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Edmonton players are learning a new system under head coach Mike Babcock and associate coach D.J. Smith, with Leon Draisaitl expecting the adjustment to take weeks. The Oilers also reassigned 10 players to Bakersfield, returned four prospects to junior teams and released Seth Griffith from his professional tryout.
Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette says her team contacted CSIS after learning of U.S. think-tank proposals to support Quebec sovereigntists. Party leaders are questioning the allegations, their timing and the government’s handling of them as advance voting approaches.
RCMP have charged 21-year-old Jaideep Singh with arson over a June fire that destroyed eight businesses in Airdrie. The blaze caused more than $1 million in damage; no one was hurt.
A June landslide washed away six pillars at Keillor Point, prompting Edmonton to fence off part of the popular river valley viewpoint after further slope deterioration. The city says the barricades will remain through winter and into next year while it develops a plan to address the site.
Students at Avalon Junior High School in Edmonton raised $111,194.90 by 3 p.m. Friday, surpassing their $100,000 goal for the Terry Fox Foundation. Donations remain open until Monday, and the total could rise further.
Nearly 100 volunteers from 19 companies worked at Edmonton’s Terra Centre during the 20th annual United Way of Alberta Engineering Day of Caring. Projects included replacing a fence, expanding the playground and adding an outdoor sensory station.
Eleven Edmonton players are set to miss Saturday’s home game against Hamilton, while centre David Beard is a game-time decision. The 10-4 Elks will rely on available depth as the 4-10 Tiger-Cats face possible playoff elimination.
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The province is providing $38.5 million to build infrastructure for Beaumont Innovation Park, including a proposed campus for hands-on training of law enforcement and commercial drivers. The 160-acre project has no firm opening timeline, and the Alberta Motor Transport Association will finance, build and operate the campus.
The Alberta NDP has filed a court application in Edmonton seeking to overturn provincial rules limiting the voter information Elections Alberta can share with political parties. The party says the restrictions could undermine election-law requirements and make it harder to prevent multiple voting in the Oct. 19 referendum.
Jonathan Schaeffer, a University of Alberta professor emeritus and AI entrepreneur, says governments and companies must move quickly to control risks from rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. He called for local, national and international action, following reports that an OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s health-care system.
A mural by Métis/Cree illustrator Paityn Savoie was unveiled Friday on the Citadel Theatre’s north exterior wall in Edmonton, in conjunction with the Edmonton Mural Festival. The work depicts Alberta plants and wildlife and was chosen from more than 500 submissions.
The Alberta Motor Association is marking its 100th anniversary with a free public exhibition of archival objects and displays at The Creative Hive. The show runs through Nov. 8 and is scheduled to appear at Wetaskiwin’s Reynolds Museum in 2028.
A 30-year-old Airdrie man faces six sexual assault counts after alleged incidents at stores in Airdrie and Calgary. RCMP say he was arrested Tuesday and is due in court next week.
ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit is asking parents to review their children’s social media accounts, including location-sharing settings, after an 18-year-old Edmonton man was arrested for allegedly using Snapchat’s location-sharing function to locate the family home of two minors. Police announced the...
Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said two recent Edmonton incidents in which former detainees were left on downtown streets resulted from human error. Municipal leaders say similar releases have affected communities near correctional facilities across Alberta, while the province says it will take steps to prevent a repeat.
The Alberta NDP has filed a court application in Edmonton challenging new provincial rules that limit the voter information Elections Alberta may share with political parties. The party says the restrictions undermine the voter list’s purpose and could make it harder to prevent repeat voting in the Oct. 19 referendum.
Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said two mishandled releases of former prisoners in Edmonton’s Chinatown resulted from human error and said the province is taking corrective measures. He made the comments in Beaumont, where Alberta also announced $38.5 million for groundwork at an Innovation Park planned to include a safety training campus.
Registered nurse Seth Dear has installed decibel monitors in Edmonton to document late-night vehicle noise and share the data with city officials and police. His project has grown to three monitors, with five more residents asking to take part.
An 18-year-old was arrested and charged after Alberta’s Internet Child Exploitation unit investigated threats against two youths and alleged use of their location data. The unit believes there may be more victims and is urging families to review social media location settings.