Edmonton Sun
THREE CHEERS!
VANCOUVER — You could hear the snap of Ismael Kone’s left leg all the way up in the B.C. Place media tribune, so one can only imagine what it sounded like pitchside when Qatar’s Assim Madibo kicked out the legs of Ismael Kone early in the second half...
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BUCKS START HERE
Millions of Albertans will be able to apply for a $100 rebate beginning on Canada Day under a new provincial program aimed at offsetting high energy costs. Premier Danielle Smith announced the Alberta energy rebate at a news conference in Calgary on...
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NO SLAM DUNK
Former Edmonton city councillor and mayoral candidate Michael Walters is back on the doorknocking circuit. He’s not currently running for political office. But he is travelling through neighbourhoods in the southside area he used to represent, talking...
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‘DEEPLY SORRY’
Bill Clark expected his storied career in Edmonton policing to end with celebrations and accolades sometime after his 50th year on the job. Instead, the final chapter came in a nearly empty courtroom, with only his defence lawyer at his side. “I am...
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A DON DEAL?
An agreement to end fighting between the United States and Iran is “now complete,” according to Donald Trump, with an Iranian diplomat and key mediator Pakistan backing those assertions. Trump announced what he said was the completion of the deal on...
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ALARM OVER ADAP
Warning: this story contains mention of suicide. Several Albertans raised concerns Saturday over the incoming changes to Alberta’s disability program during Premier Danielle Smith’s biweekly radio show. On Smith’s call-in radio show Your Province,...
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FAST ON THE DRAW
TORONTO — They came to see history and mostly to celebrate Canada’s role in it, a men’s World Cup debut on home soil that was going to be memorable regardless of the result. And then in the 78th minute of a wildly exciting game played before a red...
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ON THE MOVE?
Darnell Nurse says he’s good to go. As in somewhere other than Edmonton next fall. As in he’s done being an Oiler. So, is this a one-off, or the beginning of the end for an Oilers team that spent last season in a steady decline? With Sportsnet...
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A NEW TWIST
Welcome to the latest chapter in As The Coach Turns, the continuing strange but true saga of the Edmonton Oilers’ coaching search. Chapter 4: The National Hockey League Players’ Association has formally asked the NHL to investigate the 2023 incidents...
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WHERE’S CARNEY?
CALGARY — Then came the interview. On Monday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivers a speech to a standing-room-only crowd at the historic Legion No. 1 in downtown Calgary. He tells the crowd Alberta does not need to be a different...
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WITH BATED BREATH
As Doug Ford heads to Washington for two days of meetings Monday, there are a few nervous people in Ottawa. Officials in Ottawa from the Prime Minister’s Office on down are crossing their fingers and holding their breath that Ford doesn’t do anything...
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FIERY HISTORY
The man charged with torching infill construction sites in south Edmonton was on parole for a previous string of arsons and told police he “just liked the area” when asked why he was near the scene of one of the fires an hour past his curfew. Peter...
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BAD FOR BIZ
The city’s promotional material supporting the Imagine Jasper Avenue project predicts more walkable, wider sidewalks, reconstructed roads and better transit access. But, Kanwarpreet Singh Chatrath, the owner of a liquor store near the corner of Jasper...
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READY NO. 1
The Canadian Football League season is starting five weeks earlier for Cody Fajardo this year. The Edmonton Elks got off to a 1-4 start with Fajardo on the sidelines after arriving as a free agent a year ago, relegated to the backup role while his new...
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FIRE SPREE ARREST
An Edmonton man with an apparent history of arson is facing multiple charges in relation to a series of suspicious fires at construction sites late last year. Police said they began investigating allegations of arson after multiple fires at infill...
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WET SPELL
Two westbound lanes underneath the CN Rail bridge between 121 Street and 124 Street on Yellowhead Trail reopened Tuesday morning after being closed Monday night due to flooding. The flooding that prompted the unexpected closure was most likely caused...
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FIX FOR FUNDING
Alberta is rolling out a new funding model that connects hospital funding to patient care. At a Monday press conference, the province announced that 12 hospitals are currently operating under phase one of the new patient-focused funding (PFF) model,...
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ERRBORNE
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have been many things to many people over the years. One of the best teams in the world for precision demonstrations and a regular sight at major events from Grey Cups to Olympic Games, the Snowbirds have inspired...
