Edmonton Sun
‘TOO PAINFUL’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith acknowledged last-minute U.S. demands on Canadian trade negotiators would have been “too painful” to accept — while urging caution around retaliatory tariffs, defending Alberta’s decision not to boycott American alcohol...
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ATTACK AT THE TEMPLE
The man arrested after a stabbing at a Sikh Temple in Edmonton had moments before been spotted walking in traffic on a major highway and had recently been released from federal prison on assault charges. The stabbings — which made international...
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BROOKE’S BAND
She The North. The United States Golf Association headline said it all last month when 16-year-old Clairey Lin of Langley became the second Canadian in as many years to capture the U.S. Girls Junior Championship. She followed in the footsteps of 2025...
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NEW DUO
It is universally acknowledged that golf is a game of opposites. Swinging left to right makes the ball go right to left. Swinging smooth and easy makes the ball go father. If you want the ball to go up, you hit down on it. So maybe it’s no surprise...
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TOOLS NEEDED
The judge who led the public inquiry into the death of a 15-year-old boy who died of an opioid overdose is recommending the government bring its involuntary treatment legislation into force for youth as soon as possible. Alberta Justice Thomas David...
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PUMP BREAK
Over the weekend, the UCP government once again defended the huge flop that is their energy rebate, the $100 cheques and e-transfers they claim to be giving to every provincial resident in place of lower prices on gasoline and diesel at the pumps. A...
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KISS OF DEATH?
With damaging new U.S. tariffs set to be imposed on a wide range of Canadian goods within days, trade talks between the once chummy allies have heated up again. President Donald Trump announced last month the U.S. would slap a 50% levy on $28 billion...
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‘BIG STEP’
The Edmonton Elks found their way back into the win column in dominant fashion Saturday, mounting an 18-point fourth-quarter offensive surge to post a 42-12 win over the visiting Toronto Argonauts at Commonwealth Stadium. After losing two straight...
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NOT-SO-VEILED THREAT
An Alberta judge has shot down celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s bid to throw out a First Nation legal challenge aimed at water permits issued for a massive AI data centre near Grande Prairie. Court of King’s Bench Justice Parminder Johal on Thursday...
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REALITY CHECK
Let’s face it, starting out the season 6-1 is more than Edmonton Elks fans could even hope for. With the way things have been going around here for years and years, the march back to relevancy — let alone top spot in the Canadian Football League’s...
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POLL ARMY
With just over two months until Albertans head to the polls to have their say on immigration, separation and the constitution, Elections Alberta says it has received 25,000 applications so far in response to its efforts in recruiting 60,000 workers for...
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SHOP HOME AT
Walk through the doors from Commerce Place into the Edmonton City Centre mall, and you’re greeted with the sharp scent of urine. On ground level of the shopping centre’s west side, the number of retail spaces that are papered overwhelm the places that...
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LA DOLCE VITA
OTTAWA — With the Trump administration’s deadline to slap Canada with 50% tariffs looming a little over a week away, Prime Minister Mark Carney is spending the week in Italy on vacation. In a note sent to the Parliamentary Press Gallery on Saturday,...
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FLEEING THE FLAMES
CALGARY — A Calgary man who was just starting his vacation in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley was among thousands of people forced to flee parts of the region over the weekend as raging wildfires threatened communities across the province. DJ Matt...
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PURE GOLD
Men against boys. Yeah, we know, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an international U18 hockey tournament where the players from eight countries are all teenagers, mostly 17 with some very starry 16-year-old outliers with major talent. But Canada’s clobbering...
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How to save big this back-to-school season
Back-to-school shopping can become one of the most expensive times of the year. Between the usual school supplies, clothing, technology and the evergrowing list of extras required for a new school year, costs can add up quickly. For students heading to...
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PIVOT POWER
Thirty is the new 60. As in thousand. Make that 31,757, officially, as the Edmonton Elks played in front of their biggest crowd of the season, not only filling the lower bowl, but even taking the rusty chains off the staircases to allow a smattering...
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‘NOT FAIR’
Premier Danielle Smith wades into politically shark-infested waters. This time it’s over Albertans paying more into Ottawa than the province gets from Ottawa. That neat all-Canadian trick is called equalization. For many Albertans, equalization is a...
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GAME ON
You can already see the fight shaping up and it promises to be a no-holds-barred brawl. The UCP vs. the NDP. Premier Danielle Smith vs. Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi. Your scribbler speaks to the premier after a nose count floats around showing...
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SIGH OF RELIEF
CALGARY — WestJet and the union representing its flight attendants reached a tentative agreement Monday to end the strike that began a day earlier. With the strike over, flight attendants will return to work. If ratified, the agreement will recognize...
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COLD CASE ROAD
Marie Judy Goudreau, 17, was driving back to her family’s Beaumont-area farm after visiting friends in Edmonton when something compelled her to pull over about 6 1/2 kilometres from home. Her friends were among the last people to see her alive at when...
