Category Archives: Local News

Indigenous health info available at Fort McMurray fair
Fort McMurray & Area residents are invited to learn more about local Indigenous health and public health services at a health information fair later this week. The free Alberta Health Servi...
Digital News Sep 24, 2024

Edmonton Public Schools renames Prince Charles School to Awâsis Waciston School
The Edmonton Public Schools announced the renaming of the Prince Charles School to Awsis Waciston School (Cree for Child's Nest). All students attending the school are enrolled in the Awsis program, w...
Sep 24, 2024 Prince Charles School now known as Awâsis Waciston School (Photo Submitted)

Unveiling of "Every Child Matters" crosswalk brings unity and recognition
This morning marked the unveiling of the artwork of Karlliea Wood in St. Albert, a crosswalk near the downtown bearing the words "Every Child Matters". St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron says, it's importan...
Digital News Sep 24, 2024

New COVID-19 vaccine recommended for racialized communities
An updated vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech's to protect against a recently circulating COVID-19 variant is approved, Health Canada said today. Pfizer said the newly formulated vaccine will be available i...
Digital News Sep 24, 2024

Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre Urgently Seeks Food Drive Donations
The Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre is calling on community members to join in on their food drive that is a set for September 28 as their food bank is in urgent need of donations. With rising dem...
Sep 24, 2024 Food Hamper Box (Photo Submitted)

Teepee in Lac La Biche burned
A teepee outside of the Lac La Biche RCMP detachment, given as a gift from the Beaver Lake Cree Nation was burned on Monday. The fire started just after 11:00pm, RCMP members at the detachment used fi...
Digital News Sep 24, 2024

Survivor Portraits display opens in Kingsway Mall ahead of Orange Shirt Day
Sunday Sept. 22 marked a momentous day for Damian Abrahams. The exhibit he had worked vigorously on to honor residential school survivors came to light. The display, near entrance 8 at Kingsway Mall s...
Sep 24, 2024

RCMP ask for help in finding Ava Threefingers
Camrose RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating missing 15-year-old Ava Threefingers. Threefingers was last seen in Bittern Lake on the night of July 30. Information received during this ...
Digital News Sep 23, 2024

Fewer Edmonton photo radar tickets issued this summer
About 7,500 fewer automated photo radar tickets were issued to Edmonton drivers at intersections this past summer compared to previous years. That's a decrease of nearly nine per cent, according to in...
Digital News Sep 23, 2024

Grande Prairie RCMP investigating hit-and-run
RCMP in Grande Prairie are asking anyone who may have witnessed a hit and run on September 14th just before 8:00pm on 108th Ave. Police say they responded to a complaint that night surrounding a hit a...
Digital News Sep 23, 2024










