'Please slow down,' Edmonton police chief says after 3 people die in weekend collisions | Evacuation order issued in northern Alberta as wildfire rages | 2 teens sentenced for role in fatal swarming outside Edmonton high school
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'Please slow down,' Edmonton police chief says after 3 people die in weekend collisions; Interim police chief Devin Laforce speaks about the dangers of speeding at a news conference on May 26, 2025\.

'Please slow down,' Edmonton police chief says after 3 people die in weekend collisions

May 26 , 2025 at 05:44:30 p.m. MDT • :

Edmonton police are urging drivers to slow down after three people died over the weekend in speeding-related crashes.

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Evacuation order issued in northern Alberta as wildfire rages; Wildfire SWF076, located seven kilometres north of Swan Hills, Alta\., is classified as out of control as of Monday\.

Evacuation order issued in northern Alberta as wildfire rages

May 26 , 2025 at 07:19:17 a.m. MDT • :

Residents of a community in northern Alberta have been ordered to evacuate as powerful and unpredictable winds fan the flames of a wildfire burning nearby.

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2 teens sentenced for role in fatal swarming outside Edmonton high school; Karanveer Sahota, 16, died after he was stabbed shortly after leaving school on the afternoon of April 8, 2022\.

2 teens sentenced for role in fatal swarming outside Edmonton high school

May 26 , 2025 at 04:53:15 p.m. MDT • :

Two teens who took part in a fatal five-on-one swarming attack outside an Edmonton high school have been sentenced.

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Alberta judge calls for changes after man kills wife days after leaving mental health centre; Jesslyn Fenton was murdered at age 25 in November 2018\. A fatality inquiry was held to examine the circumstances of her death\.

Alberta judge calls for changes after man kills wife days after leaving mental health centre

May 26 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

An Alberta judge has made 14 recommendations for RCMP and Alberta's mental health and addiction services agency after scrutinizing the case of a young mother who was killed by her husband less than two weeks after he was discharged from a mental health centre. 

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PM Carney won't take up Trudeau's Wednesday question period tradition; Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke in Parliament as an elected official for the first time on Monday\. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed that Carney will not answer all questions in the House on Wednesdays\.

PM Carney won't take up Trudeau's Wednesday question period tradition

May 26 , 2025 at 02:18:27 p.m. MDT • :

Prime Minister Mark Carney will take part in his first question period on Wednesday — but will not carry on a tradition started by his predecessor.

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What would you do if the Oilers win the Stanley Cup?; Fans watching band play  

May 25 , 2025 at 06:36:26 p.m. MDT • :

What would you do if the Oilers win the Stanley Cup?

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Beaumont's oldest building reborn as an interactive museum; An Edmonton heritage house is carried on a truck\.  

May 24 , 2025 at 10:51:44 p.m. MDT • :

Beaumont's oldest building reborn as an interactive museum

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Alberta Energy Regulator fines company $456K for providing misleading, false information; Alberta Energy Regulator decision says five certificate applications in 2023 were incomplete, while two contained false or misleading information\.  

May 26 , 2025 at 11:20:24 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta Energy Regulator fines company $456K for providing misleading, false information

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Alberta to change rules to ensure books in schools are 'age-appropriate'; Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the provincial government will move to create new rules around the age appropriateness of books in schools\.   

May 26 , 2025 at 11:44:58 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta to change rules to ensure books in schools are 'age-appropriate'

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Man convicted of murdering Edmonton woman in 1987 granted bail; Roy Allan Sobotiak was 26 when he was charged in the killing of Susan Kaminsky\. Sobotiak was convicted of second-degree murder in 1991 and sentenced to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 16½ years\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 09:00:17 a.m. MDT • :

Man convicted of murdering Edmonton woman in 1987 granted bail

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