Edmonton Journal

There is never a good time to lose a player like Connor McDavid to injury. Read More

The province is proposing amendments to the Early Learning and Child Care Act which would seek to provide stricter regulations in child-care facilities and allow the province to impose administrative penalties. Read More

Questions are flying about the audacity, rustic sophistication, and illegality of an encampment dismantled by the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service in the last week. Read More

A man is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being found stabbed on the road in the Terra Losa area Wednesday. Read More

A committee of MLAs has recommended that Gordon McClure be appointed as Alberta's eighth chief electoral officer. Read More

Another Alberta cabinet minister has copped to accepting Edmonton Oilers playoff tickets last spring from the company that imported the province's ill-fated foreign shipment of children's pain medication in late 2022. Read More

Edmonton Oilers had a full practice in Nashville today in preparation for their game against the Predators on Thursday night. New assignments were inevitable given the unavailability of captain Connor McDavid, and coach Kris Knoblauch didn't disappoint with wholesale changes across the forward lines, defence pairings, goaltender, and powerplay unit. Read More

If you build it, will they come? Heather Inglis sure hopes so. Read More

EDMONTON -- The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's application for a judicial review of Ottawa's carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing. Read More

OK, Edmonton Oilers fans, you can breathe again, though not easily for the next 2-3 weeks. That's the amount of time the NHL club will be without captain and superstar Connor McDavid will be out of action with an ankle injury sustained during the first shift of Monday's game at Columbus. Read More

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is expected to be out for two to three weeks with an ankle injury, the NHL team said Wednesday. Read More

A look at Wednesday's Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. Read More

Tom Barrett has forgotten more about the world than most of us will ever know. Read More

The keys to the Remedy Cafe kingdom are for sale. Read More

I have written previously about how dysfunction in public services, whether deliberate or not, can be weaponized by those who have something to lose from those services working properly. Read More

I just returned from a wonderful trip to the British Isles and was struck by how locals no longer choke on poisonous vehicle emissions in their city centres. In fact, I noticed the wonderful sounds of people instead of zooming car sounds. Whether by London’s Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles Zone, increased bike and pedestrian infrastructure in Midlands cities, and restrictions on when vehicles can enter city centres elsewhere, this is yet another example of Europe getting it right on downtown vibrancy. Read More

This in from TSN insider Darren Dreger from The Nielson Show, news that Oilers GM Stan Bowman is upping his aggression when it comes to acquiring another d-man for the Oilers. Read More

So with Connor McDavid hurt, and as of now no medical update on his left leg injury, the Edmonton Oilers have called up, not one, but two players from the farm. Read More

The Alberta RCMP major crimes unit has taken over the investigation into the suspicious drowning of a five-year-old girl and is asking more witnesses to come forward. Read More

After using the same twelve forwards for the first ten games of the season, Edmonton Oilers' fortunes took a serious turn for the worse when superstar Connor McDavid fell awkwardly into the boards on the very first shift of the Oilers game at Columbus on Monday night and departed the scene before the game was a minute old. In his absence, the Oilers collapsed to a 6-1 shellacking at the hands of the Blue Jackets. Read More