Edmonton Journal

Look at me. Now, look at me again, and really see me. Read More

Not many people are able to say they can actually feel their brain. Read More

Jeff Skinner is smart with the puck, creative on the attack, a tricky shooter and regularly helps put the puck in the net. No surprise then that Skinner has the highest rate of scoring at even strength of any Edmonton Oilers winger. He's averaged 1.95 points per 60 minutes of even strength play. Read More

Last year, Jodi Dunn was diagnosed with bladder cancer but little did she know her diagnosis wasn't going to be the only big fight she'd be facing. Read More

The Edmonton real estate market is continuing to surge through the opening months of 2025. Read More

This in: big and nasty Ontario Hockey League power forward Connor Clattenburg, who signed a contract with the Edmonton Oilers just before Christmas, will make his debut for the organization in Bakersfield today. Read More

While Trent Frederic was certainly noticeable in his first Edmonton Oilers' game Saturday in Los Angeles —it’s easy to love guys who show up to play in ill-humour and are disliked by the opposing side — we also noticed he didn’t play a shift in the last 15 minutes in what was only a 2-0 Kings lead. Read More

After more than 40 years of operating on Saturdays, the famed indoor Old Strathcona Farmers Market will be expanding its days of operation to include Sundays in the future. Read More

And down the stretch we go. Read More

There isn’t much to be learned from a game that pits the second best defensive team in the NHL, that’s 29-4-4 in its own building, against a visitor that’s missing its three best players. Read More

Edmonton could soon swap security guards at LRT stations for new attendants and more transit peace officers. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers were shut down and shut out by the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, losers of a defensive struggle. Read More

If you want an indication of how little things would change with a Carney government (versus a Trudeau one), just look at a promise new Liberal leader Mark Carney made about CBC funding during a French-language interview in Montreal on Friday. Read More

JASPER — Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper's SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but the view will be different. Read More

This in from the Edmonton Oilers: "The Edmonton Oilers announced Saturday they have signed goaltender Nathaniel Day to a three-year entry-level contract. Day (6'4", 205 lbs) was selected by Edmonton in the sixth round (184th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft. This past season, the Grimsby, Ontario product saw action in 59 games with the Ontario Hockey League's Flint Firebirds, sporting a 26-25-2-3 record with a 3.07 GAA, .894 SV% and two shutouts.The 20-year-old was named the Firebirds 2024-25 team MVP after leading all OHL goaltenders in games and minutes played while facing the fourth-most shots and registering the seventh-most wins. Day was named the OHL's Goaltender of the Week on three separate occasions this season. Last September, he played for the Oilers Rookies at the 2024 Young Stars Classic in Penticton, B.C., and also made his first NHL preseason appearance." Read More

An Edmonton piano teacher who was already facing sexual assault charges involving a 10-year-old girl is facing more sex assault charges involving another minor. Read More

Còig: Heavily lauded, multiply awarded Cape Breton Celtic supergroup Còig bounds into Northern Light Folk Club Saturday in a show that’s guaranteed to be high-energy and soul-enriching. Read More

I don't understand it so maybe somebody can explain. Alberta's nurses were just handed a pay increase of 20 per cent over four years with an immediate increase of 15 per cent. They also received "significant" increases in on-call pay, charge pay and other areas. Can somebody explain why? These increases are not only outrageous but also unjustified. With the exception of Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon, who benefit from generous northern living allowances, Alberta's nurses were already comfortably the highest-paid nurses in Canada. Read More

This in from host Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now and his guest Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff, their tentative timeline for the return to play of injured Oilers such as Trent Frederic, Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl and Evander Kane. Read More

Time spent travelling between Downtown and the west end will soon be longer for many Edmontonians, with some major intersection closures and reduced lanes on busy routes starting this month. Read More