Tag: News/Canada/Edmonton

A fatality inquiry into the death of an eight-year-old girl who overdosed on a sleep-aid drug at an Edmonton group home has led to three recommendations for doctors. Nevaeh Michaud died on Jan. 5, 2014, at Ayesha’s Light, a Mill…

Howard Anglin, principal secretary to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, earns $29,000 a year more than his predecessor in the former NDP government.  Once deputy chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper, Anglin makes $224,120 a year, according to…

An Edmonton shop that is in the business of selling stories has written a happy ending for itself by being named Canada’s best comic book retailer. Earlier this week, Variant Edition Comics received the Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Comic…

A trip to the local library has finally become a possibility for 15,000 people living in Maskwacis. The library, in the Howard Buffalo Memorial Centre, will celebrate its grand opening Friday afternoon, although it has been open since June. Before then, residents…

A former employee of The Needle Vinyl Tavern said it was demeaning, humiliating and damaging when James Leder groped her four times in front of customers and other employees in March 2017.  Brittany Rudyck, who had the publication ban on her…

Edmonton police plan to enhance training for frontline officers responding to mental health complaints. The move comes as a new report shows Mental Health Act calls are the second most frequent scenarios where frontline officers used force. The new figures on use-of-force…

Edmonton police plan to enhance training for frontline officers responding to mental health complaints. The move comes as a new report shows Mental Health Act calls are the second most frequent scenarios where frontline officers used force. The new figures on use-of-force…

An Evansburg area father has been sentenced to 23.5 years for sexually abusing his three daughters.  The 44-year-old man, who cannot be identified to protect his victims, showed no reaction in the prisoner’s box as Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Vital…

Edmonton Mill Woods incumbent Amarjeet Sohi says it was “disappointing and disheartening” to see an image emerge of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in brownface. Time Magazine published a 2001 photo Wednesday night of Trudeau in brownface and a turban. Trudeau…

A third-party independent review has been ordered into the events that led to more than 400 accounting students being subjected to lengthy technical delays ahead of their final examination in Edmonton earlier this month.  The Common Final Examination, the final step…