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CLEAN SWEEP
City officials are asking Edmontonians to keep 311 on their speed dial as both local crews and support teams from Calgary dig the city out from multiple oncea-century storms this summer — which have cost the city more than $26 million to date. Deputy...
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LOOKIN’ UP
For the first time in a long time, the Edmonton Elks are a premier football team. There was a time when the Elks were the signature franchise of the CFL, but past seasons have seen a dramatic dropoff in prestige, performance, and attendance. It’s been...
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BETTER ... OR WORSE?
The trades are done, the deals are signed and the off-season chaos has given way to calm. After one of the most eventful and controversial off-seasons in recent memory, what should we make of the reshaped Edmonton Oilers? Between the soap-opera...
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RAIN WON’T GO
This is becoming a summer to remember in Edmonton, with what feels like relentless rain and weekly storms while the city and province are on the cusp of breaking more extreme weather records. One month after setting a new record for June rainfall in...
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UNDER WATER
The City of Edmonton and police was warning drivers to avoid certain roads after another wave of flooding hit the city Monday, thanks to heavy rain from daytime storms. The area around Connors Road and 98 Avenue was closed due to flooding, according...
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‘ISLAMIST CIRCLES’
BERLIN — The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride car-ramming attack that left one woman dead and at least 29 others injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a...
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TREAD LIGHTLY
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith stood firm on trade Saturday, saying the route to negotiating an agreement with the U.S. is rooted in diplomacy, not through retaliatory measures. “We’ve got to work on making sure that we get to 100 per cent (tariff...
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BALLOT BUCKS
On Oct. 19, Albertans will head to the polls to have their say on 10 referendum questions put forth by the provincial government, most prominently one asking if it should begin the process towards holding a binding referendum on separation. Ahead of...
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HOLEY HEADACHE
It’s not the hit medical drama from HBO. In Wîhkwêntôwin, “the pit” refers to the site of a cancelled construction project and its several-metre-deep excavation that’s sat agape for years. After a season of record-breaking rain, it’s becoming more...
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HEAT RELIEF
If you were building an ark in your backyard, you can rest for a few days. Temperatures are expected to spike in Edmonton over the next 72 hours, and after record rainfall through June and into July, those puddles in the yard can finally dry out. In...
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‘LET THE DUST SETTLE’
Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack is saying more should be done to support Downtown businesses during construction in response to recent concerns around restaurants closing in the core. But he told Postmedia Tuesday that the city has already begun work...
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GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YA
It’s starting to look like Prime Minister Mark Carney is dancing around the edges of the truth as he tries to defend the Gordie Howe Bridge deal. What Carney has told the media in Canada doesn’t match reputable reporting from Bloomberg and the Globe...
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SPAIN REIGNS
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Ferran Torres scored an extra-time winner as Spain defeated holders Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup on Sunday and shatter Lionel Messi’s dreams of a triumphant farewell to football’s greatest stage. Barcelona striker Torres...
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BALLOT BATTLE
Third-party advertisers supporting Alberta separation extended their fundraising lead this week, nearing a half-million dollars in total contributions three months ahead of the October vote. Elections Alberta’s latest contribution figures, updated...
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‘LOVE & CARE’
Surinderjit Kaur Bhandal and Major Singh Bhandal died together in a north Edmonton apartment fire on Monday, bringing an end to a 64-year love story, a romance their family says was worthy of the type you’d find in a Bollywood movie. “You’d never see...
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GAME PLAN
Finally, the full 84-game NHL schedule has dropped. Now all that's left to do is hurry up and wait for the season to arrive. Edmonton Oilers fans have to be forgiven for feeling impatient over the next couple months, considering this is the longest...
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NO MESSIN’ AROUND
ATLANTA — Lautaro Martinez scored a 92nd-minute winner as Lionel Messi inspired World Cup-holders Argentina to a stunning comeback to beat England 2-1 on Wednesday and set up a final with European champions Spain. England had been on course to reach...
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FATAL FIRE
There was a big bang followed by a blast of air. The gust sent the curtains inside Dmetro Kostiuk’s bedroom flying up. He thought another summer storm was brewing. Later, the street was flooded with fire trucks and ambulances after a building of...
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PAY AT PUMP
Just give me 13-and-a-half cents off the price at the gasoline pump. It’s not rocket science. On her weekly radio show, Your Province, Your Premier, Premier Danielle Smith acknowledged that thousands of Albertans have been having trouble applying for...
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FLYING SOUTH
As Mark Carney continues to claim that no deal is better than a bad deal, an increasing number of Canadian firms are looking to move manufacturing production south. Carney was elected on a promise to secure a trade deal with Donald Trump, yet 16...
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WILD RIDE
Dr. Erin Bristow’s first experience with e-scooters was idyllic. She was in Los Angeles while her husband, also a physician, participated in a training session. When he drove the car to work, Bristow spent the day zipping effortlessly around Santa...
