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Edmonton activated Dach from injured reserve and loaned Samanski to its AHL affiliate ahead of Saturday’s rematch with the Utah Mammoth. Zach Hyman and Jake Walman also returned to the lineup, with Tristan Jarry set to start.
A yellow wind warning was issued Saturday for Edmonton, Sherwood Park and St. Albert, with gusts reaching 98 km/h at Edmonton International Airport. Outages were reported across the city, and a pro-separatist rally at the Legislature was delayed by the wind and highway conditions.
Mike Babcock says Edmonton’s depth forwards need to raise their level, telling them their sticks have to be “a crowbar.”
Jake Walman is set to return Saturday against Utah after an injury sidelined him for Edmonton’s last three games. His limited production, last season’s results and injury history have raised concerns about the defenceman’s role and durability.
Elections Alberta said 703,914 people had voted on the referendum’s 10 questions during the first four days of advance polling. With 516,000 special ballots processed, more than 1.2 million Albertans had voted ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum.
Alberta says triage liaison physicians will begin working in the province’s busiest emergency departments in the coming weeks, as emergency physician Paul Parks warns overcrowding is delaying care. The announcement comes ahead of an Oct. 19 fatal inquiry into the death of Prashant Sreekumar, who died while waiting for care at Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Hospital.
Isaac Howard has two points through seven games with Edmonton, but is averaging less ice time than Matt Savoie did at the same stage last season. Their starts also differed in line assignments, defensive roles and underlying numbers.
Edmonton’s penalty kill has allowed five goals over its last five games, while Utah leads the NHL power-play rankings at 37.5 per cent. The teams meet again Saturday after the Mammoth won Thursday’s game 1-0, Edmonton’s first regulation loss to Utah since the franchise relocated.
Support for Alberta remaining in Canada rose to 74 per cent in Leger’s October poll, up from 65 per cent in August. The poll, conducted Oct. 14 to 16, found 78 per cent of decided voters favour Option 1, while 22 per cent favour Option 2.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cross-country pro-Canada tour has ended in Edmonton, his hometown, putting the political purpose and intended audience of the trip in focus. The available reporting confirms the tour’s theme and endpoint, but does not establish its specific goals or impact.
Trends may be in favour of a veteran Edmonton Oilers goalie rebounding.
North-Central Co-op is giving $50,000 to support the Zebra Centre’s snack program for a year. The announcement was made Friday at the co-op’s Hawkstone location in west Edmonton.
Prime Minister Mark Carney urged Albertans to vote to keep the province in Canada at a Friday night rally in Edmonton, concluding a two-day tour ahead of Monday’s referendum. More than one million Albertans had voted by Friday night, with the ballot covering separation and nine proposals on immigration and constitutional change.
Jason Zabos testified that he stopped taking medication for mental health issues in October 2023, three months before a fire in his Edmonton apartment building killed Ricardo Olivares, 70. Zabos denied starting the fire and said his cat may have caused it; his trial is set to continue Monday with Crown cross-examination.
A seven-foot bronze statue of Johnny Bright was unveiled at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, marking 75 years since the racially motivated attack that ended his 1951 college football game. Bright later became a star with the Edmonton Eskimos and an educator in Edmonton.
Residents and city officials raised unanswered questions at a special Edmonton council meeting Friday after Alberta ordered the city to restore infill zoning rules that were in place before 2024. The province has not provided a written directive, leaving uncertainty about the changes, public engagement and a possible legal challenge.
Conservative MP Dane Lloyd says his party’s campaign is urging Albertans to vote Option 1 in the referendum, keeping Alberta in Canada. He says Conservatives for Canada has reached more than half a million people and will continue its campaign through Oct. 19.
Kailer Yamamoto recorded his third assist and fourth point of the season in Utah’s 4-2 win over Edmonton on Thursday. The 28-year-old’s career has included a breakout stretch with the Oilers, a trade to Detroit and a new regular role with the Utah Mammoth.
Edmonton’s top line has driven a 5-1-1 start, while the other lines have struggled to generate offence. With Zach Hyman expected back Saturday and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins anticipated next week, the article argues coach Mike Babcock should consider spreading out the team’s top forwards.
Wood Buffalo RCMP have identified an Ontario man accused of defrauding the Fort McMurray Métis local government of about $857,000 through a targeted cyberattack. A warrant has been issued for Roland Carson, 58, who faces multiple fraud and money-laundering charges.