Edmonton Journal

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

No Leon Draisaitl. No Connor McDavid. No Mattias Ekholm. No Stuart Skinner. Read More

After 14 years in public service for the City of Edmonton, split between back-to-back terms as both a city councillor followed by mayor, Don Iveson earned his time away from politics, but what has he been up to since he finished at City Hall? Read More

Alberta RCMP have announced several drug trafficking and weapons charges against three people in two separate investigations last month. Read More

Good news out of the Oilers camp in Los Angeles today, news that Leon Draisaitl's injury isn't severe and that newcomer Trent Frederic might finally just play in Edmonton's game against Los Angeles on Saturday. Read More

The Rural Municipalities of Alberta says the new government-commissioned report on what to do about the long-standing issue of inactive oil and gas wells does nothing to address concerns it has brought to the table. Read More

A former Alberta MLA who was removed as the federal Liberal Party candidate in Edmonton Gateway says he plans to run as an independent in a different riding. Read More

An Edmonton massage therapist is facing two additional charges of sexual assault after more complainants alleged they were sexually assaulted at an Edmonton massage clinic. Read More

These were the words of Premier Danielle Smith at a Feb. 19 press conference addressing corruption allegations: Read More

Another conspirator in a sprawling Alberta fentanyl production scheme has pleaded guilty, admitting he imported chemicals and lab equipment from China. Read More