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The City of Edmonton has issued an extreme weather response due to smoke within the city. The response has been activated — effective immediately — to ensure the health and safety of all Edmontonians…
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St. Albert RCMP says 28-year-old Kaj Alexander Randall is in custody in connection to a double stabbing that happened Thursday night.
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Institutions are still returning to normal operations after a defective update to computers using Microsoft Windows caused a global technology outage.
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Chris Carbert brought guns and body armour to the Coutts blockade, but says there was no plan for violence unless he had to perhaps flee to the mountains and fend off someone trying to give him a COVID-19 vaccine shot.
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The mayor of Cold Lake, Alta, says it’s taking action against rising crime and homelessness, adding they are ramping up police enforcement.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t think her cabinet ministers and political staff accepting tickets to luxury suites at playoff hockey games runs afoul of ethics rules. Smith says expects…
Rebooting after a global tech outage. As Afia Baah explains, experts say it may take some time before systems impacted by Friday’s technical failure are back up and running.
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Bangladesh looks to shutdown mounting, violent student protests, as demonstrators demand the country change its allocation of government jobs. Afua Baah has the details.
The City of Edmonton is designating Whyte Avenue as an exclusion zone to clear roadways and sidewalks. Elliott Knopp with public reaction to the sudden change that caught many off guard.
Jagmeet Singh making a stop in Edmonton Friday–calling out one of the city’s largest property rental companies over rental increases.
The hot weather is creating challenges for Alberta wildland firefighters as fire activity increases. As Laura Krause explains, some communities are under an evacuation order or alert.
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A PolySeSouvient spokesperson expresses concern that ‘we won’t see these measures materialize in our lifetimes’ as the clock ticks toward a federal election.
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After declaring an extreme weather response on Monday due to extreme heat expected in the city throughout the week, the City of Edmonton has extended that warning. Friday, the City extended the extreme…
A cybersecurity expert is warning you to be on your guard for scams and hacking attempts, in the wake of the worldwide tech outage.
A man who was shot by Edmonton police for pointing a replica gun at a transit bus on Wednesday died in a city hospital on Thursday. The incident occurred at Whyte Avenue and 93 Street on Tuesday, where…
Dozens of residents of a northern Alberta hamlet are out of their homes as a wildfire threatens their community. Local officials say 89 residents of Chipewyan Lake have registered at an evacuation centre. Meanwhile,…
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A widespread Microsoft outage is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world Friday.
Thursday night’s outages were experienced across the globe, affecting services from airlines to phones. With the outages beginning late Thursday night, many people trying to fix the problem didn’t…
The RCMP in St. Albert says two teens are in hospital after they were both stabbed Thursday night. Around 10 p.m., Mounties responded to a home in the Riverside neighbourhood after a reported assault. When…
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made a stop in Edmonton Friday morning, saying he wants the federal government to target what he calls greedy landlords — despite rent control being a provincial jurisdiction. “So…
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A polar bear at the Calgary zoo has died after not resurfacing from a pool on Friday.
While e-scooters may be a popular way to get around in Edmonton, the City of Edmonton is implementing a new exclusion zone. Starting July 19, Edmontonians cannot ride, or park shared e-scooters and…
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against the City of Calgary over a major water main break claiming businesses lost significant revenue. In a statement of claim filed Wednesday, Angel’s…
A prominent Alberta utility is seeking to delay a hearing on appropriate remedies for gas and electricity rates the province’s utilities regulator says were neither reasonable nor justified. ATCO Utilities,…
More money landed in the pockets of some Canadian parents Friday after the feds increased Canada Child Benefit (CCB) payments.
An upgrade to 911 systems in Ontario is setting the stage for more efficient emergency responses, in what one official calls “public safety’s Halley’s comet moment.” The new system – called Next Generation…
TORONTO — Marketing experts say two brands that recently had to recall plant-based milk contaminated with Listeria can come back from the deadly outbreak, but they must move quickly to regain consumer…
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) says six people have been charged in connection to numerous vehicle thefts across the province. ALERT says it began an investigation in June 2023,…
Just days after the family of a 28-year-old man who was shot and killed by an Edmonton police officer spoke out demanding answers, the city’s police chief Dale McFee told media he wishes he could say more…
No, we haven’t been hacked. Today’s story has all of these things and more. It’s a tale about what happens when a Canadian crypto company wants to add to its portfolio, an American sex doll manufacturer…