Category Archives: Local News

Big changes ahead for photo radar in Alberta
The Government of Alberta has future plans to do away with photo radar on numbered highways, provincial highways as well as intersections. This, according to a memo that was sent to Edmonton City coun...
Sep 09, 2024

Woman arrested in Calling Lake following weapons complaint
RCMP could be seen with heavy presence in Calling Lake on Sunday afternoon. At approximately 2:39 p.m., mounties were called to the area following a weapons complaint. Athabasca RCMP had asked residen...
Sep 09, 2024 RCMP: file photo

For the first time in 20 years, the Edmonton Elk sweep Calgary in Labour Day series
The Edmonton Elks are finding a way to return to respectability in what initially looked like a lost season. McLeod Bethel-Thompson threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Elks defeated ...
Digital News Sep 07, 2024 Calgary Stampeders Tyler Richardson (35) runs down Edmonton Elks Eugene Lewis (87) on a pass during CFL action in Edmonton, Alberta, on Saturday Sept. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken

Person found dead following Grande Prairie house fire
An investigation is underway after a body was found inside a burned home in northern Alberta. On Sept 6 at approximately 12:00pm, Grande Prairie Fire Department responded to a house fire in the...
Digital News Sep 06, 2024

Edmonton Elks Donate $500,000 to Support Amateur Football in Edmonton
The Edmonton Elks announced a donation of more than $500,000 dollars to Edmonton's amateur football community, with proceeds coming from the club's successful hosting of the 2018 Grey Cup. Evan...
Sep 06, 2024 Edmonton Elks 500,000 Donation towards amateur football community groups (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Enoch Cree Nation and River Cree Resort host groundbreaking event for new Luxury hotel
The Enoch Cree Nation continues to take steps forward economically with a new luxury hotel expansion at the River Cree Resort and Casino. The new building will include 230 hotel rooms, 40,000 s...
Digital News Sep 06, 2024

Edmonton Police Service rolls out body cameras
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has started deploying body-worn cameras service-wide. Over the course of the next several months, some frontline areas will undergo training and begin wearing the tec...
Sep 06, 2024

Dylan Pountney sentenced to life following 2021 Leduc stabbing
The man who fatally stabbed his classmate in a Leduc high school back in 2021 was sentenced to life without parole for the next 12 years on Thursday. 22 year old Dylan Pountney was convicted of second...
Digital News Sep 06, 2024

RCMP investigating armed robbery at Sylvan Lake CIBC
RCMP are looking to the public for help in identifying the person who robbed a bank in Sylvan Lake on Sept. 4. Around 2:45 p.m. Mounties received a report of an armed robbery attempt at the Syl...
Digital News Sep 05, 2024

Construction underway on the Kikinow Elders Lodge in Greenview
The Kikinow Elders Lodge is a 17,211 sq. ft. senior living facility designed specifically to meet the cultural needs of Indigenous Elders. The lodge, located in the Municipal District of Greenv...
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