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IN AND OUT
Just as restaurants and other businesses are closing and leaving Downtown, more office space is being leased, raising questions about recovery in the city’s core. A new report from real estate services company CBRE shows vacancy rates in Downtown...
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TAKE AWAY
The only thing worse than losing to a winless opponent would be to have it happen on back-to-back weeks. But the Edmonton Elks took care of business this time with a 40-17 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks at Commonwealth Stadium on Thursday. The...
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PILING ON
As a parting gift before it broke for its summer recess, city council decided to raise Edmontonians’ property taxes every year for the next 20 in order to build up a separate reserve fund that can only be used for “infrastructure” maintenance and...
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GAP BRIDGE
A 13-year quest to fund billions of tax dollars to fix crumbling assets in the wake of dwindled provincial funding got a boost Tuesday. City council voted to create a dedicated renewal fund reserve to address a $2.8-billion renewal funding shortfall...
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WEST MEETS EAST
OTTAWA — It’s a plan to keep Canadian oil in Canada. On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled the proposed route for a new 3,300-km crude oil pipeline — stretching from Alberta pipeline headwaters Hardisty,...
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MR. SUB
Prime Minister Mark Carney will stop in Halifax on Monday for an announcement about making Canada “more secure, resilient, and prosperous.” He will visit Canadian Forces Base Halifax, home to the Royal Canadian Navy, alongside ViceAdmiral Dan...
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AGONY OF DEFEAT
Canada lost 3—0 to Morocco on Saturday in Houston. There it is. The score, plain as a fence post. And it closes the book on one of the finest four-game runs this country has ever strung together at a World Cup. Now, before you lean over and remind me...
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BRING IT ON!
It was less than a decade ago that Canada was at the depth of soccer’s world rankings, an afterthought on the global stage would be the kind description, an abomination would be more accurate. And now, it is one of 16 teams left standing at this...
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‘ALL IN ON THIS’
A routine traffic stop by the Edmonton Police Service led to apprehension of a suspect wanted for attempted murder in Ontario. The arrest of Safaldeep Singh, 22, is part of Project Insight, the newest iteration of the police framework for...
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OILER NO MORE
Darnell Nurse came to Edmonton as an 18-year-old kid who, like all rookies, didn’t know for sure if he’d last a season. Over the next 12 years he planted some very deep roots here, getting married, having three sons and wearing a letter for the only...
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INITIAL VICTORY
Alberta separatists have won an initial victory in their appeal of a court decision quashing their independence petition, with Alberta’s top court allowing the counting of signatures to go ahead pending a further hearing. Court of Appeal Justice Alice...
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SWEET 16
They came here to Southern California, booted out of their own country despite being a World Cup host, but still driven to make a statement in the most important moment of their careers. They came ultimately to add to the history they’ve already made...
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’NET BET
The Alberta government is expecting a $76-million payday, thanks to gambling. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said that’s the money the new privately operated iGaming market, which launches July 13, will make for the province in its first...
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STORM WARNING
Edmonton and area is under a severe weather orange alert, with Environment Canada calling for another wave of heavy rain, this time between 40 and 70 millimetres over the weekend. The orange severe weather alert is described as “likely to cause...
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FOOD FRAUD
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is abuzz about the country’s food fraud. The CFIA, in its latest annual report on food fraud, says it stopped more than 150,000 kilograms “of misrepresented food from being sold in Canada,” including a whopping...
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WORLD WEARY
VANCOUVER — Sombre faces, muted voices, frustration and disappointment darkly etched in both posture and countenance. This was the celebratory scene of the Canadian men’s team making World Cup history Wednesday. For the first time, Les Rouges are in...
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THE MAN
Mike Babcock climbing on board with the Edmonton Oilers is the Scorpion and the Frog fable come to life in a hockey dressing room. The Oilers have heard the stories. They’ve done the interviews. They’ve noted concerns from the NHLPA and followed an...
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STAY AWAY
A community pool is a place where you’d expect to get wet. But, on Monday, the entrances to Peter Hemingway Aquatic Centre, located inside of Coronation Park, had some pretty ironic warnings posted. The signage stated that the centre “is closed until...
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Kingston, Ont., has big plans to mark 10th anniversary of iconic band’s final concert >> PAGES 4-5 HIP HIP HOORAY
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since The Tragically Hip said goodbye to the country with their 2016 farewell tour before frontman Gord Downie’s untimely death at the age of 53 from a brain tumour in 2017. The band’s final show of that cross...
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RUN TO WIN
Mother Nature rained on Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, and the Edmonton Elks rained on Davis Alexander’s parade. The Montreal Alouettes quarterback came in looking to tie the Canadian Football League record for the best start to a career by a...
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SIGN OF CHANGE
From soldiers wading ashore on Juno Beach or slugging it out in the muddy trenches of Flanders Fields, recent generations think of battle in terms of artillery and rifles. But today’s battles are waged digitally first, fought somewhere in the cloud —...
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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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