Edmonton news

• Edmonton-born actor lands dream role in ‘Harry Potter’ production on Broadway

  28-05-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton-born actor Benjamin Wheelwright has landed a role in the new 10-time Tony Award-nominated play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' on Broadway.
  
  Read more

• Dear Page Six: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle will go wild for Alberta, Canada

  28-05-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle heading to Jasper for their honeymoon?
  
  Read more

• Humboldt Broncos’ Darcy Haugan finalist for Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award

  28-05-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  The late Humboldt Broncos head coach Darcy Haugan is one of three finalists for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award.
  
  Read more

• Teen paralyzed in Humboldt Broncos bus crash heading to U.S. for treatment

  28-05-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  A young hockey player who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is heading to the United States for specialized spinal treatment.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Homicide detectives investigate suspicious death in southeast Edmonton

  28-05-2018 23:01 via cbc.ca
  Police are investigating the death of a male whose body was found in some bushes in the Gold Bar neighbourhood of Edmonton.
  
  Read more

• Police find body in bushes in east Edmonton, death deemed suspicious

  28-05-2018 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton police are asking the public for tips as they investigate the suspicious death of a man whose body was found in the community of Gold Bar.
  
  Read more

• ‘We are sorry:’ Alberta premier formally apologizes to ’60s Scoop survivors

  28-05-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta becomes the second province to acknowledge its role and seek to make amends for a dark chapter in Canadian history.
  
  Read more

• Angela Kokott: Jasper is boring and I’m okay with that

  28-05-2018 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  In a Page Six headline speculating about the royal couple's honeymoon, The New York Post called Jasper "boring" and Angela Kokott is okay with that. Here's why.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ‘I am sorry’: Premier Notley apologizes to ’60s Scoop survivors

  28-05-2018 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta becomes the second province to acknowledge its role and seek to make amends for a dark chapter in Canadian history.
  
  Read more

• Bear's Dairy Queen ice cream treat earns zoo $500 fine

  28-05-2018 21:38 via cbc.ca
  A video showed a one-year-old captive bear named Berkley leaning out a truck's window and being hand-fed ice cream by the owner of the local Dairy Queen.
  
  Read more

• Alberta ’60s Scoop apology: national anthem

  28-05-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Asani sings the Canadian national anthem ahead of Premier Rachel Notley’s formal apology to ’60s Scoop survivors on May 28, 2018.
  
  Read more

• Alberta premier apologizes to Sixties Scoop survivors

  28-05-2018 21:19 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley has apologized in the legislative assembly to Sixties Scoop survivors on behalf of the Alberta government.
  
  Read more

• Brandon Stucka pleads guilty in crash that killed 3 Edmonton women

  28-05-2018 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Stucka pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in a stolen vehicle crash that killed three Edmonton women.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton Oil Kings shakeup: GM Hansch moving on, head coach Hamilton let go

  28-05-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Oil Kings will have a new general manager and a new head coach next season.
  
  Read more

• Ice-cream-eating bear video results in $500 in fines for Alberta zoo

  28-05-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  A central Alberta zoo must pay $500 in fines after taking a bear for ice cream at a drive-thru.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton’s Duchess Bakeshop makes international TV debut on reality baking show

  28-05-2018 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton bakery will make its international television debut Monday night, appearing on one of France's most popular reality baking shows.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton police searching for SUV that fled after hitting motorcycle rider

  28-05-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe the motorcycle merged from Victoria Trail onto Yellowhead Trail, where a black SUV is believed to have sideswiped the motorcycle and then fled the scene.
  
  Read more

• Bomb squad called in to Whyte Avenue fire

  28-05-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton fire and the Edmonton police’s bomb unit were part of an investigation Monday morning after a fire at a Whyte Avenue building. Kendra Slugoski reports.
  
  Read more

• Murder charge laid in hit-and-run death of Thorsby gas station owner

  28-05-2018 19:58 via cbc.ca
  RCMP have laid a murder charge more than seven months after a Thorsby service station owner was hit and killed by a driver who stole a tank of gasoline.
  
  Read more

• Spruce Grove man charged in fatal Thorsby gas-and-dash

  28-05-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Seven months after the owner of a Fas Gas in Thorsby was killed trying to stop someone from stealing fuel, a 27-year-old man from Spruce Grove has been charged in the death.
  
  Read more

• Alberta RCMP investigate after man’s body found in Lake Louise

  28-05-2018 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  A body was found and pulled out of the water of Lake Louise on Sunday. 
  
  Read more

• Body found by Lake Louise kayakers was missing Alberta man

  28-05-2018 19:10 via cbc.ca
  The body of a man was found in the iconic Alberta lake on Sunday, RCMP say.
  
  Read more

• Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Alberta honeymoon rumours not true (at least for now)

  28-05-2018 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge told Global News that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not currently booked for a stay at the hotel.
  
  Read more

• Elizabeth May set to appear in court for role in Kinder Morgan pipeline protest

  28-05-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  The federal Green Party leader was arrested in March for breaking a court injunction at Kinder Morgan's Burnaby Mountain facility.
  
  Read more

• Elizabeth May pleads guilty to criminal contempt for role in Kinder Morgan protest

  28-05-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Green party Leader Elizabeth May has pleaded guilty to a criminal contempt of court charge for violating an injunction at a Kinder Morgan work site in Burnaby, B.C.
  
  Read more

• Alberta man charged in serious Red Deer collision

  28-05-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  A Red Deer man has been charged after a stolen truck hit an SUV, sending a woman to hospital with serious injuries Friday evening. 
  
