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• Alberta's Smith says notwithstanding clause increasingly likely amid unpopular court rulings

  24-12-2025 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government is increasingly willing to use the notwithstanding clause to counter judges who she believes have strayed too far from the public interest in their rulings. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Next-level collaboration needed to fix Edmonton's social ills

  24-12-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is a city of generosity, grit, and practical action. We show up for each other when things get hard. But today, the forces pressing against our most vulnerable — relentless cold, the shortage of supportive housing and recovery spaces, untreated mental illness and addiction, fragmented systems, and rising public fear — are stronger than anything we’ve faced in decades. Our current pace, approach, and political culture are not equal to the scale of the problem. Read More
  
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• Wednesday's letters: 'Alberta is Calling' worked but there was no plan

  24-12-2025 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When emergency rooms back up, immigration is often blamed. The evidence tells a different story. Research consistently shows a "healthy immigrant effect:" Newcomers arrive healthier than the Canadian-born population, with lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and premature death. An Ontario study following more than 10 million adults found immigrants were significantly less likely to develop kidney failure — one of the most expensive chronic conditions to treat. Read More
  
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• Battle? What battle? Edmonton Oilers make a mockery of Calgary Flames

  24-12-2025 05:49 via edmontonjournal.com
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• Player Grades: Men-vs-boys vibe as Edmonton Oilers stomp Calgary Flames 5-1

  24-12-2025 05:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers haven't trashed the Calgary Flames like this since former Oilers coach Craig MacTavish ripped the tongue out of Harvey the Hound's face. Read More
  
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• Thieves steal $60,000 in rescue equipment from Calahoo fire station, including jaws of life

  24-12-2025 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thieves have stolen highly specialized equipment from the Calahoo fire station in Sturgeon County, and the Alberta RCMP are hoping the public can help recover the burgled gear. Read More
  
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• 'We want them to feel a sense of home' How Edmonton's youth shelter shows up for the holidays

  24-12-2025 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Delalie Mortotsi has personally crossed more than 32 gifts off her holiday shopping list this year, and each of those gifts will go to a youth in need at Youth Empowerment and Support Services.   Read More
  
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• Cellphone tower south of Edmonton vandalized, RCMP investigating

  23-12-2025 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A cellphone tower southeast of Edmonton was severely damaged on Sunday, causing roughly $800,000 in damages. Read More
  
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• Edmonton-area Alberta NDP MLA among the latest to face recall petitions

  23-12-2025 20:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A second Alberta NDP MLA and two United Conservative Party MLAs are the latest to face recall petitions. Read More
  
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• Impaired driving crash in Devon injured five, two critically: Alberta RCMP

  23-12-2025 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 20-year-old woman from Devon is facing multiple impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle collision injured five people, two critically on Saturday. Read More
  
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• Project Gaslight member who shot up house, pointed gun at cop likely to be deported after 7-1/2 year sentence: lawyer

  23-12-2025 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who shot up the Edmonton residence of an Indo-Canadian homebuilder while a police officer took a statement inside will likely face deportation after serving his sentence, his lawyer says. Read More
  
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• Speed a factor in west Edmonton crash that killed woman Monday night: Edmonton police

  23-12-2025 20:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 32-year-old woman is dead and two men suffered life-threatening injuries after an SUV plowed into the back of a parked car-hauling trailer Monday night in west Edmonton, say police. Read More
  
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• Two men were charged in one of Edmonton's first major fentanyl busts. A decade later, they've finally been sentenced

  23-12-2025 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  In January 2016, Edmonton police called local media to the atrium of the downtown headquarters to show off a then-unique drug bust. Arranged on a table for the cameras was a colourful collection of pills, powders and lab equipment. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers make the right choice in net for big game against Calgary Flames

  23-12-2025 18:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV: "Connor Ingram will start vs. CGY." Read More
  
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• Mayor Knack calls for rethink of Alberta election boundary recommendations

  23-12-2025 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city council is pushing back against proposed electoral boundary changes, warning they could weaken the city's voice in the legislature. Read More
  
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• Elections Alberta approves proposed separation referendum question

  23-12-2025 18:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A proposed referendum question on Alberta leaving Canada moved a step closer to being put on a ballot after it was approved on Monday by the provincial election agency. Read More
  
