Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points t...
Alberta authorities are investigating several cases of illicit meat slaughter and sale. That's leading to concerns about food safety.

Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, ...
Bob Cole, whose voice and lively language were the Saturday night soundtrack to hockey games over a broadcasting career that spanned more than half a century...

Nurse practitioners to help strengthen primary care
A new program will support nurse practitioners to work independently and provide Albertans with more access to primary care clinics.

Fine levied for workplace fatality
An industrial equipment company will pay a $330,000 fine related to a workplace fatality.

Reduced hours, cut services at U of A sexual assault cent...
Students and former staff with the University of Alberta's sexual assault centre are calling for a full resumption of operations to ensure sexual assault sur...

Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate...
After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients ...

El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global tempera...
La Niña is on its way, but global temperatures are so high already that some climate scientists say it may not have as much of a a cooling effect this year a...

New truckers in Canada aren't being trained well enough. ...
There’s an "urgent" need to improve training for truck drivers, a new report suggests, and new drivers who have not received adequate training are making Can...

That offer to buy your time-share could be from a Mexican...
One of Mexico's biggest drug cartels is targeting Canadian time-share owners with an elaborate phone fraud. And experts say there is little anyone can do abo...

Air passenger complaint backlog hits new high, but agency...
Canada's transportation regulator says it has made progress on addressing compensation claims against airlines since a new complaint resolution process was i...

Canadian banks need to do more to stop abusive e-transfer...
Women who have received threatening and abusive e-transfers from their former partners say Canadian banks need to step up and do more to prevent the misuse o...

Kopitar's OT winner lifts Kings to 5-4 win over Oilers to...
Anže Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round pla...

Edmonton city council approves 8.9% property tax increase...
Edmonton property owners are being charged 8.9 per cent more in taxes this year after city council approved its revised operating budget Tuesday.

Watch CBC Edmonton news headlines
Here is the local news making headlines in Edmonton on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Alberta will officially be the last province with a paper...
Manitoba set aside funding in its latest provincial budget to make the shift from paper to plastic, leaving Alberta as the lone outlier in Canada. However, t...

AHS issues public alert for potential measles exposures i...
Alberta Health Services says a person with lab-confirmed measles was in multiple public settings in the Edmonton area while infectious and members of the pub...

Think Olivia is a popular baby name? Hold my beer, says J...
This week, as the Alberta government released the latest rankings of baby names given last year, CBC Calgary looked over a database of popular (and not-so-po...

This Oilers fan brings the bling and face paint to the pl...
Oilers fans line up to take pictures with Dale Steil when he’s decked out in his Oilers getup. CBC's Mark Connolly spoke with the superfan about how it all s...

Orders in Council
Orders approved – April 24, 2024.

Engaging with international drug policy experts
Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams will engage with international drug policy experts in Lisbon, Portugal, and San Patrignano, Italy.

Edmonton police seeing no further extortion of South Asia...
A rash of extortion incidents targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has dropped off, but police are continuing to investigate the string of arsons ...

Supporting more students to live and work in Alberta’s north
Alberta’s government is supporting additional post-secondary students through the Northern Alberta Development Bursary (NADB) program.

Housing boom: Alberta building more homes, faster
Alberta is building more homes, with 3,122 new housing starts recorded in March 2024, 31 per cent of which were rental homes.

How one northern Alberta town is readying for wildfire se...
The town of High Level, located about 800 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, supported thousands of evacuees during the 2023 wildfires. Now, it’s preparing to...

Alberta’s baby name superstar steals the show again
Olivia and Noah continue to reign as top baby names in 2023.

Alberta enacts fire restriction as wildfire conditions gr...
Emergency officials in Alberta are urging caution as tinder-dry conditions have left Alberta forests facing an extreme threat from fire.

Resale market heating up for Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets
The in-house decibel meter shot past 100 throughout the game. More than 1,150 hats — 14 bags full — were collected after Zach Hyman scored his third goal of ...

What is the ultimate Edmonton food?
CBC’s local podcast This is Edmonton digs into our dining scene to find the most Edmonton dish in the city

Province determines more than 40 medical clinics advertis...
Alberta's health ministry has determined that more than 40 medical clinics in the province are advertising membership fees for services, nearly a year after ...

For First Nations in Alberta, drought only compounds exis...
Indigenous communities in Alberta have long suffered from water access issues. An expected severe drought might hit them hard.

When cancer dashed my brother's dreams, it spurred me to ...
Kerri McCourt had long thought that she would adopt a child someday. But when her brother was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, McCourt took steps to make ...

How to fight wildfires from the air
Wildfire season has already begun in Canada, and all signs suggest this year could be worse than the record-breaking season of 2023.

Just bought a used car? There's a chance it's stolen, as ...
Organized crime groups driving Canada's worst-ever auto theft epidemic are adapting by increasingly selling hot vehicles in Canada to unsuspecting buyers wit...

Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to scree...
Family doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings — but experts say Canadians' lives are...

Let's talk taxes: the deadline to file is inching closer
With the deadline to file personal income taxes fast approaching, Sandra Batson is joined by Gurpreet Plaha from the Canadian Revenue Agency for tips and tri...

Wildfire prompts evacuation order for part of MD of Peace...
Some residents of Municipal District of Peace No. 135 have been told to evacuate due to a wildfire burning southeast of the intersection of Township Road 830...

'Contrarian' doctor a good choice to lead COVID-19 data r...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it's a good idea to have a physician who accused the province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact on hospitals now lead a r...

Redevelopment plans in question after historic Edmonton a...
Edmonton's Hangar 11 property redevelopment project is facing an uncertain future after a historic building on the city's old airfield was destroyed by fire.

Investing in more chapters of Alberta’s stories | Investi...
Alberta’s government is helping publishing and entertainment industries in the province thrive with an $8-million investment in the Alberta Media Fund.

Investigation into Edmonton death concluded
On April 9, 2024, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the drowning and presumed deat...

Caribou herds in B.C., Alberta, growing due to wolf culls...
Fresh research suggests Western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound ...

Helping Alberta become a hydrogen powerhouse
Alberta is investing $57 million to support new hydrogen technologies that will reduce emissions, grow the economy and help the province keep powering the wo...

Rural Albertans, officials weigh in on evacuation protoco...
Most Albertans subject to wildfire evacuations in 2023 followed them and left their properties behind. But officials reported encountering those who refused ...

Alberta liquor retailers reject idea of expanding alcohol...
The provincial government has assembled a panel of MLAs to study the possibility of allowing alcohol sales in grocery stores, following Ontario's move to all...

Hyman's hat trick, McDavid's 5-assist effort propel Oiler...
The Edmonton Oilers downed the visiting Los Angeles Kings by a score of 7-4 Monday night to take Game 1 of the best-of-seven series.

Massive fire destroys WW II-era hangar in Edmonton
Flames and smoke engulfed Edmonton's Second World War-era Hangar 11 as the historic building north of downtown was destroyed by fire Monday night.