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FAST TRAIN
In a not-too-distant future, a highspeed train could potentially be flying over the North Saskatchewan River, say experts, connecting Downtown Edmonton to the city’s airport, Red Deer, Calgary, and even Banff. The province’s 15-year passenger rail...
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PLAY CENTRAL
City officials want you to know Downtown is a safe place to be and to prove it they’re putting on more than 1,000 free events over the next seven months. With a three-piece band playing in the background in the park next door, the city’s summer Turn...
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EVAN OUT
The biggest fear about having Edmonton Oilers play in the world hockey championship came true Thursday when Evan Bouchard got knocked cold and had to be helped off the ice. In a disturbing scene in the quarterfinal game in Switzerland, the Oilers...
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BIG SCOOP
With the help of a number-crunching computer wielded by the Alberta RCMP strategic analysis and research unit, some of Alberta’s top offenders have been apprehended in a four-day jointagency sweep that netted 88 individuals deemed by data to be...
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PREMIERS CLASH
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew challenged Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over Indigenous consultation on Tuesday, saying her government has a duty to do so before any separation referendum and pointing to a recent court ruling to back his point. The...
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UP IN THE AIR
As Edmonton plans to replace two of its oldest and most iconic bridges, city officials are questioning how many modes of transportation can be feasibly jammed into a single crossing, and what could be preserved from the old bridges. A report issued...
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BATTERED AND BRUISED
It could have been the most expensive inning the Blue Jays had ever endured. In the top of the fifth inning of what would become a 4-1 Pittsburgh Pirates win on Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre, Dylan Cease (he of the sevenyear $175-milllon...
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LANE PAIN
As the councillor for Ward Nakota Isga, Reed Clarke has got an earful from Grovenor residents who are angered by the city’s active transportation network expansion in their west-end neighbourhood. The active transport network is a collection of paths...
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SPARKS FLY
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her decision Friday to hold a vote on whether the province should begin the process of separating from Canada, while separatists warned the move could trigger a revolt within her governing United Conservative...
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WORD PLAY
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is putting a new question about separation in an October referendum, but it won’t explicitly address the issue. In a televised address on Thursday, Smith told Albertans that while she supports Alberta remaining in...
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HALL OF A PROBLEM
In order to reduce wait times, six new fire halls are needed to serve the city’s growing neighbourhoods near the Anthony Henday Drive ring road. The question in a city that has major budget pressures, where’s the cash that’s needed to build these...
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Oilers not acting normal on head coach situation
Give them credit, Edmonton Oilers apologists have been working overtime trying to make it look like last week’s coaching clusterpuck is perfectly normal. Happens all the time, they say. Except it doesn’t. Six coaches in 11 years for McDavid-Draisaitl...
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TRAGEDY X2
There are more questions than answers after a patient died in the waiting room at an overcrowded emergency room at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on May 8. “My understanding is that he did receive some initial care and treatments, but was deemed...
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NOT THERE YET
In Canada now, First Nations means the small racial minority (five per cent of the population) who must be consulted first before any project can go ahead or any law can be passed. Want to build a home on private property? Check with the First Nations...
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A DONE DEAL
Calling it “a good day for Alberta and for Canada,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a new agreement Friday with Prime Minister Mark Carney that spells out a timeline for the approval of her government’s much-sought-after oil pipeline to the West...
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KRIS KROSSED OUT
In what is pretty much the equivalent of a girlfriend breaking up with her boyfriend after he caught her making out with the neighbour, the Edmonton Oilers fired Kris Knoblauch. It’s the next predictable chapter in an uncomfortable saga that began...
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PETITION PAUSE
An Alberta judge has thrown out a decision by the province’s chief electoral officer to issue a petition for a referendum on provincial separation, heaping uncertainty on the possibility of a fall independence vote. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation...
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TWISTING IN WIND
With reports saying the Edmonton Oilers have asked permission to speak with former Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy, the writing appears to be on the wall for Kris Knoblauch. The Death Valley for hockey coaches strikes again. This is a...
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TRACK TEAM
When Beaver Hills House and Michael Phair parks reopened in Downtown Edmonton in March (about six moths behind schedule), the city boasted the new dual space was for the enjoyment of “those who live, work and play in Edmonton’s Downtown core.” I...