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• 'Everything that glitters': Alberta investors reflect on a year of surprising wins

  23-12-2025 17:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Alberta investors review how well their portfolios performed this year, they say one Canadian commodity stood out, and it's not oil or gas. Read More
  
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• Quinn Hutson's first callup with Edmonton Oilers well earned

  23-12-2025 16:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  He came, he saw, he scored his first NHL goal. Read More
  
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• Former AHS board member claims podcasters paid to smear him ahead of Mentzelopoulos testimony

  23-12-2025 12:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lawyers for a former Alberta Health Services (AHS) board member claim a self-described political fixer, along with an independent publisher, have been paid to smear their client in an effort to discredit and dissuade him from testifying in the wrongful dismissal lawsuit from the agency’s former CEO. Read More
  
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• Lorne Gunter: UCP open can of worms with Alberta Next recommendations

  23-12-2025 12:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here’s some sage advice for Alberta’s UCP government — don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to, don’t pick scabs that have already healed and don’t start fights you can’t win. Read More
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Column unfair to King Thunderbird critics

  23-12-2025 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. "Did the road to King Thunderbird have to be so hard?" Keith Gerein, Dec. 19 Read More
  
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• 'I love size': Edmonton Oilers legend sticks up for embattled rookie

  23-12-2025 08:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from former Edmonton Oilers player, coach and GM Craig MacTavish, a legend in Oil Country, his explanation of what he likes in newcomer d-man Alec Regula. Read More
  
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• Judge acquits Edmonton police officer of assaulting man during Whitemud Drive arrest

  23-12-2025 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police officer accused of using excessive force against a man during an arrest has been found not guilty. Read More
  
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• Confirmed case of measles at Stollery Children's Hospital prompts public alert

  23-12-2025 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A confirmed case of measles at the Stollery Children’s Hospital has prompted Alberta Health Services (AHS) to issue a public alert on Monday. Read More
  
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• Three new faces added to the Edmonton Police Commission

  23-12-2025 00:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 100 people applied, but five were chosen. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers try 'drastic reset' on veteran winger but it's not that simple

  22-12-2025 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers pushed the 'drastic reset' button on Trent Frederic, making him a healthy scratch for Sunday's game against Vegas, this after Frederic, 27, signed an eight-year deal at $3.85 million per year this past summer. Read More
  
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• After years of shortfalls, Edmonton aims for balanced books in next budget cycle

  22-12-2025 23:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Years of financial surprises have left Edmonton with a depleted emergency fund, but city officials are now working to turn the corner on that deficit. Read More
  
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• Oilers notebook: Slumping Trent Frederic scratched against Vegas, will he sit again?

  22-12-2025 23:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a former NHL coach used to say about struggling players, “everybody has a runway, but eventually, there is no more runway.” Read More
  
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• Connor Ingram relishing opportunity to be back in NHL with Edmonton Oilers

  22-12-2025 22:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was a hairy ending for Connor Ingram in a close shave 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, but under Ingram’s goalie mask, and through his big beard there was a large exhale because he was back in the NHL. Read More
  
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• Sherwood Park Mall Santa booted after scolding beard-pulling child

  22-12-2025 19:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Sherwood Park Mall Santa was replaced Saturday after slapping the hand of a little boy who tugged his beard. Read More
  
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• From South Edmonton Common to High Level Bridge, the top spots city drivers love to hate

  22-12-2025 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Despite the expansion of the bike-lane network and the continued growth of the transit system, Edmonton is still very much a "get in the vehicle and go" city. Read More
  
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• Connor McDavid flies high, Connor Ingram solid in Edmonton Oilers 4-3 win over Vegas: Cult of Hockey Player Grades

  22-12-2025 06:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers won their first game of the year on the second of back-to-backs over Vegas on Sunday. Read More
  
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• Connor McDavid flies high, Connor Ingram solid in Edmonton Oilers 4-3 win over Vegas: Cult of Hockey Llayer Grades

  22-12-2025 06:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers won their first game of the year on the second of back-to-backs over Vegas on Sunday. Read More
  
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• Connor Ingram stands firm; Edmonton Oilers survive Vegas Knights scare

