3 hours ago Edmonton small businesses pivot to get orders out during Canada Post strike

The Canada Post strike has been a challenge for small businesses in Edmonton sending holiday orders at the busiest time of the year.

Economics

6 hours ago Edmonton running extra shelter bus shuttle, adds 50 temporary spaces for extreme weather

Edmonton will run one more nightly shelter shuttle bus, allow anyone to hop on the bus at every stop to get out of the cold, and open 50 more shelter beds temporarily until extreme temperatures subside. The City of Edmonton activated its extreme weather response Friday as a snowfall warning came into effect with 15-25 […]

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6 hours ago How bad is Edmonton Oilers goaltending just now? You don't want to know

A quick post about an ugly stat. Like many of my fellow Edmonton Oilers fans, I’ve been digging in what’s wrong with the Oilers, trying to figure out where the holes are and how they might be fixed. The last thing I wanted to look at was goaltending, mainly because that’s the obvious thing that […]

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7 hours ago Halifax security forum: U.S. senator questions Canada’s military spending

HALIFAX — An influential United States Republican senator delivered some blunt criticism of Canada’s military spending on Friday, telling a major security conference in Halifax the federal government has to do better to please president-elect Donald Trump. In a panel discussion on the first day of the Halifax International Security Forum, Republican Sen. James Risch […]

Events

8 hours ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Downtown Winterval, AGA 100 Art Party and Marlena Wyman at Bugera Matheson

Downtown Winterval: This now-annual cluster of city-core fun is a sweet blend of ice carving, shiny lights, maple taffy, Christmas markets, sleigh rides, art installations, Santa photos, and local businesses offering deals. Top that off with warm street music on the central main stage, with Melafrique at 5 p.m., Major Love at 6 p.m. then […]

Culture

10 hours ago Toronto's $27 billion Ontario Line just crossed its biggest construction milestone so far

The new Ontario Line subway has just crossed its most important construction milestone to date, with the province announcing on Friday that it had broken ground on the tunnelled phase of the new 15.6-km line connecting Exhibition Place with the recently-shuttered Ontario Science Centre.Friday marked the start of excavation for the tunnel's launch shaft at the future Exhibition Station, kicking off construction of the first major subway tunnel constructed through downtown Toronto in more than six decades.It has been a hot start to construction since the project's December 2021 ground breaking. Now approaching the three-year anniversary of shovels hitting the ground, work is set to embark on the six-kilometre-long tunnels that will carry Ontario Line trains between Exhibition Station...

Economics

11 hours ago Keith Gerein: Cartmell's candidacy signals the start to a fractious year on Edmonton civic finances

There is still much to shake out over the next 10 months, but Cartmell's candidacy gets the campaign off and running in a certain direction. It's now a wait on Sohi to determine the next turn of the race

Culture

11 hours ago Woman accused in drowning of girl at Alberta lake had been under house arrest

Mary Quinn, 35, is charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after the girl was found dead last month at Wabamun Lake, west of Edmonton

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12 hours ago Jury deliberations begin in trial of human smuggling, frozen migrant family

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Jurors began deliberations Friday in the trial of two men accused of human smuggling across the Canada-U.S. border between Manitoba and Minnesota. They are tasked with deciding whether to convict or acquit Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel on four charges. The prosecution says the two men were part of a smuggling […]

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