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EPSB votes to reinstate School Resource Officer program
EPSB votes to reinstate School Resource Officer program

The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) has voted to reintroduce the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, four years after it was suspended. The SRO program was halted by EPSB in 2020 after community...
Edmonton will once again have a Downtown Farmers' Market
Edmonton will once again have a Downtown Farmers' Market

The farmer's market will be returning to its 104th Street location between Jasper Avenue and 102 Avenue this summer. It comes just months after the old Downtown Farmers' Market declared bankruptcy citing...
Bridges named after fallen Edmonton police officers Travis Jordan, Brett Ryan
Bridges named after fallen Edmonton police officers Travis Jordan, Brett Ryan

The memory of two Edmonton police officers killed in the line of duty will live on in Alberta. The province is honouring fallen constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan by naming twin bridges after them. The...
Alberta getting closer to reaching $10-a-day childcare
Alberta getting closer to reaching $10-a-day childcare

Alberta is closer to reaching the Canadian government’s goal of providing $10-a-day childcare. On Friday, Minister of Employment and Workforce Development Randy Boissonnault announced costs across...
Funding not keeping up with thousands of new students each year: Edmonton Public Schools
Funding not keeping up with thousands of new students each year: Edmonton Public Schools

Edmonton needs 50 new schools to open their doors in the next decade in order to meet the growing number of children enrolling. That’s what the chair of Edmonton Public Schools is estimating based...
Albertans unsure on province's plan to opt out of national pharmacare plan
Albertans unsure on province's plan to opt out of national pharmacare plan

Lesley Thompson has depended on Insulin to stay alive every day since she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 14-years-old. It’s an expensive and vital treatment patients must pay for themselves. When...
Edmonton police hold meeting to provide an update on extortions
Edmonton police hold meeting to provide an update on extortions

It's an empty lot in Beaumont along 42 Avenue, where a home under construction was burned to the ground just weeks ago as part of an extortion campaign Edmonton police say is targeting the South Asian...
Single-use item bylaw: should Edmonton increase fees for paper, reusable bags?
Single-use item bylaw: should Edmonton increase fees for paper, reusable bags?

Is Edmonton’s single-use item bylaw having the desired effect, and should the 15-cent fee for paper shopping bags be increased as a result? That’s what Edmonton city council will begin discussing...
Will new parking meters help or hinder downtown business?
Will new parking meters help or hinder downtown business?

New parking meters coming to downtown Edmonton next week are being met with mixed reactions. Some believe it will help clear up space for potential customers to visit the businesses in the area. Others...