Edmonton Journal

With Carolina in town Tuesday night, absolutely we should flash back to another game against the 'Canes — the turning point of the Edmonton Oilers and goalie Stu Skinner’s 2023-24 season, when the Oilers were taken to the woodshed 6-3 in Raleigh last Nov. 22 and Skinner was yanked after giving up four goals on 14 shots in the first 15 minutes. Read More

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s waiting for NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi to declare where he intends to run for office before she calls a byelection in Lethbridge. Read More

Mounties initiated a water rescue after some boaters were stranded on the North Saskatchewan River last week. Read More

Penalty kill? Read More

City police are turning to the public to identify a suspect wanted for a July arson in northeast Edmonton that caused an estimated $4.5 million in damages to several homes. Read More

An Alberta sheriff and former minor hockey trainer accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy has died. Read More

The Edmonton metro region is facing a confluence of challenges unprecedented in its history. Rapid population growth, an evolving economic landscape, and labour market shortages may be nothing new, but all three happening with such intensity at the same time is. Read More

More than 900 custodial staff at Edmonton's largest school board have voted in favour of striking, compounding the threat of a strike by educational assistants and other support staff. Read More

Bear Grease is many things, but it’s not simply an Indigenous take on the musical Grease. Read More

This in from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers radio network, news that Troy Stecher is in for Ty Emberson. Read More

Why is our government deciding that Albertans need to follow the American style of MAGA right-wing election politics? They’re deciding that we are no longer going to have electronic voting machines but instead spend millions of tax dollars counting the ballots by hand, which delays the results and leaves the election officials open to many recounts due to human error. Read More

An Edmonton police officer has admitted to making sexual advances toward eight women he met on the job — including several victims of crime — in one case letting himself into an intoxicated woman's home and kissing her despite repeated demands he leave. Read More

EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Sam O'Reilly to a three-year entry-level contract on Monday. Read More

The Alberta government is set to spend $112 million on building 250 new, temporary modular housing units for Jasper residents who lost their homes in last summer's wildfire. Read More

Police are looking for tips from the public to help identify a man who assaulted a city bus driver on Saturday morning near Downtown Edmonton. Read More

It’s a small sample size, but it’s an ugly one. Read More

If we’re going to do anything about it, we’ll need to be clear-eyed. Edmonton lost 421 residents last year, an all-time high. More than 4,000 Edmontonians don’t have a permanent home, another all-time high. According to the city’s projections, one in four renters are paying more than they can afford on housing, meaning thousands more are on a knife’s edge. Read More

Cancer is hard enough. Read More

Evergreens and walnut wood. Not your typical design style thoughts when you think of purchasing a new stand mixer for your kitchen. Read More

Homeownership is an increasingly impossible dream, according to a new survey, though a local realtor notes that purchasing that first home remains well within reach in Edmonton. Read More