Edmonton news

• Indigenous leaders protest against major Alberta oilsands mine proposal

  20-01-2020 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Indigenous leaders from British Columbia and Alberta who oppose Teck's Frontier mine say its impact will be felt by First Nations well beyond the site of the massive oilsands project.
  
  Read more

• Seasonal parking ban to take effect Wednesday as Edmonton emerges from deep freeze

  20-01-2020 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A seasonal parking ban is set to take effect in Edmonton as of 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Seasonal parking ban coming following deep freeze

  20-01-2020 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton will be declaring a seasonal parking ban to take affect at midnight Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Man stops in Edmonton for leg of skating marathon for Alzheimer’s

  20-01-2020 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Toronto man is in Edmonton for his annual skating marathon to raise awareness for Alzheimer's disease. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Saints and Sinners 2020: ’90s Canadian rock bands unite for cross-country tour

  20-01-2020 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  This summer, Big Wreck, Headstones, Moist and The Tea Party will hit the road together for a 17-date coast-to-coast Canadian tour.
  
  Read more

• Progress Alberta threatens UCP government with lawsuit over inquiry into oil and gas critics

  20-01-2020 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Progress Alberta sent a letter to Commissioner Steve Allan last week stating it believes the inquiry is unconstitutional and violates freedom of expression and association.
  
  Read more

• Crash in west Edmonton creates traffic delays on Whitemud

  20-01-2020 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  A three-vehicle collision in west Edmonton caused major traffic tie-ups late Monday morning.
  
  Read more

• Make your life easier: Stress-free suppers in the Global Edmonton kitchen

  20-01-2020 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  If one of your goals this year is to spend less time stressing about what to make for supper, we have help. Jason Greene of Kindred Food + Drink joins Kent Morrison in the Global Edmonton kitchen.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Driver, 59, killed in 2 vehicle crash near Slave Lake, Alta.

  20-01-2020 20:31 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP in Slave Lake are investigating a serious collision that resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man on Saturday.
  
  Read more

• Alberta post-secondary funding will be tied to performance

  20-01-2020 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government announced Monday that it intends to tie post-secondary funding to performance measures. 
  
  Read more

• Man, 59, dies after serious crash south of Slave Lake

  20-01-2020 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP are investigating after a fatal collision resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man south of Slave Lake, Alta., on Saturday evening.
  
  Read more

• Changes to how Alberta funds post-secondary education

  20-01-2020 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new model to how Alberta will fund post-secondary education ties some of the money to performance measures. Tom Vernon explains.
  
  Read more

• Oil and gas industry must do more to address climate change, report says

  20-01-2020 19:48 via cbc.ca
  
  The oil and gas industry needs to increase efforts to address climate change or risk becoming socially unacceptable and unprofitable, according to a new International Energy Agency report that will be presented in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Alberta companies face charges after 2018 hydrogen sulphide leak near Spirit River

  20-01-2020 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's energy regulator has laid charges against three oil and gas companies after a release of poisonous hydrogen sulphide that affected human health.
  
  Read more

• Unpaid taxes from oil and gas companies have more than doubled to $173M in rural Alberta

  20-01-2020 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year, to $173 million.
  
  Read more

• Unpaid taxes from energy companies to Alberta towns more than double

  20-01-2020 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its members are owed a total of $173 million — a 114 per cent increase over last spring.
  
  Read more

• Unpaid taxes from energy companies to Alberta towns have more than doubled to $173 million

  20-01-2020 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year, to $173 million.
  
  Read more

• Alberta companies face charges after hydrogen sulphide leak causes health problems

  20-01-2020 19:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's energy regulator has laid charges against three oil and gas companies after a release of poisonous hydrogen sulphide that affected human health.
  
  Read more

• Tax debt owed from oil and gas companies to Alberta towns has more than doubled

  20-01-2020 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year.
  
  Read more

• Alberta’s The Melisizwe Brothers win ‘America’s Most Musical Family’ competition

  20-01-2020 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three brothers from the Edmonton area won America's Most Musical Family this past weekend, which comes with a recording contract and USD $250,000.
  
  Read more

• Syncrude investigates contract worker’s death at Aurora site

  20-01-2020 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  An investigation is underway after a contract worker died in an incident at Syncrude's Aurora oilsands site in northern Alberta.
  
  Read more

• Oil and gas industry needs to do more to address climate change: IEA report

  20-01-2020 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new International Energy Agency report sugguests the oil and gas industry needs to increase efforts to address climate change or risk becoming socially unacceptable and unprofitable.
  
  Read more

• Studies question assumptions on industrial damage to Wood Buffalo park

  20-01-2020 18:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's largest national park is drying out, but new research suggests it's more the result of long-term climate change than upstream hydro dams.
  
  Read more

• Alberta’s new post-secondary funding model tied to performance measures

  20-01-2020 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's new funding model for post-secondary institutions ties some of the money to performance measures.
  
