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In 2014, Kieran Porter was acquitted of fatally striking a Good Samaritan on the side of Anthony Henday Drive. At trial, the judge ruled police violated Porter's rights during the investigation. Now, the province's highest court has agreed.
Barb Heather calls them “Fort McMurray specials” — renters next door spent two weeks working up north, then blew in for a week drinking, partying and shouting until 3 a.m. outside her window. Her neighbourhood of Eastwood was one of five that won a three-year moratorium on more social or non-market housing. But in the end, she said, it often wasn’t the […]
They arrived here, to safety, just one week before the Kristallnacht pogrom, the prelude which heralded the beginning of the Final Solution. George Goldsand was only three at the time: his memories of the familyls ordeal are hazy. Despite going through all the letters, radiograms and official documents his father kept in a shoebox, despite spending hours at the National Archives in Ottawa, Goldsand still doesn't know exactly how or why they was given the chance to come to Canada, when so many others were turned away.
Ralph Klein used to say governing during bad times was easier than in good times because he could say a simple “no” to everyone asking for money. If that’s true, then Alberta’s newest Finance Minister Joe Ceci has the easiest job in the world.
The mother of a missing two-year-old girl is scrambling for answers after an amber alert was issued this afternoon. Cheyenne Dunbar said she just found out today that her daughter has been missing since about 3:30 a.m. this morning. “I don’t even know what’s going on myself,” Dunbar, who lives in Edmonton, said in a […]
An Edmonton Eskimos fan made a bet with a Calgary Stampeders fan in 2012 that ran out of control over a three-year losing streak, fuelled by a double-or-nothing response to each loss.
With Alberta's economy in a funk and the jobless rate rising, this may seem like an odd time to raise the issue of skilled worker shortages. But that's precisely what Canadian Chamber of Commerce CEO Perrin Beatty and the heads of the Alberta and Edmonton chambers did Monday.
If the price of benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil doesn't recover to more than $50 US for 2016 and 2017, public sector jobs in Edmonton could be put at risk as the Alberta government tries to cope with declining revenues, warns John Rose, chief economist for the City of Edmonton.
Tensions are building over the city’s proposed ride-sharing bylaw as both sides look to stage public protests Wednesday at City Hall and three taxi corporations launched a new $150-million lawsuit. The taxi corporations filed the lawsuit in court Monday. They’re seeking damages and an injunction against Uber and its Edmonton-based drivers. Meanwhile, 126 people are already registered to speak to […]
Alexis Loiseau figures in on all four goals for the Oilers prospects in a 5-4 overtime loss to Winnipeg