Category Archives: Local News
U of A unveils new facility featuring cutting-edge microscope
The University of Alberta has unveiled a new facility featuring a cutting-edge, high-resolution microscope. The microscope is powerful enough to peer into the deepest structures of life itself, accele...
Oct 08, 2025 U of A
15 million dollar lotto ticket bought in Edmonton
Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Edmonton for Tuesday night's Lotto Max draw is $15 million richer. The Western Canada Lottery Corp. announced the winning numbers were chosen by a ticket buyer f...
Oct 08, 2025
High school football players affected by teachers strike get free camps put on by Edmonton Elks
High school football players benched because of the Alberta teachers strike are getting help from the CFL's Edmonton Elks. The strike, on day 3, means a number of school sports teams are having their ...
Oct 08, 2025
U of A to Host Indigenous - Focused Tours Showcasing Art and Community
The University of Alberta is set to host the Indigenous Focused tours during it's Open House on October 18. From 9 A.M - 3 P.M, visitors can join tours at the Butterdome and the Pavilion to learn abou...
Oct 07, 2025 U of A Students on the Indigenous Focused Tours on campus (Photo Credits - U of A)
Advance Polls for Municipal Elections Opens today in Edmonton
Advance Polls are now open for Municipal Elections in Edmonton as of noon to 8 P.M until Saturday, with stations scattered across the city. Giving voters a chance to cast their ballots early. The 2025...
Oct 07, 2025 Photo source: Elections Alberta website
Hope Mission Launches Province-Wide Emergency Support Amid Teachers' Strike
As the Provincial Teachers' strike continues to impact families across Alberta, Hope Mission has launched emergency programs to support children and families in need with meals and care. Scott Barclay...
Oct 07, 2025
ALERT Operation ICE Storm Leads to Seven Arrests
Operation ICE Storm has led to the arrest of seven child sexual exploitation suspects. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit made the arrests between...
Oct 07, 2025
MacEwan University offering first-in-Canada Indigenous minor
Students at MacEwan now have the opportunity to incorporate truth and reconciliation into their undergraduate degree through a new Indigegogy minor. Students will take 18 senior-level credits selected...
Oct 07, 2025
UPDATE: Mother of Samuel Bird speaks out about her missing son
CFWE's Johanna Luna goes One-on-one with Alanna Bird about her son's case. He went missing since June 1, 2025. Edmonton Police Services made the announcement on Samuel Bird's missing case to be a crim...
Oct 06, 2025 Missing poster Samuel Bird (Photo submitted)
Alberta teachers strike begins affecting thousands of students
Fifty-one thousand public-education teachers across Alberta hit the picket lines Monday, closing public and catholic schools across the province, leaving thousands of students at home. The economic an...
Oct 06, 2025
