The Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton’s river valley will have its lease extended for another 18 years, councillors agreed at a meeting Thursday. The golf club, which occupies more than 150 acres of prime land, asked the city to extend the end…
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Crews battle hot spots in grass fire northeast of Edmonton
About 20 firefighters remain on the scene of a grass fire that started Wednesday in the Fort Saskatchewan area. The fire, near Range Road 220 just south of Township Road 554, was deemed to be under control around 10 p.m. on Wednesday,…
18 things to do this weekend in Edmonton
It’s the last weekend in April and there’s no shortage of stuff to do. Expos and fairs People who love them, love them a lot. It’s the Edmonton Pinball and Arcade Expo at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park this weekend. The Edmonton…
Push for brighter blooms has sucked the smell out of gardening. Here’s how to get it back
For Jim Hole, stopping to smell the roses — or carnations — isn’t what it used to be. The popularity of flowers engineered for bright, ostentatious blooms has sucked much of the smell out of backyard gardens, said Hole, horticulturist and owner…
Mother ‘incensed’ with judicial system after Nexen sentencing in son’s death
When Claire Poulton learned Nexen Energy had been fined $450,000 in the death of two employees — including her son — in a 2016 explosion, she was “incensed.” The fine is “peanuts” for the Calgary-based company, now called CNOOC Petroleum North America, Poulton said. …
Pecking order: Canada geese take over rooftop healing garden at hospital
The rooftop of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women has unexpectedly become a labour and delivery suite. According to a poster seen at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, two Canada geese have claimed the Ted and Lois Hole Healing Garden as their home. The…
‘Comically confusing’: Traffic lights confound drivers at Westmount intersection
From inside of her store in High Street, Katryna Springer sees a lot of close calls at the intersection of 102nd Avenue and 125th Street “Lots of horn honking, people swerving to get out of the double red light and getting back into…
Timeline: The tragic death of St. Albert Const. David Wynn
Four years after the slaying of an Alberta RCMP officer, a fatality inquiry is working to determine what can be learned from his tragic death. Const. David Wynn, 42, was shot and killed at a St. Albert casino, north of…
Lower speed limits slow to hit Edmonton streets
City councillors are deferring the decision to lower the speed limits on residential roads in Edmonton, at least until next week. The debate stretches back to last year, when council gave the green light to move ahead with a plan…
Alberta Ballet remounts acclaimed Joni Mitchell ballet
The ballet that launched Alberta Ballet into the international spotlight more than a decade ago — with the help of a Canadian icon — is returning home. The Fiddle and the Drum, a collaboration between Joni Mitchell and the Alberta Ballet’s artistic director,…