Edmonton news

• Alberta records 4 flu deaths in 2017-18 season as Calgary cases rise

  09-11-2017 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  There have been 132 people admitted to hospital with the flu across the province so far this season, most of which have been in the Calgary zone.
  
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• From ‘up and comer’ to ‘superstar’: Alberta bull is riding the rodeo circuit wave

  09-11-2017 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  Each bull has their own unique personality. Meet Whiskey Hand, an Alberta bull competing at PBR in Edmonton.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers dance with Devils as road trip continues

  09-11-2017 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Oilers look for another road win in New Jersey.
  
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• Edmonton proposes 3.6 per cent property tax hike for 2018

  09-11-2017 22:19 via cbc.ca
  Homeowners in Edmonton are facing a lower than projected tax increase for 2018 of 3.6 per cent down from 5 per cent, a budget adjustment report said Thursday.
  
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• Edmonton mayor calls for ‘conversation’ about Eskimos name change

  09-11-2017 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Don Iveson wants the Edmonton Eskimos to consider changing their team name at the conclusion of the CFL playoffs.
  
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• Woman, 60, charged with murder in death of 59-year-old man in west Edmonton

  09-11-2017 22:08 via cbc.ca
  A 60-year-old woman is facing one charge of second-degree murder in the death Tuesday of a 59-year-old man in a west Edmonton home.
  
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• Edmonton lawyer charged with murder in death of 59-year-old man

  09-11-2017 22:08 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton lawyer has been charged with second-degree murder in the death Tuesday of a 59-year-old man.
  
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• Nov. 6, 1998: Cameras introduced to Edmonton intersections

  09-11-2017 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Drivers were divided over the installation of new cameras at Edmonton intersections in 1998.
  
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• Woman charged with murder in Edmonton’s 40th homicide of 2017

  09-11-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Charges have been laid in Wednesday’s suspicious death in west Edmonton.
  
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• Tim Hortons poppy doughnut causes social media stir

  09-11-2017 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  The head of the Calgary Poppy Fund and Veterans' Food Bank says he hopes no one gets in big trouble over a poppy-emblazoned doughnut sold at a local Tim Hortons.
  
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• Number of park-and-ride stalls decreasing at Century Park

  09-11-2017 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Citing private development, the City of Edmonton announced Thursday that the number of park-and-ride stalls at the Century Park transit station will be decreasing.
  
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• Calgary researchers find meteorite fragment from September fireball

  09-11-2017 20:53 via globalnews.ca
   It’s been more than two months since a fireball was seen streaking across the sky in Alberta and B.C. on Sept. 4 and now scientists have tracked down “meteorite remains.”
  
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• WestJet asks B.C. Supreme Court to reject class-action alleging harassment of female employees

  09-11-2017 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  WestJet is arguing that the harassment allegations are being heard in the wrong setting, and that employees should be taking their cases to human rights tribunals and workers' compensation boards instead.
  
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• PBR Global Cup Ready to Go

  09-11-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Nov 9 – Final preparations were underway at Rogers Place Thursday morning for the Professional Bull Riders Global Cup. Julia Wong reports.
  
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• Inaugural PBR World Cup to kick off in Edmonton

  09-11-2017 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  The event, which will be held at Rogers Place, will see countries rather than individual riders pitted against one another. The teams will be competing for a purse of $1 million.
  
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• Alberta triple murder trial hears dead dog, fuel can raised suspicions

  09-11-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  A trial for two men charged in the deaths of a central Alberta couple and their daughter has heard about charred remains discovered inside the family's farm home and a dead pet dog found nearby.
  
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• Gay straight alliance bill may allow covert sex ed: Alberta United Conservatives

  09-11-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's United Conservatives say they're concerned the government is using its gay-straight alliance bill to clear the way for kids to be taught sex education without parents being told.
  
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• Edmonton mayor urges Eskimos to move quickly on name change

  09-11-2017 19:52 via cbc.ca
  If the Edmonton Eskimos don’t rename the team before next season, the 2018 Grey Cup could be tarnished by racially-charged controversy, says Mayor Don Iveson.
  
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• Supreme Court to decide how abandoned oil wells to be handled

  09-11-2017 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from Alberta's energy regulator that seeks to overturn a ruling that could allow bankrupt energy companies to walk away from cleaning up abandoned oil wells.
  
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• Union offers support to 'suffering' workers at Edmonton Institution

  09-11-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  A workers’ union staged an information line outside the Edmonton Institution on Thursday in support of staff who work inside the maximum-security prison in what has been called a "culture of fear."
  
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• A dirty game: Bull riders say soil is at heart of good PBR event

  09-11-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  For the first time, Rogers Place is getting dirty. It's taking a lot of planning and work to get it that way.
  
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• QBs Mike Reilly, Ricky Ray finalists for CFL outstanding player

  09-11-2017 18:41 via cbc.ca
  Quarterbacks Mike Reilly of the Edmonton Eskimos and Ricky Ray of the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday were named the West and East Division nominees for the CFL's top individual award.
  
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• Legal battle over abandoned oil wells bound for Supreme Court

  09-11-2017 17:13 via cbc.ca
  Canada’s top court has agreed to review a ruling that could allow energy companies that have gone bankrupt to walk away from cleaning up abandoned oil wells.
  
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• 'Mansplaining,' 'hepeating' roiling debate at the Alberta legislature

  09-11-2017 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley, one day after accusing a male opponent of mansplaining, is calling out another for "hepeating."
  
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• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley decries 'mansplaining' by opposition, as gender issue flares in legislature

  09-11-2017 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, one day after accusing a male opponent of mansplaining, is calling out another for "hepeating."
  