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WELCOME BACK
Four Canadians who were among the passengers aboard the hantavirus-hit cruise ship were on a plane en route to Canada on Sunday. Wearing protective gear, the Canadians boarded a plane bound for the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport, just north of Quebec...
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JASPER REBUILDING
More than 21 months after a wildfire scorched the town, the rebuilding efforts in Jasper are showing signs of progress but also continue to face rising costs, underinsurance of businesses, and continued housing and labour issues. The federal...
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COPS GET DATA-DRIVEN
So far this year, police have been engaged in 530 calls at Churchill Square and the LRT station located below. In March, the Edmonton Police Service conducted 50 “proactive” enforcement activities at Southgate LRT station. Arrests are up 25 per cent...
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TIME RUNNING OUT
EDMONTON — Wait ’til next year. Normally, that’s the battle cry of the loser, a default slogan with little substance, something you say when this season ends poorly and there is nowhere to go but up. But for the Edmonton Oilers, it might be the most...
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BOOK BATTLE
Most Edmonton city councillors are not happy with how the United Conservative Party is taking aim at what it says is pornographic material available to youth on public library shelves and are cautioning city ratepayers will end up footing the bill for...
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SHARE THE WEALTH
It’s becoming more and more obvious that the Edmonton Oilers’ greatest strength might also be their tragic flaw. That’s right. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Not the players themselves, they are two of the best and most effective producers in the...
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HELL OR HIGH WATER
Talk about two different worlds colliding. On Monday, in one part of Edmonton, supporters of Alberta independence are enjoying the moment. They are doing a victory lap. It appears they have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be a long,...
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‘CRUCIAL TIME’
YEREVAN — Prime Minister Mark Carney met Sunday with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in his nation’s capital ahead of the European Political Community summit, a gathering touching on strategic co-operation in politics, security and...
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‘A STEP BACK’
With the freshly-eliminated Edmonton Oilers stepping up to the podium for their final interviews before heading into an unexpectedly long summer, the recurring theme Saturday was the direction of the franchise. When you are run out of the first round...
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THE END
It appears the Edmonton Oilers chose the wrong guy when they hired the architect of the three-time Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup champion dynasty of the last decade. They picked general manager Stan Bowman when they should have taken the engineer,...
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LIST OF ELECTORS LEAKED
A judge has granted an interim injunction ordering a separatist group to remove the list of electors or any portion of the list from its public website, which contains personal information of Albertans who are registered and are eligible to vote in...
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GOTTA GET ’EM
The Edmonton Oilers are trailing 3-2 in the series and facing elimination on the road against a team that’s beaten them three times in the last four games and has yet to lose on home ice. So, why does it feel like momentum just changed uniforms? Why...
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PM’s ‘NEW WORLD ORDER’
OTTAWA — A stronger, more resilient Canada. That was what the government promised Tuesday as the Carney Liberals tabled their spring economic update in the House of Commons, describing the intra-budget statement as a “clear update” on their plans to...
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‘IN A HOLE’
Nobody likes listening to athletes talk about their glory days. Tales of victory in the face of improbable odds, impressive as they might be, get old in a hurry, especially when you’ve heard them all before. But it might be a different story with the...
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‘GENIUS’ SHOOTER?
A day after a man opened fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., Saturday night, more information is being uncovered about the accused gunman. A Secret Service officer was wounded after shots were fired...
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MAYHEM IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was reported uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. There did not immediately appear to...
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ICY REMINDER
A bad snowstorm in the Wood Buffalo region caused several drivers and their vehicles to become stranded south of Fort McMurray on Friday. RCMP escorted several tow trucks southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 63 to reach vehicles blocking the...
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OFF BALANCE
Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid was at Rogers Place Thursday morning before the flight to Anaheim, presumably taking some treatment on his right ankle that he says “just got rolled over a bit” in the Game 2 loss to the Ducks. But while coach...
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LINE DRAWN
CALGARY — Naheed Nenshi, Alberta NDP leader and former Calgary mayor, figures he’s got most folks in the province on his side. Nenshi has been hammering Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP over the drawing of boundaries for each of the Alberta ridings...
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DEPTH GAUGE
If the CSI crew, without knowing the final score, scoured the evidence from Game 1 between the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks, they would have needed about five minutes to identify the victim. Edmonton’s power play could barely enter the zone and...
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TIME TO GO
Alberta is going to daylight time all year round. Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP government have made the decision. It will go to the Alberta legislature for debate this week. Come the fall, the clocks will not fall back. Come next spring, the...
