Author Archives: Darrell Stranger
Alberta youth arrested for terrorism and child pornography offences
A 15-year-old Edmonton area youth has been arrested for terrorism, violating a terrorism peace bond and child pornography offences RCMP said in a press release. The RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Reg...
Oct 23, 2025
Leduc man facing over 100 charges including child luring after ALERT investigation
ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit has laid an additional 86 charges against a Leduc man arrested for alleged luring and making child sexual abuse material earlier this year. The Alberta L...
Oct 21, 2025
November diploma exams for students now optional says Alberta government
The Alberta government has announced that students are automatically exempt from writing November diploma exams. With instructional time in schools disrupted due to the teacher strike, the November 20...
Oct 17, 2025 📷 Envato Elements
More funding coming to Kickstand to expand care for youth
A not-for-profit organization supporting youth mental health in Alberta is set to get even more funding from the provincial government. Kcikstand is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to youth me...
Oct 16, 2025 Photo from the West Edmonton Mall Kickstand location.
Hope Mission expanding rapid response teams to 24/7 service
Hope Mission in Edmonton has expanded its Rapid Response Team (RRT) to 24/7 service to provide life-saving care in response to the ongoing opioid crisis. The expansion ensures immediate intervention f...
Oct 16, 2025 Hope Mission in Edmonton
Black, Indigenous and racialized-owned businesses in Edmonton highlighted as part of dining week
If you are a foodie, you are about to be in for a real treat! Feed the Soul YEG is an entirely volunteer-led and driven organization, with a goal of celebrating and amplifying Black, Indigenous, and r...
Oct 15, 2025
NAIG delaying next games by one year
The North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) Council has announced that following the withdrawal of hosting rights previously granted to the Calgary Host Society and efforts to identify a path forward, ...
Oct 15, 2025
Ways you can help the Edmonton Food Bank this holiday season
The Edmonton Food Bank provides food for about 40,000 people each month through their hamper programs and over 450,000 meals and snacks monthly through partner soup kitchens, shelters, schools, and ot...
Oct 09, 2025
Samuel Bird investigation now searching Carrot Creek area west of Edmonton
The Edmonton Police Service Homicide Section has initiated a search in the Carrot Creek area for Indigenous youth Samuel Bird, who is presumed deceased. Det. Jared Buhler, with the EPS Homicide Sectio...
Oct 09, 2025
U of A unveils new facility featuring cutting-edge microscope
The University of Alberta has unveiled a new facility featuring a cutting-edge, high-resolution microscope. The microscope is powerful enough to peer into the deepest structures of life itself, accele...
Oct 08, 2025 U of A