  Read more

• Edmonton's Benjamin Wheelwright lands 'dream' role in 'Harry Potter' on Broadway

  28-05-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton-born actor Benjamin Wheelwright remembers sitting in his first eye exam at age seven and lying about how good his sight was.
  
  Read more

• Premier Rachel Notley to apologize to Sixties Scoop survivors

  28-05-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  The apology comes about six decades after thousands of First Nations and Métis children were taken from their families by provincial child welfare authorities and placed in the care of non-Indigenous people.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to apologizes to Sixties Scoop survivors

  28-05-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley will apologize to Sixties Scoop survivors on behalf of the Alberta government Monday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• Bomb squad called in after fire damages Whyte Avenue building

  28-05-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters were called to a blaze at a Whyte Avenue building Monday morning, and then the Edmonton police bomb unit was called in. Kendra Slugoski has the latest from the scene.
  
  Read more

• Whyte Avenue fire a case of arson, police say

  28-05-2018 16:24 via cbc.ca
  Police say a fire on Whyte Avenue and 105th Street is a case of arson.
  
  Read more

• Fire damages live music venue, restaurant and bar on Whyte Avenue

  28-05-2018 16:24 via cbc.ca
  A fire which broke out early Monday morning inside a Whyte Avenue building which houses a nightclub, restaurant and live music venue, has been brought under control
  
  Read more

• Bomb squad called after suspicious fire on Whyte Avenue

  28-05-2018 16:24 via cbc.ca
  The Edmonton police bomb squad is investigating what appeared to be two Molotov cocktails found in an alley not far from where a fire broke out at a Whyte Avenue commercial building early Monday.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton police bomb squad investigates suspicious Whyte Avenue fire

  28-05-2018 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton firefighters were called to a building on Whyte Avenue where a blaze had started early Monday morning. 
  
  Read more

• Edmonton fire damages Whyte Ave. building

  28-05-2018 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton firefighters were called to a building on Whyte Avenue where a blaze had started early Monday morning. 
  
  Read more

• Edmonton man builds apocalypse-ready 'Tankentruck'

  28-05-2018 16:01 via cbc.ca
  Lovingly named Tankentruck, the big black-and-neon rig roars and sputters like a race car, and looks like it drove straight off the set of Maximum Overdrive.
  
  Read more

• Canadian employers content to avoid cost and headache of providing daycare

  28-05-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  Despite the rising number of women in the workforce and a federal government push to help even more join, few Canadian employers offer childcare in the workplace.
  
  Read more

• Searching for daycare is an ordeal — but economists say don’t blame the market

  28-05-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian daycare market has a well-established surplus of demand, resulting in anxiety-inducing waitlists and monthly fees that can amount to more than a mortgage payment.
  
  Read more

• 'Turn off the taps' legislation makes noise, but details still a mystery

  28-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  "Turn off the taps" is a catchy phrase, but what would it really take to suspend shipments of oil and gas products from Alberta to B.C.? The details of how the NDP government would put its Bill 12 into action remain unclear.
  
  Read more

• ‘There are cougars around:’ Washington attack a stark reminder for Alberta family

  28-05-2018 14:36 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Frost and her husband have first-hand knowledge about how important it is to be safe in the wilderness because their daughter, Frances, was killed by a cougar in Banff National Park.
  
  Read more

• Whyte Ave. building damaged in fire

  28-05-2018 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton firefighters were battling a blaze at a Whyte Avenue business Monday morning. Kendra Slugoski reports.
  
  Read more

• Drug dealers target Alberta community when payments arrive: ‘I don’t see any end in sight’

  28-05-2018 14:05 via globalnews.ca
  A life-and-death battle against drug dealers is being waged on the sprawling Blood reserve in southwestern Alberta, as officials struggle to keep deadly opioids away from its most vulnerable residents.
  
  Read more

• Battle for Peace Country: 2 MLAs face off in rural northern Alberta riding

  28-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Marg McCuaig-Boyd of the NDP and Todd Loewen of the UCP, two incumbent MLAs, are poised to go head to head in the 2019 provincial election, expected to be called within the next year, in the vast new Central Peace-Notley riding.
  
  Read more

• After all the talk, deadline date for Trans Mountain nears without clear picture of the future

  28-05-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Decision day is looming for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but there's no clear sign of an outcome despite weeks of politics and closed-door talks.
  
  Read more

• A satisfying start to the pre-season for the Eskimos

  28-05-2018 06:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos kicked-off the 2018 CFL pre-season with a 35-12 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on The Brick Filed at Commonwealth Stadium.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Season

  28-05-2018 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  Seventy Seasons. Fourteen Grey Cups. One Empire. The Edmonton Eskimos are back for another exciting season - and we want to see you there!
  
  Read more

• Edmonton skin cancer survivor urges others to protect themselves from the sun

  28-05-2018 04:48 via cbc.ca
  As the Canadian Dermatology Association kicks off its Sun Awareness Week, Sheila O’Kelly hopes her personal journey through skin cancer will convince others to don a hat and slather on some sunscreen.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton dog walk raises funds to provide 'life-changing' service dogs for free

  28-05-2018 04:07 via cbc.ca
  Sandy Fewkes adopted a service dog after she unexpectedly lost her hearing. She says it changed her life for the better.
  
  Read more

• Global News Hour at 6 Weekend: May 27

  28-05-2018 03:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Sunday, May 27, 2018 edition of the Global News Hour at 6. Hosted by Quinn Ohler.
  
  Read more

• Weather: May 27

  28-05-2018 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  Global Edmonton’s weather forecast for Sun, May 27.
  
  Read more

Follow @EdmontonCA_News on Twitter!