Category Archives: Local News
Glow Christmas Festival Brings Enchanted Forest Magic to YEG
The Glow Christmas Festival returns to the Edmonton Expo Centre in Hall C from December 4 - 31, debuting a brand-new Enchanted Forest theme. With over 1.5 million lights on full display, Owner Shannon...
Dec 03, 2025
Grande Prairie Farmers Market Gears Up For Christmas Market
The Grande Prairie Christmas Market put on by the Grande Prairie Farmers Market will be held from Dec. 4th to the 6th at the Tara Centre in Evergreen Park. Darice Rach, Manger of the Grande Prairie Fa...
Dec 03, 2025
Gull-Masty commits to Indian Act reform, pushes back on Senate's changes to status
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty told hundreds of chiefs in Ottawa Wednesday she is committed to reforming First Nations status under the Indian Act - but she doesn't agree with changes m...
Dec 03, 2025
Innisfail RCMP Gears Up for 29th Annual Holiday Donation Checkstop
The town of Innisfail and the RCMP will once again hit the streets on December 6th from 10 A.M - 3 P.M, setting up along 50th street between 48th and 49th Ave to collect food, toys and monetary donati...
Dec 03, 2025 Innisfail RCMP at the annual Charity Checkstop (Photo Submitted)
Community Learning Hosts Third Annual 'Very Merry Thriftmas' in Lac La Biche
Community Learning in Lac La Biche is hosting its Very Merry Thriftmas event from December 2-4, giving kids 12 and up a chance to pick out gently used toys, games, books and more in time for Christmas...
Dec 03, 2025
11th Annual Holiday Blitz in Stoney Plain planned for Dec. 13 and 14
The Last Minute Holiday Shopping Blitz will be taking place from Dec. 13 to the 14th at the Pavilion at Heritage Park in Stoney Plain. The 11th annual market will feature 210 vendors with a variety of...
Dec 02, 2025 Holiday Market
Feds say First Nations clean water legislation will come next spring
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce clean drinking water legislation in the spring, delaying a bill that had been promised to come this fall. Carney promised to revive the le...
Dec 02, 2025
Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline
For some First Nations leaders, the prospect of conflict with provincial and federal governments over plans to send another pipeline to the B.C. coast brings back vivid memories of years past. For man...
Dec 02, 2025 Grand Chief Stewart Phillip speaks1 during a news conference for an announcement of funding to Indigenous led conservation in B.C. at the 2023 B.C. Cabinet and First Nations Leaders’ Gathering in Vancouver, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Edmonton police to become first police agency to test facial recognition body worn cameras
This month, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) will begin a Proof of Concept to test facial recognition-enabled Body Worn Video (BWV) cameras. In partnership with Axon Enterprise, Inc., EPS will be the...
Dec 02, 2025 Edmonton Police Body Camera Credit : Edmonton Police
Thousands of kilos of illicit drugs seized by numerous Canadian authorities
Twenty-one Canadian law enforcement agencies and government partners worked together to disrupt illegal fentanyl production and distribution in Canada. Over the course of five months, the initiative d...
Dec 02, 2025 Canadian Integrated Response to Organized Crime (CIROC) members. Courtesy: CIROC
