Category Archives: Local News

Oilers and Calgary Flames reveal 2023 Heritage Classic Jerseys
On Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames unveiled their uniforms for the 2023 Heritage Classic, showing their franchise histories in a number of ways. The Heritage Classic will be held on Oc...
Brooklin Brittain Sep 26, 2023

Boyle Street temporarily moving services to four locations in Edmonton
As Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) prepares to leave its current home, it's spreading its services across four different locations in central Edmonton as it waits for work to finish on a...
Digital News Sep 25, 2023

RCMP in Fort McMurray investigating homicide
Wood Buffalo RCMP along with the Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating the suspicious death of a man in Fort McMurray. In the early hours of Sunday, September 24th, Wood Buffalo RCMP...
Digital News Sep 25, 2023

"kihcihkaw askî-Sacred Land" opens as Canada's first urban Indigenous celebration grounds
People from all over Treaty 6 territory and Treaty 8 gathered in Edmonton's river valley on Friday to mark the grand opening of "kihcihkaw ask-Sacred Land," the first urban Indigenous celebration grou...
Sep 25, 2023 Indigenous peoples celebrate the grand opening of "kihcihkaw askî-Sacred Land." Photo by Ryan Hunt.

Alberta celebrates National Forest Week, wildfire mascot's 65th birthday
Alberta is celebrating National Forest Week and the birthday of Alberta Wildfire's mascot Bertie the Beaver, who turned 65 last week. "It is fitting that Bertie's birthday celebration falls during Nat...
Sep 25, 2023 Devil's Head forest fire in 2020 (Photo submitted by Melissa Story)

Grande Prairie RCMP searching for hit and run suspect
A pedestrian suffered broken bones after a hit and run in Grande Prairie last month. Emergency crews were called to the area of 100 Avenue and 112 Street in the city between 5pm and 6pm on August 29th...
Digital News Sep 25, 2023

Jets beat Oilers in pre-season opener
Cole Perfetti is off to a good start as he pursues the second-line centre spot for the Winnipeg Jets. Perfetti scored the shootout winner as the Jets started off the pre-season schedule ...
Digital News Sep 24, 2023

16 year old from Stony Plain dead after crash on Highway 16
A 16-year-old boy is dead after a crash west of Edmonton Saturday afternoon. At around 1:20 p.m., Parkland County RCMP were called to a collision between a Toyota 4Runner and Volkswagen Passat ...
Digital News Sep 24, 2023

EPS investigating sexual assault of 11 year old girl
Edmonton police are investigating the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in the city's southeast last Tuesday. In a Friday release, police said on Sept. 19, the girl was walking home with he...
Digital News Sep 23, 2023 Edmonton Police Service cruiser. File photo.

Alberta RCMP searching for 'armed and dangerous' men
Two people who were kidnapped at gunpoint in eastern Alberta are now safe but police issued a public warning Friday about a pair of suspects who may be in Edmonton or Calgary. RCMP in Ll...
Digital News Sep 23, 2023 Braidy Pardy (left) and Matthew Nicholson (right) in photos provided by RCMP.
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