94 m. ago Edmonton's best concerts 2025: The Roots, Sarah McLachlan and Sigur Ros made for a sweet year

Whether this was a banner year for concerts here is a subjective call, depending on your taste.   At first glance, 2025 felt like a chipperly typical one, especially compared to 2024 and how 2026 is already shaping up – at least on the flashy, super-promoted surface of the giant stadium and arena events.  Still, like this summer’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the year vibrated with legendary stuff going on in the wings, and we’ll get there in a sec.  But starting big, notable concerts included nostalgia runs by Bryan Adams, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, a raucous […]

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94 m. ago HILL and THOMPSON: Housing in Calgary and Edmonton remains expensive but more affordable than other cities

In cities across the country, modest homes have become unaffordable for typical families. Calgary and Edmonton have not been immune to this trend, but they’ve weathered it better than most — largely by making it easier to build homes. Specifically, faster permit approvals, lower municipal fees and fewer restrictions on homebuilders have helped both cities […]

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96 m. ago 'There's no such thing as free parking': Edmonton looking to charge fees at attractions

Councillor says proposed parking fees on city-owned attractions 'part of growing pains of being a big city'

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2 h. ago Opinion: Please, Santa, what Canada needs for Christmas is slimmer budgets

The federal budget has become unwieldy, packed with superfluous material that buries the key numbers deep where only experts can find them

Culture

2 h. ago Le premier match de Stuart Skinner contre les Oilers d'Edmonton n'aurait probablement pas pu être plus bizarre

Stuart Skinner affrontait son ancienne équipe, les Oilers d'Edmonton, quelques jours seulement après la transaction qui l'a envoyé aux Penguins.

Culture

10 h. ago Draisaitl hits 1,000, Edmonton Oilers hang five goals on Stu Skinner

You can sometimes forget, when the best player in the world is on your team, what a luxury it is to have what many believe is the second best player in the world riding shotgun. But it never takes long for Leon Draisaitl to keep reminding everyone. One of the best shooters in the game. […]

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12 h. ago Edmonton man recreates iconic ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ tree

An Edmonton man is hoping to bring some holiday cheer by recreating a Christmas tree from a decades-old cartoon classic.

Culture

13 h. ago Tirs à l’université Brown, une longue vidéo du suspect diffusée

Son identité reste inconnue au quatrième jour de l’enquête.

Society

14 h. ago Want to know how to help those in need this Christmas? Here are some places that need volunteers

Organizations and charities in Calgary that are looking for a helping hand over the holidays

Culture

14 h. ago Edmonton, parts of Alberta warned 30 cm of snow possible on Wednesday

Heavy snow, between 15 to 30 cm, is forecast to fall Wednesday in Edmonton and surrounding parts of central Alberta, coupled with high winds creating whiteout conditions.

Culture

14 h. ago Man in prison for murder of Calgary caseworker found guilty of killing inmate

A man who stabbed his Calgary case worker to death in 2019 has now also been convicted of manslaughter in the death of a fellow inmate at the maximum-security Edmonton Institution.

Events

16 h. ago Alberta shuts down supervised drug consumption site at Royal Alexandra Hospital

The Royal Alex closure leaves two remaining Edmonton supervised consumption sites, where people can access clean supplies for drug use and supervision in case of an overdose.

Science

16 h. ago Canadian bakin’: Get festive in the kitchen with these homeland brands

There’s baking and then there’s Christmas baking. The elevated latter version involves sprinkles. It involves candy cane flavour infusions. It involves a bit more time and energy — but it also involves family or friends bonding in the kitchen. Up the festive fun factor with these five Canadian-made finds.   Sweetapolita Festive Fun Decorating Kit […]

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16 h. ago Opinion: Edmonton deserves fair representation on the electoral map

Alberta will have a new electoral map for the next scheduled provincial election. This is important because it determines how Albertans will be represented in the legislature. The number of MLAs in the legislature will increase from 87 to 89 and provincial constituency boundaries will be redrawn. As Edmontonians, we are worried that the proposed […]

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17 h. ago Adventures in Streaming: Ghostly viewing just in time for Christmas

The notion of ghosts at Christmas time inevitably compels us to think of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol but the Yuletime ghost story has a rich past that goes well beyond Dickens, certainly in Britain. The tradition of telling “scary ghost stories” — to quote the perennial song It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the […]

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17 h. ago Woman walking Chilliwack trail during wind storm struck and killed by tree branch

A Chilliwack woman was walking with her two kids Monday on a trail near the dog park at Island 22 when she was struck by a tree limb. The children were unharmed.

Events

18 h. ago Flash freeze just the start at winter storm warning issued for Edmonton

Hazardous conditions expected across central Alberta as temperatures drop

Culture

18 h. ago Flash freeze just the start as winter storm warning issued for Edmonton

Hazardous conditions expected across central Alberta as temperatures drop

Culture

19 h. ago Mystery surrounds death of woman found naked in Florida store freezer

A Dollar Tree employee made the startling discovery

Events

19 h. ago Five design tastemakers share the items they love most this Christmas

From heirloom sabres to sculptural lamps, these are the pieces Vancouver’s style leaders are loving this year

Culture