Category Archives: Local News
Motorcyclist dies in south Edmonton crash as police look for second rider
A man is dead following a fatal accident as a Leduc resident crashed his motorcycle in south Edmonton on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Edmonton police were called the off...
Aug 09, 2024
Alberta Indigenous Games Launch Opening Ceremonies
The 2024 Alberta Indigenous Games hosted their Opening Ceremonies inside the Edmonton Expo Centre by celebrating 10 years of the games, and announcing a record breaking number of participating athlete...
Aug 08, 2024 2024 Alberta Indigenous Games Opening Ceremonies at the Edmonton Expo Centre (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
change in REST hours of operation at wildfire evacuee site
The City of Edmonton is adjusting the hours for the Rapid Emergency Support Terminal (REST) for evacuees from Jasper and Jasper National Park, in response to fewer registrations during late evening ho...
Aug 08, 2024 A small pile of burnt cars in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. Wildfires encroaching into the townsite of Jasper forced an evacuation of the national park and have destroyed over 300 of the town's approximately 1100 structures, mainly impacting residential areas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Edmonton Police seek video surveillance after serious collision where alcohol believed to be a factor
Edmonton police are reaching out to the public in hopes of finding video surveillance related to an early morning collision that left two people injured. On Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at approximately 5:...
Aug 08, 2024
Excitement Builds for Upcoming 33rd Annual Servus Edmonton Marathon
The Servus Edmonton Marathon is gearing up to celebrate it's 33rd Annual event on August 18, that will have a record breaking participation with 6,500 set to run in downtown Edmonton at the Edmonton C...
Aug 08, 2024 Servus Edmonton Marathon at the Edmonton Convention Centre (Photo Credits - Servus Edmonton Marathon)
Columbia Icefield reopening on Friday
Parts of the Icefields Parkway and Columbia Icefield will be reopening on Friday. Parks Canada said on Thursday that Icefields Parkway, or Highway 93, will be open to the public between the Saskatchew...
Aug 08, 2024
George Littlechild's traveling exhibit in Red Deer honours Indian Residential School victims
A travelling exhibit now at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery entitled 'George Littlechild: Here I am - Can you see me?', aims to shine an even brighter light on the horrific realities of the r...
Aug 07, 2024
Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands
More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federa...
Aug 07, 2024 More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal government is funding a study to do just that. A helicopter flies over the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray, Alta., Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Serious motor vehicle accident on Highway 2 near Duncan's First Nation
Early Wednesday morning, Peace River RCMP were on the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 2 at Range Road 255, south of Grimshaw, near the Duncan's First Nation highway turnof...
Aug 07, 2024
City of Grande prairie to begin storm line and structure repairs in multiple neighbourhoods
The City of Grande Prairie has begun repairs and replacements of stormwater infrastructure across several neighborhoods, including Northridge, Crystal Ridge, Crystal Lake Estates, Copperwood, A...
Aug 07, 2024
