Category Archives: Local News
The Mission Thrift store helps kids get ready for School
Today, The Mission in Thrift store in Edmonton Held a back-to-school event to help get kids back on track within affordability. There were School Supplies ready to get taken away, as well as free popc...
Aug 20, 2025 Mission Thrift store
Student housing in downtown Edmonton getting $15 million boost
The City of Edmonton is taking an important step to increase access to student housing through a $15-million Downtown Student Housing Incentive, part of the Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan. The p...
Aug 20, 2025
Measles exposure warning issued in Fairview
Alberta Health Services is warning about another potential exposure to measles, this time in Fairview. AHS says, citizens may have been exposed to the the virus if they were at the Fairview Health Com...
Aug 20, 2025
Indigenous and rural Alberta business developments to get $5.9M in funding from Federal government
The federal government is giving $5.9 million dollars to help seven developments in rural and Indigenous communities across Alberta. Eleanor Olszewski, the minister responsible for Prairies Economic D...
Aug 20, 2025
RCMP major crimes make arrest in Driftpile First Nation death
Lakeshore Regional Police Service and Faust RCMP investigated reports of a weapon near Eva Road on Driftpile First Nation on August 15. Upon arrival, they found the body of a man later identified as 2...
Aug 20, 2025
Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games kick off in Leduc this week
Leduc is hosting the 2025 Alberta 55 Plus Provincial Summer Games August 21-24, 2025. The events will be held in a variety of venues within Leduc. The 2025 Alberta 55 plus provincial summer games repr...
Aug 20, 2025
Update: St. Albert Mounties locate dog involved in bite incident that sent 61 year old woman to hospital
The St. Albert RCMP, with the help of the St. Albert General Investigation Section and St. Albert Municipal Enforcement Services, have found the dog and its owner that were involved in a recent dog bi...
Aug 20, 2025
Virtual Emergency Physician pilot expanding to Barrhead, Westlock and Redwater
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is expanding a pilot project to improve support for emergency department (ED) patients in northern rural communities. The Virtual Emergency Physician (VEP) program expand...
Aug 20, 2025 Alberta Health Services
City of Edmonton updating animal licensing and control bylaw
Edmonton's pet bylaws saw changes for the first time in two decades after city council voted to do so Tuesday. The new bylaw includes a tiered attack scale for dog bites in which fines escalate under ...
Aug 20, 2025
Calgary is Making History Launching a Major $30million Boost to Indigenous-led Housing
On August 19, 2025, the City of Calgary announced an Indigenous Housing Program, Maa'too'maa'taapii Aoko'iyii'piaya, representing a historic $30 million investment in Indigenous-led housing solutions ...
Aug 19, 2025
