Edmonton Journal

It's been called the Jordan Peterson Law, named after Canada's most influential and divisive public intellectual. It could not be coming at a better time for Premier Danielle Smith's government, says Peterson. Read More

Travel expenses for trips by council members to Calgary Stampede and other conferences were under scrutiny at Edmonton city hall this week. Read More

I honestly thought for a moment that the citizens of our neighbour to the south would be smart enough to elect Kamala Harris as their next president. But sadly, I was wrong. Sadly, they did not remember the things that man has said about women, about Puerto Rico, about immigrants, about men that went to war to fight for freedom. Shame, shame on Americans. Read More

Since being acquired from the Montreal Canadiens at the 2022 trade deadline, defenceman Brett Kulak has been a bastion of consistency. He watched the first game after his arrival from the pressbox behind a defence corps of Duncan Keith, Cody Ceci, Kris Russell, Tyson Barrie, Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard, but replaced Russell in the line-up two days later. Since then, he has played every single game for the Oilers, including 196 in the regular season and another 53 in the playoffs. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers are in denial. Read More

The Alberta government has sacked all 10 board members of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) as well as its chief executive officer, citing low investment returns and rising operating costs, management fees, and staffing. Read More

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The Alberta government is looking to more than double annual visitor spending in the next decade by enabling the development of the province's first all-season resorts that will be built on leased Crown land, according to new legislation. Read More

Two seniors from Westlock County are dead after a multi-vehicle collision northwest of Edmonton on Wednesday night. Read More

Health-care spending is outstripping economic growth around the country and Alberta is not immune, shows a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI.) Read More

If Edmonton realtor Jeremy Amyotte has a message for buyers in the city’s luxury market, it’s that their dollar goes go further. Read More

Earlier this month, Premier Danielle Smith easily survived a UCP leadership review at the party’s annual general meeting in Red Deer. Speaking to about 4,200 supporters (her party probably needs to increase that number by over 20,000 per cent to win the 2027 election), the premier promised, “Together we will vigorously protect the rights and freedoms of Albertans.” Read More

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

This is like cows finishing last in a barnyard mooing contest. Read More

Eight decades ago, in 1944, after the Allies’ bloody landing on the beaches of Normandy and hard-fought battles to get into the heart of France, they advanced from Paris toward the Rhine River.   Read More

A looming gap between fiscal calendars could be a headache as the province has yet to sign off on a plan for primary care physician practices beleaguered by inflationary cost spirals. Read More

When I woke up to discover Trump had been re-elected, I was horrified but sadly not surprised. The biggest problem with Americans is their complete ignorance about the rest of their world, They have no understanding that a world exists outside of their country. Everything is about them. Read More

Edmonton played 40 minutes of a solid game against a very good Golden Knights club on Wednesday night. And even in the face of a hard Vegas push the Oilers had hung on deep into the third period with a 2-2 tie. It should have been at least one point in the standings. Read More

It’s a pretty massive news week when Donald Trump and Connor McDavid launch their comebacks in a span of two days. Read More