The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s (ALERT) Grande Prairie organized crime team have arrested three people and seized drugs, guns and cash after an investigation that began in April 2019. (Photo supplied/ALERT) Police in Grande Prairie believe they smashed a…
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Edmonton weather: Windy day in Edmonton, air quality advisory issued for High Level
Visitors look out over the river valley at Keillor Point Viewing Area a.k.a The End of the World in Edmonton, on Friday, May 17, 2019. Ian Kucerak / /Postmedia A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Tuesday morning temperatures at the…
Elise Stolte: Time to muzzle Edmonton’s noisy mufflers, all the tools in place for a crackdown
Camera and noise-monitoring equipment deployed on Jasper Avenue is part of a city pilot project to explore automated-enforcement against noisy modified mufflers. City of Edmonton / Supplied The law is abundantly clear. Installing a loud muffler and roaring past a…
Is Alberta really Canada’s money laundering capital? B.C. report met with skepticism, calls for more study
Cash seized in 2017 during an illegal gambling and money laundering investigation in British Columbia. A recent report on money laundering in B.C. estimated more money is laundered in Alberta than anywhere else in Canada each year. The estimates have…
Out-of-control wildfire forces 4,000 High Level residents south to safety
An out-of-control wildfire roaring towards High Level forced about 4,000 residents from their northwest Alberta homes Monday afternoon as an evacuation order directed them to safety in communities hundreds of kilometres to the south. The Chuckegg Creek fire, which started…
Councillor hopes to revive Mill Creek ‘daylighting’ project touted to restore fish
Outfall Number 4 is where Mill Creek Ravine drains into the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, according to Glen Issac of the North Saskatchewan River Keeper on Oct. 1, 2012. Ryan Jackson / Postmedia, file Proposed work to repair erosion…
Boys, ballet and bullying: Battling the assaults on male dancers
Screenshot from the documentary film Danseur, which is making its Canadian premiere at the Metro Cinema in Edmonton, 8712 109 St., on May 25 at 3:30 p.m. Supplied Edmonton is hosting the Canadian premiere of Danseur, a film about the…
WATCH: Measles case confirmed in Edmonton region
Dr. Chris Sikora, medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services Edmonton zone, alerted the public on Monday that an adult with a case of the measles may have exposed others. An adult with lab-confirmed measles has been in public…
AHS confirms case of measles in Edmonton area
A file photo shows the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Eric Risberg / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Health officials have issued a public advisory after confirming a case of measles in the Edmonton area. On Monday, Alberta Health Services said a…
Six out of control wildfires burn in Alberta; High Level residents told to remain vigilant, small evacuation near Edson
The Alberta wildfire map as of 8 a.m. May 20, 2019. The red fires were listed as out of control. Edmonton Six out of control wildfires were burning in Alberta Monday morning — one of which has prompted evacuations in…