Vacuum trucks are working non-stop to slurp water out of a sewer line after relentless rain caused sewer backups in more than 20 Griesbach-area homes. Homes and the downtown skyline is seen from the Griesbach neighbourhood in Edmonton, on Tuesday,…
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Upside down and spinning around: testing out the new K-Days ride
Star Dancer, the newest ride on the midway at K-Days this year, will spin you around, turn you upside down, and likely knock your sandals off. Lisa Johnson From far away, Star Dancer looked like a relatively gentle, swooping pendulum…
K-12 curriculum on park while government launches consults
Almost 10,000 people, including parents, educators, interest groups and members of the public responded to an Alberta Education curriculum survey in 2018. Postmedia, file Teachers who were hoping to test Alberta’s new kindergarten-to-Grade 4 curriculum this fall will have to…
‘Sovereign’ citizen deemed long-term offender for random sex assault
Carlo Fredrick Berg seen in a police handout photo. Photo Supplied/EPS A self-described “sovereign” citizen who sexually assaulted a woman at knife point has been sentenced to seven years in prison and will be monitored as a long-term offender once…
Savage joins Sask., Ont. ministers slamming energy and mines ministers’ conference
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage speaks to media regarding the federal decision on Bill C-69 while Bronwyn Eyre, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources and Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister of Energy, Mines and Northern Development listen on Wednesday, June 12,…
AirBnB of cannabis looking to expand weed tourism in Edmonton
Albertans will be able to get their legal cannabis through 13 licensed producers come Oct. 17. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP/Getty Images A cannabis room rental and experience service looking to tap into weed tourism is expanding into Edmonton homes this…
Trans Mountain triggering interest in warehouse space: Report
The Trans Mountain Corporation’s Edmonton Terminal, Wednesday June 19, 2019. David_Bloom David Bloom / David Bloom/Postmedia Some Edmonton developers are honing in on the construction of warehouse space in the wake of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, suggests a…
Grande Prairie Brewhouse killer appeals first-degree murder conviction
Police tape marks a perimeter around a parking lot in front of The Canadian Brewhouse on 104A Avenue in Grande Prairie, Alberta on Wednesday morning, October 1, 2014. TOM BATEMAN/DAILY HERALD-TRIBUNE/QMI AGENCY Tom Bateman / Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Trib The…
La Liga scores in Edmonton: Professional Spanish soccer clubs connect with fans
Real Valladolid players Nacho Martinez, Michel and Javi Moyano pass the soccer ball around at Rogers Place on July 19, 2019. Cardiff plays Real Valladolid in a friendly on Saturday at Commonwealth stadium. Shaughn Butts / Postmedia Area soccer fans…
Edmonton weather: And the sun is shinin’ in this rainy city
This morning’s sun is expected to be overtaken, once again, by showers. Ryan Jackson / Postmedia A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Saturday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured 14 C with 10 km/h winds out of the…