At one Edmonton high school, students are taking the lead and sharing Black issues with their peers, with topics ranging from micro-aggression to mental health to success stories. But it’s already encountered some resistance.Students at Edmonton’s Strathcona High School make decorations for Black History Month. Students with the school’s Black Student Alliance are taking the lead…
Cheryl Franko, who was pregnant with her first child, was initially worried about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine and whether it could potentially harm her baby.Cheryl Franko holds six-week-old Emmylou outside of her home in Edmonton. (Julia Wong/CBC)An Edmonton woman who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant has a school project to thank for her decision…
A grieving family wants answers after 50-year-old Danny Robinson died following a confrontation with staff at the Edmonton Remand Centre.Danny Robinson died last month after an incident while he was in custody. His family wants answers. (Submitted by Marilyn Hayward)WARNING: This story contains a graphic photograph. A grieving family wants answers after 50-year-old Danny Robinson died following a confrontation with staff at the…
The vaccination rate among Edmonton Elks players and coaches is nearly high enough for the team to avoid forfeiting a game to the Toronto Argonauts, assuming the game can be rescheduled.14 Edmonton Elks players have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning from an away game in Vancouver last week. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)The vaccination rate…
An Edmonton Catholic priest has been placed on indefinite leave after denying reports of unmarked graves at former residential schools.Rev. Marcin Mironiuk, a priest at Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish in Edmonton, has been placed on indefinite leave following comments he made in church denying reports of unmarked graves at residential school sites. (Madeleine…
The family of a 42-year-old man who died Friday while trying to rescue his dog from a cliff ledge west of Edmonton is thanking the Good Samaritans who attempted to save his life.Edmonton resident James Fenwick died on the banks of the Pembina River Friday afternoon while attempting to rescue his dog from a cliff.…
Baitul Hadi Mosque in east Edmonton was recently tagged by vandals with a symbol of hatred.Baitul Hadi Mosque in Edmonton was recently vandalized with a swastika symbol. (Submitted by Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada)An Edmonton mosque has been vandalized with a symbol of hatred, just nine days after a violent attack left four members of a…
The accused is widely known as ‘Pastor Brad’ in a number of communities, RCMP said Friday in a news release.A photo of Brad Dahr, 53, has been distributed by Alberta RCMP. (Supplied by Alberta RCMP)An Edmonton man has been charged with a series of sexual offences against teens in an east-central Alberta town, and police…
A 44-year-old man has been charged in connection with three recent attacks on women in south Edmonton.A man has charged in connection to three recent attacks on women in south Edmonton. (Codie McLachlan/CBC)A 44-year-old man has been charged in connection with three “hate-motivated” attacks in south Edmonton on women, two of whom were wearing head coverings. Shane Edward Tremblay, of no…
Dr. Daisy Fung is working the front lines of the health crisis at Capital Care Lynnwood, an Edmonton long-term care centre in the throes of an increasingly deadly COVID-19 outbreak.Dr. Daisy Fung is working the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, serving patients at a long-term care facility contending with an increasingly deadly outbreak. (Daisy Fung/Facebook)When…
