Category Archives: Local News
City of Edmonton deactivates its extreme weather response for poor air quality
The City of Edmonton has deactivated its extreme weather response for poor air quality, effective immediately on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. The decision comes as weather conditions have improved. The ext...
Sep 02, 2025 Edmonton
Edmonton transit safety campaign returning with students going back to school
With many students heading back to school this week, the City of Edmonton is re-launching the Here to Help transit safety campaign. The initiative involves members of the Edmonton Transit Service (ETS...
Sep 02, 2025 An LRT waiting at a station platform in Edmonton (File photo)
Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated First Nations Actor, Dies at 73
Graham Greene, best known for his role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's 1990 film Dances with Wolves, died Sunday at a Toronto hospital after a long illness. He was 73. Over the course of his career...
Sep 01, 2025
Students from remote Alberta community wrecked by wildfire to attend school elsewhere
Some students from a remote, northern Alberta community will mark the first day of classes in a school that's not their own on Tuesday after a menacing wildfire destroyed half of all structures in the...
Sep 01, 2025 Wildfire destruction is seen from the air in Chipewyan Lake, a hamlet within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17 in northern Alberta, in an undated handout photo. A wildfire destroyed about half of the structures in the remote community this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Marcel Auger
Air quality warnings issued in Alberta, Saskatchewan as smoke blankets area
Air quality warnings are in effect throughout parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan as thick smoke hangs over the region. Environment Canada says wildfire smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced vis...
Sep 01, 2025
Inmate convicted of robbery escapes from minimum security facility in Edmonton
Correctional Service Canada says a 21-year-old inmate has escaped from a minimum-security facility in Edmonton. Staff at Stan Daniels Healing Centre reported that Tyrrel Bigchild escaped during an esc...
Aug 31, 2025
Alberta set to replace flimsy paper health cards with new 'Alberta Wallet' app
Alberta is planning to ditch its long-maligned paper health cards with a new app it has dubbed the Alberta Wallet. Holding her own crumpled health card, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the app wil...
Aug 29, 2025
No deal reached between Alberta Government and Teachers before classes resume for Fall semester
The Alberta Government announced today that a deal with the Alberta Teachers Association hasn't been reached. The majority K -12 schools across the province have been getting ready to welcome their st...
Aug 29, 2025 Photo source: Alberta Government LIVE Stream
Former Edmonton principal charged with sexual exploitation
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has charged a 51-year-old former junior high school principal with sexual exploitation. In early 2025, it was reported to police that a female youth had been allegedl...
Aug 29, 2025
Parkland RCMP investigating 'suspicious occurrence' involving a minor
Parkland RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a male who approached a 12-year-old boy and offered him a ride. RCMP said the incident took place at the Wabamun Provincial Park at abo...
Aug 29, 2025
