesday morning. Fort Saskatchewan RCMP say the deceased were identified as a 41-year-old…
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Edmonton police say two suspects who were wanted in connection to an assault and robbery at the Churchill LRT have been taken into custody and charged. The Edmonton Police Service alleges on Feb. 24…
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Edmonton police say a 59-year-old piano teacher has been charged with sexual assault and released on conditions.
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Federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Edmonton Wednesday evening to host his ‘Axe the Tax’ campaign rally. The visit comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to testify against the fee increase in the House of Commons.
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The province of Alberta is hoping to improve Class 1 licensing and training with a new learning pathway for professional truck drivers.
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Premier Danielle Smith says there is no provincial audit planned for the City of Edmonton following speculations. But as Laura Krause reports, the province says they are ready to help if the city asks.
After 45 years of volunteering in the community, an Edmonton woman is gifted the Governer Generals award for volunteers which is the highest recognition in the country.
With gas prices already jumping at the pump — Alberta unveils the provinces first hydrogen vehicle refuelling stations. Will it be Alberta’s next big energy boom?
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Alberta’s police watchdog says the officer involved in a non-fatal shooting in downtown Edmonton on March 2, 2023, was justified in their actions. On the day of the shooting, Edmonton police officers…
What were you doing over COVID? Well for many of us, we were at home watching TV and wondering when the pandemic would end. But for one Edmontonian, she stepped up and did something else with her time. “It…
Edmonton police say three suspects have been charged and another is wanted in connection with a drug trafficking investigation that resulted in the seizure of more than two kilograms of cocaine. The…
Edmonton police say the driver of a tractor trailer is facing impaired driving charges after what police call a “dangerous driving spree” in the Walker area Monday. The Edmonton Police Service says…
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New data from the University of Calgary is showing women in Canada, especially Alberta, are waiting longer and longer to have kids.
The number of confirmed measles cases in Canada so far this year is more than three times higher than all infections recorded in 2023, the country’s chief public health officer said as she urged people…
The Alberta government is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility to be created in Calgary. The…
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Statistics Canada says the country posted its highest annual population growth rate in more than six decades last year. The agency says the population grew 3.2 per cent, its fastest pace since 1957…
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Investigators began collecting evidence Wednesday from the cargo ship that plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused its collapse, while in the waters below divers searched through…
One interface to rule them all: Simplifying business security
It’s spring break, and young women in Edmonton are getting a hands-on look at different skilled trades as part of a program to try to tip the balance in male-dominated careers. It’s a first for…
As the province touts investments to improve surgical wait times and access to surgery in rural Alberta, questions remain around what the government is doing to recruit doctors. “My understanding…
The Canada Revenue Agency has now fired more than 200 people for falsely claiming a federal income benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CRA says as of March 15, 232 employees “inappropriately applied…
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of new homes in Canada’s six largest cities remained stable at near all-time high levels last year, driven by a surge of new apartments — despite…
Edmonton police are looking for a man believed to be linked to an illegally trafficked firearm that was mailed.
Rakhi Pancholi is dropping out of the race to be the next leader of Alberta’s NDP and endorsing former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.
When people think about climate change they think of it as an environmental issue — but not always as a health issue — but a new research hub out of the University of Alberta is bringing more attention…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate…
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Edmonton police say three men have been charged in connection to copper wire thefts, and another man is still wanted.
Canadian authorities tried to reassure the public about the safety of bridges in the country following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early Tuesday morning after it was rammed by a container…