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P.M.: U.S. TIES A ‘WEAKNESS’
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’ll be keeping Canadians regularly updated on his government’s economic plan, while calling Canada’s close ties with the U.S. a “weakness” in a speech posted on YouTube on Sunday. “I promise you, I will never...
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TABLES TURNED
Call it The Circle of Life Series. When the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks meet Monday at Rogers Place, they will be rewinding the tape to that epic series from 2017, only with Edmonton playing the role of Anaheim and Anaheim playing the role of...
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DUCK SEASON
In the end, it turns out the Edmonton Oilers played it perfectly. It’s like they knew what they were doing the whole time. For all of the hand-wringing, anxiety and doubt that enveloped their entire regular season, they ended up in an almost perfect...
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HATS OFF
Not in anyone’s wildest imagination did anyone expect the Edmonton Oilers to be in a mustwin game on the last night of the regular schedule against the worst franchise in hockey. But, there they were, needing to beat the last-place Vancouver Canucks...
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CALL FOR ACTION
The Downtown Revitalization Coalition feels that efforts to make the core of the city safer and more vibrant are at risk of stalling. So, this week, the DRC unveiled its plan to help give the Downtown revitalization effort a shot in the arm. The DRC...
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As Oilers fans prepare to flood Downtown during postseason, pubs and eateries look for playoff bottom-line boost
It’s Monday night; the Oilers have just lost in a shootout to the Colorado Avalanche. A few minutes after the game, Kelly’s Pub on 104 Street, a couple of blocks south of Rogers Place, isn’t busy. Four tables are occupied. But within about 15 minutes,...
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RUNNING THE RISK
Drivers along a high-traffic northsouth stretch in south Edmonton accounted for nearly one in five of all red light camera tickets issued across the city in 2025, according to yearend traffic enforcement data. The figures show sites along Gateway...
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THE TRUMP EFFECT
By the time Mark Carney turns off the light and heads to bed Monday night, he will know for certain that he is presiding over a majority government. Carney and his Liberals currently have 171 seats in the House of Commons; the three byelections taking...
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PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
It’s not you, it’s me. The old breakup line made famous by people who really mean YOU are the reason they don’t want to stay together was kind of the theme Saturday night in Los Angeles. The Kings scored on their second shot of the game and then...
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FLYING ),567˨&/$
OTTAWA — Mark Carney’s first year as prime minister saw over half a million dollars spent on in-flight catering aboard CANFORCE ONE. And one trip from Ottawa to Washington, taking the PM to a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saw the prime...
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BLOWING IN THE WINDROW
With road crews hoping to trade their snow plows for street sweepers, at least one city councillor is calling for a more wholistic approach to neighbourhood renewal after a city official admitted windrow removal was “missed” on the new 132 Avenue...
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‘GRATEFUL’
It’s a solitary life, not an easy life, being a hockey goalie, living life in a bubble. It’s the toughest job in hockey and last fall in Utah, Connor Ingram suddenly didn’t even have that job, hard as it is. His employers didn’t want him to come to...
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TAKE THE WHEEL
CALGARY — It is music to my ears when I hear Devin Dreeshen, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s mince-no-words main man on all things transportation, say he was willing to try to tackle the epidemic of bad driving. That was my last column. This is the...
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Trump issues another deadline to reopen Strait of Hormuz, threatens to annihilate Iran’s bridges and power plants
OTTAWA — Militarily, this was one of America’s better Easters. Speaking to reporters early Monday afternoon from the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a successful end to what he described as one of the largest, most complex and...
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PUSH BACK
Protesters gathered at the Alberta Legislature on Saturday morning to speak out against recently introduced legislation that, if passed, would make sweeping changes to education. The demonstration was led by student activists from schools in Edmonton...
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A CITY TO SELL
Mayor Andrew Knack is on the road again, this time taking an 11-day excursion to China and Japan to promote Edmonton’s manufacturing and clean energy industries. Knack will be joined by a lone office staffer, city manager Eddie Robar, a representative...
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‘TRUE VICTIMS’
It took two minutes to go from two vehicles driving 120 km/h down Queen Elizabeth II Highway to a stranger’s hair-trigger impulse with a deadly weapon. Now two men are charged with second-degree murder. A second and final suspect has been arrested in...
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