  22-12-2025 04:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a season where the Oilers' goaltending situation has been alternating between ‘worry’ and ‘sky-is-falling,’ Connor Ingram took his turn under the Edmonton microscope Sunday. Read More
  
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• Edmonton ends parking ban on major routes as snow plows make progress

  22-12-2025 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is ending its phase 1 parking ban that has been in effect since Dec. 17 to allow crews to clear snow and ice from major roads. Read More
  
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• Wowza! Trent Frederic a healthy scratch tonight, and Tristan Jarry out two weeks

  22-12-2025 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, news that forward Trent Frederic, GM Stan Bowman's big signing this past summer, is a healthy scratch for tonight's game, with Curtis Lazar back. And Sportsnet's Gene Principe reports newcomer goalie Tristan Jarry is out a few weeks. Read More
  
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• Wowza! Trent Frederic a health scratch tonight, and Tristan Jarry out two weeks

  22-12-2025 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, news that forward Trent Frederic, GM Stan Bowman's big signing this past summer, is a healthy scratch for tonight's game, with Curtis Lazar back. And Sportsnet's Gene Principe reports newcomer goalie Tristan Jarry is out a few weeks. Read More
  
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• Wowza! Oilers' big off-season signing a health scratch tonight, Tristan Jarry out two weeks

  22-12-2025 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, news that forward Trent Frederic, GM Stan Bowman's big signing this past summer, is a healthy scratch for tonight's game, with Curtis Lazar back. And Sportsnet's Gene Principe reports newcomer goalie Tristan Jarry is out a few weeks. Read More
  
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• Top line scorer returns to Oilers line-up but bottom line woes heat up

  21-12-2025 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that winger Jack Roslovic has been activated off Long-Term Injured Reserve. Read More
  
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• Top line scorer returns to Oilers line-up as bottom line woes heat up

  21-12-2025 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that winger Jack Roslovic has been activated off Long-Term Injured Reserve. Read More
  
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• Top line scorer returns to Edmonton Oilers line-up as third line woes heat up

  21-12-2025 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that winger Jack Roslovic has been activated off of Long-Term Injured Reserve. Read More
  
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• Edmonton's drug court pilot now in seven cities around Alberta

  21-12-2025 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The ultimate pilot project, an Edmonton agency is marking its 20th anniversary supporting clients through the provincial drug treatment court program. Read More
  
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• Despite Metis protest, St. Albert will not pause sale of land by residential school site

  21-12-2025 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert is moving ahead with plans to sell a prime piece of land on Mission Hill — an area of the city once home to a residential school — but whoever buys the parcel may still face protest, or possibly even a 115-year-old legal caveat that it remain a park. Read More
  
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• This goaltender may not bring home the bacon for the Edmonton Oilers ever night, but he has saved it a few times: 9 Things

  21-12-2025 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is an old proverb… Read More
  
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• This goaltender may not bring home the bacon for Edmonton Oilers every night, but he has saved it a few times: 9 Things

  21-12-2025 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
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• Edmonton Oilers battle, but aren't quite on Minnesota Wild's level yet

  21-12-2025 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Close. Competitive. Tried hard. Miles better than they were a few weeks ago. Read More
  
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• Player grades: Pickard plays his heart out, not enough as Oilers lose 5-2 to Wild

  20-12-2025 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calvin Pickard came up with a strong effort and some heroic saves, giving his Edmonton Oilers a chance to win, but the Minnesota Wild outplayed and outclassed the Oil in a 5-2 win. Read More
  
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• Harsh holidays: Edmonton gets extreme blast of winter for Christmas week

  20-12-2025 22:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Toques, scarves, mitts and boots could be hot items under the Christmas tree this year as Edmonton finds itself in the midst of a vicious cold snap just in time for the holidays. Read More
  
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• Edmonton police seek suspect in hit and run that sent five people to hospital

  20-12-2025 21:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are asking the public's help in finding a suspect linked to a multi-vehicle, hit-and-run collision that led to the hospitalizations of five people. Read More
  
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• Edmonton police cleared of wrongdoing after man fatally overdoses in holding cell

  20-12-2025 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are no grounds to lay criminal charges in the death of a man who fatally overdosed in an Edmonton police cell nearly five years ago, Alberta's police watchdog has ruled. Read More
  
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