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• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley decries 'mansplaining' by opposition, as gender issue flares in house

  09-11-2017 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley, one day after accusing a male opponent of mansplaining, is calling out another for "hepeating."
  
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• PBR Global Cup Bull riding safety

  09-11-2017 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Julia Wong chats with a bull rider competing at this week’s PBR Global Cup about bull riding safety.
  
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• Learn about the bulls at the Edmonton PBR

  09-11-2017 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Stock contractor Daphne Findlay gives a crash course on what it takes to manage the bulls at this week’s Edmonton PBR Global Cup.
  
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• Lost mail prevents Venezuelan in Alberta from helping struggling family back home

  09-11-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Melissa Velasquez, a foreign worker living living in Alberta, sent her Venezuelan passport to Ottawa earlier this year to get stamped with an updated work visa. But the passport got lost in the Canada Post system.
  
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• 'Walk of shame:' Alberta RCMP lay kidnapping charges against naked suspects

  09-11-2017 15:32 via cbc.ca
  Derek Scott was driving to a job site south of Edmonton when he got a call about an accident involving one of his work trucks, a stolen baby and some naked people.
  
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• Registered dietitian gives healthy breakfast options

  09-11-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  Registered dietitian Karlene Karst gives us some recommendations on starting your day with health and energy.
  
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• Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles: ‘it’s done me a world of good’

  09-11-2017 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Ghost Squadron at The Military Museums in Calgary consists of volunteers who keep decommissioned military vehicles running.
  
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• 'It takes forever': Another delay hits proposed Fort McMurray oilsands mine

  09-11-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  A decision to build a massive new oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray has been delayed. And that has Alberta’s Opposition party worried the proponent might back out altogether.
  
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• Delivering Compassion

  09-11-2017 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  A group of volunteers is bringing the community together to help some of Edmonton’s most vulnerable. Jeff Tetz and Alison Stone explain how you can get involved.
  
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• 'Take a deep breath': Evolution of Darnell Nurse one bright spot for Oilers this season

  09-11-2017 14:30 via cbc.ca
  In a sports-crazy city where every hockey fan is an expert and social-media critics fire a constant barrage of 140-character rants, one promising background story has been the slow and inexorable evolution of defenceman Darnell Nurse.
  
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• Germ-free lab opens at University of Calgary

  09-11-2017 14:08 via globalnews.ca
  Anyone entering the lab - part of the Western Canadian Microbiome Centre at the University of Calgary - must be thoroughly cleansed of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microscopic critters.
  
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• Rodeo's future in Edmonton to be determined by weekend events

  09-11-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The future of Edmonton's two rodeos could include a single expanded rodeo with events planned over two weekends.
  
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• North Edmonton daycare operator owner fined, given probation for assault

  09-11-2017 05:14 via globalnews.ca
  The operator of a Beverly Heights daycare facility has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for assault in a case involving two children at the facility.
  
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• RCMP's denial of bathroom breaks could render accused killer's confession inadmissible in triple-murder trial

  09-11-2017 04:40 via cbc.ca
  A judge will have to decide if a startling confession from accused killer Joshua Frank should be admitted into evidence at a triple first-degree murder trial. Frank's lawyer argues it should be excluded because he was under psychological pressure and was denied the right to use the washroom.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline lawsuit dropped as non-profit group fears it can’t afford legal challenge

  09-11-2017 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  A non-profit group has abandoned a legal challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline project in British Columbia, saying losing the case could bankrupt the organization.
  
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• Disney vs. Winnipeg: Magic Kingdom takes back seat to chilly Canadian city in ad

  09-11-2017 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  Winnipeg is cashing in on a video of two Calgary boys having a meltdown over the news that, instead of a trip to Winnipeg, they were going to Disney World.
  
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• Albertans awarded for courageous water rescues

  09-11-2017 03:00 via cbc.ca
  Three Albertans were awarded for their involvement in life-saving water rescues on Wednesday.
  
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• 'A tremendous individual': Edmonton basketball player signs professional contract

  09-11-2017 03:00 via cbc.ca
  As Denzel James prepares for his first season of professional basketball in Canada's National Basketball League, he remains humbled by one of his lowest moments as a player.
  
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• Albertans receive awards for courageous water rescues

  09-11-2017 02:59 via cbc.ca
  Three Albertans were awarded for their involvement in life-saving water rescues on Wednesday.
  
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• Winnipeg mayor says he’d like to see the Edmonton Eskimos use a different name

  09-11-2017 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  There’s a new discussion over whether the Edmonton Eskimos team name should be changed. Before the team plays the Blue Bombers in Winnipeg this weekend, that city’s mayor said he would like to see the football team use a more inclusive name.
  
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• Helmets, concussion testing part of Professional Bull Riding events

  09-11-2017 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  When cowboys get in the ring at the Professional Bull Riding (PBR) in Edmonton this week, concussion awareness will be top of mind.
  
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• Edmonton Weather Forecast: Nov. 8

  09-11-2017 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Alberta premier urges UCP MLAs to 'stand on the right side' of GSA issue

  09-11-2017 02:30 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley urged members of the United Conservative Party to stand on the right side of history by voting in favour of a bill that would make it illegal for schools to tell parents their students joined a gay-straight alliance.
  
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• Marmot Basin to open ‘Tres Hombres’ this season

  09-11-2017 02:18 via globalnews.ca
  Marmot Basin will open for the season this weekend, along with new ski terrain. The “Tres Hombres” advanced ski run will open to skiers and snowboarders.
  
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• Gender & vocabulary clash on the floor of the Alberta legislature

  09-11-2017 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  It’s not often there’s a debate in the legislature about whether a word should be banned. That’s exactly what happened this week. Tom Vernon has more on the word and why it came up.
  
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