Edmonton Journal

A sea of people are coming towards me like a tsunami. Fashionable young girls in miniskirts and platform boots wobble along the crowded crosswalk. High rises illuminated with flashing multi-storey billboards blast advertisements through the air. Read More

With the New Year, the city welcomes new businesses just getting their start, but as they wave hello to some, Edmontonians are also waving goodbye to other local favourites. Read More

Edmonton police have charged a local store owner and two of his employees after seizing cash, 79 illegal weapons, and illegal tobacco from a central Edmonton convenience store. Read More

A man suffered minor injuries after a fight involving several people broke out at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre on Saturday. Read More

Normally, having just one goal on the season as the midpoint nears is a reason to raise a red flag. Read More

Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman's body was found near the North Saskatchewan River on Monday. Read More

City police are investigating the suspicious October 2024 death of a man in central Edmonton after an autopsy could not determine a cause of death. Read More

According to them, coal is good, except where it is bad. Where it is bad, no one will be allowed to blow the tops off mountains. Except it seems, where coal lobbyists have cunningly explained they can glue the pieces back together and not pollute the water. If you’re wondering how this modern coal policy differs from the 1976 Lougheed era one, so am I. Read More

She’s knee-high, the size of a large house cat, and when she wants food she will look up at you with soft, beady eyes and pat your ankles with leathery hands and soft mmm-hmmm noises. Read More

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has announced his plans to run for the newly vacant Edmonton-Strathcona seat. Read More

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant continue to roll at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials. Read More

Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe, uncontrollable wildfires, a study published Thursday said, underlining what the authors described as a pressing need to proactively mitigate the "increased threat posed by climate change." Read More

A look at Friday's Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. Read More

OTTAWA — Canada was buzzing. The ice was tilted. A dramatic comeback victory felt inevitable. Read More

A judge is asking the Alberta government to consider developing minimum safety standards for clothing donation bins after three people got stuck trying to get inside and died. Read More

Anaheim Ducks (16-17-4) at Edmonton Oilers (22-12-3) Read More

I just received my review copy of The Prairie Garden. This is truly one of my favourite publications. It is always topical and extremely helpful, whether you are a rookie or veteran gardener. The Prairie Garden is a non-profit publication dedicated to the advancement of horticulture on the Prairies. It is a digest-sized soft-cover book published annually since 1937 by a volunteer organization. The publication's orientation is always prairie-based but is certainly applicable to many areas in Canada. Read More

Ice Grooves: This is very cool — literally — with regular dedicated music programming and dance instruction kicking off this weekend on the rink in front of Edmonton's city hall! Read More

The end of Justin Trudeau's government in 2025 will bring on the rebirth of Canada. It's likely the nation's return to peace, order and good government will be a brutal slog, but I hold out hope the transformation might still come rapidly, a lightning strike of common sense. Read More

“I will not vote with Pierre Poilievre to force an election because his vision is antithetical to everything I believe,” wrote NDP MP Charles Angus justifying his declaration he will not support the Conservatives' proposed non-confidence motion on Jan. 27. Read More