Category Archives: Local News

Thousands of School Support workers begin striking in Edmonton and area
Educational support workers gathered this morning before dawn across the city and surrounding communities as a strike is officially underway. Adorning signs with slogans and messages, and dressed for ...
Jan 13, 2025

Saddle Lake Resident Charged with First-Degree Murder After Fatal Stabbing
St Paul RCMP have laid murder charges in the killing of a Saddle Lake Cree Nation man. On January 8, Mounties found 61-year-old Garvin Lloyd Chisan seriously injured at a home on Saddle Lake Cree Nati...
Digital News Jan 12, 2025

Rising Above breaks ground on new Grande Prairie addictions treatment facility
Rising Above, a faith-based addictions treatment centre, broke ground at its Park Campus in Grande Prairie on January 6. The new facility will feature a 70-bed capacity, along with expanded services l...
Digital News Jan 11, 2025

Traffic Signal Maintenance Program resumes Jan. 14 in Grande Prairie
The Traffic Signal Maintenance Program will resume January 14 in Grande Prairie. City crews will be inspecting and upgrading traffic signal lights at the intersections of 108 Avenue and 100 Street, 68...
Brooklin Brittain Jan 10, 2025

Fort Saskatchewan Set to Host Annual 'Blue Monday Comedy' Special
The third Monday in January, often called Blue Monday, is a challenging time for many, marked by cold weather, post-holiday financial stress, and limited sunlight. To help beat the winter blues, the C...
Jan 10, 2025 Blue Monday Comedy Special Poster

Sylvan Lake cancels Polar Dip and Big Jig
The Town of Sylvan Lake have cancelled their upcoming events, Big Jig and the Polar Dip, due to unsafe ice conditions. The Polar Dip is part of the Big Jig Ice Fishing Derby, which was supposed to tak...
Brooklin Brittain Jan 10, 2025

Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane undergoes successful knee surgery
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane was expected to need four to eight weeks of recovery time after undergoing successful knee surgery, the NHL team said Friday. The procedure, performed Thursday in ...
Digital News Jan 10, 2025

26 Charges Filed in Charity Motorcycle Ride Crash That Claimed 2 Alberta Lives and Injured 6
RCMP have filed charges against a man accused of driving an uninsured semi, while in possession of meth when the crash occurred between a convoy of charity motorcycle riders last summer on August 31. ...
Jan 10, 2025 Laurent Isadore (Left) Tyler Duboski (Right)

Five people hospitalized after explosion in downtown Red Deer
Five people are in hospital following an explosion Thursday at a Red Deer industrial site. Just before 4pm, Emergency Services responded to the prairie Bus lines building on 54th Street. In an ...
Digital News Jan 10, 2025

Telus outages in Valleyview area
As of January 9, TELUS communications say customers in Northwest Alberta are experiencing a failure of wireless and wired services in their network due to cable damages. The damage was done by unassoc...
Brooklin Brittain Jan 09, 2025