  Read more

• Worker killed at Syncrude oilsands plant north of Fort McMurray

  20-01-2020 18:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A contract worker was killed Sunday night at an oilsands plant, Syncrude Canada reported in a news release Monday.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton liquor store to combat crime by requiring customers to scan ID before entering

  20-01-2020 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The pilot project, being launched by the largest private alcohol retailer in Canada in partnership with Edmonton police, is to combat "the epidemic of liquor store robberies that has plagued the city."
  
  Read more

• Business community weighs in on Alberta budget

  20-01-2020 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The United Conservative Party swept to power on a pro-business platform but the business community is panning some of the government’s biggest moves.
  
  Read more

• 'Real life on fake Mars': Edmonton doctor on out-of-this-world mission in Utah

  20-01-2020 15:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Shawna Pandya doesn’t need a rocket flight to experience life on Mars.
  
  Read more

• 2020 Consumer Electronics Show highlights

  20-01-2020 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is one of the biggest conventions in the world, where all the latest tech and gadgets are shown off. Online security and tech expert David Papp shares some of the highlights from the 2020 CES.
  
  Read more

• Ask the Expert: Estate planner explains what a trust is

  20-01-2020 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  What is a trust and who should use it? In this Ask the Expert, Sheri MacMillan from MacMillan Estate Planning talks about the pros and cons of a trust and how to decide what is right for you.
  
  Read more

• ID scanning pilot project launched to combat Edmonton liquor theft epidemic

  20-01-2020 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police and Alberta's largest liquor store owner have launched an ID scanning pilot project to curb the drastic rise in robberies.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton friends open bulk refill retail business to tackle waste

  20-01-2020 14:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Two Edmonton entrepreneurs are hoping to reduce plastic consumption with a new zero waste retail store.
  
  Read more

• Supervised consumption site advocates anxiously await results of provincial review

  20-01-2020 13:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A government appointed panel has turned in its review of Alberta's supervised consumption sites to the province, and advocates are anxiously awaiting a decision on the future of the program.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Monday, January 20, 2020

  20-01-2020 13:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, January 20, 2020 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
  Read more

• Smith's Landing First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine

  20-01-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, N.W.T, is calling on the territorial government to speak out against a northern Alberta mining project. 
  
  Read more

• OPINION | Need a rubber stamp? Some political cover? There's a panel for that

  20-01-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta has a long history of governments promising to consult Albertans and then either gaming the system or listening only to the voices they wanted to hear.
  
  Read more

• Goodbye, gas furnaces? Why electrification is the future of home heating

  20-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The burning of fossil fuels to heat our homes and other buildings is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in this cold country. Green builders say we need to decarbonize heating by going electric if Canada is going to meet its climate targets. Here’s a closer look at some of the options.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton, St. Albert councils to debate recreation-sharing agreement

  20-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  City council will vote on a proposed plan to work more closely with St. Albert on recreation services on Monday.
  
  Read more

• Seasonal parking ban in effect as Edmonton emerges from deep freeze, dump of snow - Global News

  20-01-2020 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seasonal parking ban in effect as Edmonton emerges from deep freeze, dump of snow  Global News
  
  Read more

• Edmonton police officers claim transfers were 'disguised discipline' - Edmonton Journal

  20-01-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police officers claim transfers were 'disguised discipline'  Edmonton Journal
  
  Read more

• 630 CHED – Silver Skate Festival

  20-01-2020 07:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  630 CHED proudly supports Silver Skate Festival, the 10 day family-oriented festival returns to Edmonton’s scenic river valley from February 7th to February 17th.
  
  Read more

• 630 CHED – Citadel Theatre – As You Like It

  20-01-2020 07:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Songs of the Beatles, Shakespeare and Vancouver in the 1960's. What's not to like?
  
  Read more

• 630 CHED – Edmonton Symphony Orchestra – Extreme Cave Diving

  20-01-2020 07:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, March 9th, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra goes extreme for a National Geographic Live presentation of Extreme Cave Diving!
  
  Read more

• WHL Roundup: Sunday, January 19, 2020

  20-01-2020 05:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dylan Garand stopped all 21 shots he faced as the Kamloops Blazers shut out the Vancouver Giants 4-0 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.
  
  Read more

• Edmonton weather forecast: Sunday, Jan. 19

  20-01-2020 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Suzy Burge’s Sunday, Jan. 19 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
  Read more

• Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: Sunday, Jan. 19

  20-01-2020 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A webcast of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton on Sunday, Jan. 19 with Breanna Karstens-Smith.
  
  Read more

• Edmontonians hit the slopes, as warmer temperatures are on the horizon

  20-01-2020 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmontonians endured a bone chilling week of extremely cold temperatures, but will soon have a break. Environment Canada says the cold snap that blanketed much of western canada will soon be over, for now.
  
  Read more

• Alberta artists fighting to keep government-run store

  20-01-2020 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Artists are going to attend a special committee meeting to take a stand against the closure of a gift shop on the Alberta legislature grounds.
  
  Read more

• Car exhaust fumes behind Edmonton school’s carbon monoxide scare; students to return Monday

  20-01-2020 00:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bishop Greschuk Catholic Elementary students will be returning to class Monday after the school was closed down Friday due to high levels of carbon monoxide.
  
  Read more

Follow @EdmontonCA_News on Twitter!