Category Archives: Local News
Six-year sentence restored for former Alberta school headmaster guilty of sex assault
Canada's highest court has restored a six-year prison sentence for a former headmaster of a defunct boys' school in Alberta who sexually assaulted a student. Paul Sheppard was convicted in 2021 of sex...
Apr 23, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada is seen on Friday, June 16, 2023, in Ottawa. The court has ordered the former headmaster of a defunct boys' school in Alberta who sexually assaulted a student three decades serve six years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
City of Grande Prairie launches dashboard for real-time amenity information at Eastlink Centre
The City of Grande Prairie has launched a new tool called AccessNow at the Eastlink Centre and Design Works Centre to enhance visitor experience. AccessNow is an online dashboard created to communicat...
Apr 22, 2025
The pope was a friend, and they talked sports: Wilton Littlechild remembers Francis
Wilton Littlechild remembers closing his eyes before Pope Francis lead his first mass at the Vatican more than a decade ago. He wanted to clearly hear every word. As the pope's voice grew louder, Litt...
Apr 22, 2025 Pope Francis adjusts a traditional headdress he was given after his apology to Indigenous people as Chief Wilton Littlechild looks on during a ceremony in Maskwacis, Alta., as part of his papal visit across Canada on July 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Additional case of measles in Edmonton confirmed by AHS
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has issued a warning about three more potential measles exposures in the Edmonton zone. Individuals who were in the following locations during the specified dates and tim...
Apr 22, 2025
ALERT seizes meth, other drugs in investigation spanning across provinces
A 20 kg shipment of methamphetamine worth an approximate street value of $800,000 has been found as part of a drug investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams. The drugs were found sta...
Apr 22, 2025
Cyclist killed in crash near Valleyview
A cyclist is dead after they were hit by a semi-truck north of Edmonton. Valleyview RCMP said a cyclist was travelling in the middle of a westbound lane and was not seen by a semi-truck until it was t...
Apr 22, 2025
Fan bus service from Alberta towns to Oilers home playoff games vs. Kings
If you're an Oiler fan living outside of Edmonton, you can now join the playoff parties at Rogers Place for the first two home games against the Los Angeles Kings with a new fan bus. The NHL team intr...
Apr 21, 2025
Visitor buildings burn in grass fire that swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Firefighters who battled a wind-fueled grass fire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton managed to save the historic structures at the open-air museum, but provincial...
Apr 19, 2025
Charges Laid as Wood Buffalo RCMP Investigate Multiple Fires
Wood Buffalo RCMP are investigating a series of small grass fires discovered on Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, also known as Janvier. Around noon on April 14th, officers on routine patrol spotted the...
Apr 17, 2025 RCMP: file photo
Lloydminster set to host 2025 Esso Cup
Canada's top under-18 female hockey players will descend upon the city of Lloydminster next week April 20-26 for the prestigious Esso Cup. Hundreds of athletes, coaches and spectators will be in Lloyd...
Apr 17, 2025
