Category Archives: Local News
Alberta to Add Citizenship Status to Driver's Licences by 2026
The Alberta government is taking steps to introduce a single, secure identification card that will include both identity and citizenship information. Officials say this change will simplify access to ...
Sep 15, 2025
Beaver Hills Bridge opens to public
The new Amisk Waciw Asokan (Beaver Hills Bridge) is now open to the Public. The 230-meter bridge connects 167 Avenue in Edmonton to Township Road 540 in Strathcona County. It's a shared-use pathway de...
Sep 15, 2025 Beaver Hills Bridge
New Indigenous Peoples' Council to advise Ottawa on national infrastructure decisions
The federal government has appointed 11 Indigenous leaders to a new council tasked with advising on fast-tracking major infrastructure projects. The Indigenous Peoples' Council will work with Ottawa a...
Sep 14, 2025
'Show will still go on': Legendary Alberta stuntman, animal wrangler to receive award
Legendary Alberta stuntman and animal wrangler John Scott says he was always better at faking stunts on a horse for the big screen than doing the real ones at rodeos. His skills made it to Hollywood m...
Sep 13, 2025 Alberta film producer and stuntman John Scott hand feeds two of his horses on his 5000 acre ranch near Longview, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Oiler Rookies to battle the Flames Rookies tonight at Rogers Place
The Edmonton Oiler Rookies will host the Calgary Flames Rookies tonight at rogers Place. The Oilers lineup will feature top young forwards including Matt Savoie and Isaac Howard, who spoke with media ...
Sep 12, 2025 Oilers Prospect Isaac Howard
Fort Chipewyan RCMP respond to hit and run collision, driver charged
A 59 year old man is facing charges, after a hit and run on the Fort Chipewyan First Nation,, September 6. Just after 9pm, RCMP responded to a crash scene on Wylie Avenue. According to police, a pick ...
Sep 11, 2025
Alberta teachers plan province wide strike starting Oct 6
Alberta teachers have officially started the countdown clock toward an Oct. 6 provincewide strike, with both sides accusing the other of failing students. "Teachers' patience has run out," Jason Schil...
Sep 10, 2025
RCMP investigating an attempted child luring in Stony Plain
Parkland RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a male who approached a 12-year-old girl and allegedly attempted to lure her into his vehicle. RCMP said the incident took place on Hig...
Sep 10, 2025
Edmonton police publicly challenging proposed plea deal from Crown prosecutors
Edmonton police are publicly calling out Alberta Crown prosecutors and demanding a possible plea deal be scrapped in a move criminal trial lawyers liken to extortion. Police, in a letter provided to m...
Sep 10, 2025
U of A receiving $5 million to bolster programs for Indigenous youth
The University of Alberta is one of 30 organizations sharing in a targeted $235-million donation by the Mastercard Foundation to support the exceptional contributions of organizations that are elevati...
Sep 10, 2025 Photo: Richard Siemens. Sculpture: "Treaty Six Territory Marker: Bear Spirit," 2016; carved granite; Stewart Steinhauer
