Joggers take a break while running the stairs in Constable Ezio Faraone Park, Monday evening in Edmonton Nov. 18, 2019. Photo by David Bloom A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measured…
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ATA, ATRF call for auditor general to study proposed public sector pension changes
An omnibus bill that changes how four large public sector pension plans are controlled should be paused until the auditor general can study the implications, the president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association says. President of Treasury Board and Minister of…
Eskimos season ending news conference
With the wound still fresh from a 36-16 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Sunday’s East Division final, the mood at Commonwealth Stadium while locker stalls were being cleaned out Monday seemed decidedly split over whether to tune in, turn…
Councillors opt for plan to improve transit service instead of removing fares in drive to increase ridership
Passengers wait to board an Edmonton Transit Service bus in Edmonton. A fare-free public transit system would lead to fleet capacity concerns at the same time the city’s bus service is working to improve trip times through a route overhaul,…
Malfunctioning CN train gates causing traffic standstill on 149 Street
A Canadian Pacific Railway truck was parked near the railway crossing on 34 Avenue just east of Gateway Boulevard in Edmonton on Sunday September 1, 2019. City police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man who was struck and…
Corus Radio wins injunction in station naming ‘power’ struggle
Corus Radio Inc. claims Harvard Broadcasting’s Power 107 station, left, is ripping off its former Power 92 FM branding. In a lawsuit filed in Calgary, Corus alleges Harvard is making Power 107 out to be “either a revival of, or…
Court hears businessman’s 23-year-old lawsuit over destroyed Edmonton apartment building
An Edmonton fire investigator takes pictures of what was left of the upper floors of the Arlington apartment building after a fire in April 2005. A former shareholder in the building is taking the majority shareholder to court in a…
Consultation, possible changes after pushback against conscience rights bill
More than 200 people gathered to protest Bill 207, a private member’s bill to legislate physician’s conscience rights to refuse treatment or referrals to patients on moral or religious grounds, at the Alberta Legislature building on Saturday, November 16, 2019.…
Edmonton police officer guilty of assaulting homeless man
A judge has found an Edmonton police officer guilty of assaulting a homeless man, delivering a decision that rebuked the officer, his partner, and the police service’s internal investigations branch. Larry Wong / Postmedia, file A judge has found an…
Watch: Bill 22 would see Alberta election commissioner fired
Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews introduced Bill 22, the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, on Monday. The bill would see current election commissioner Lorne Gibson fired and his staff transferred to the office of Alberta’s…