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A cabinet minister from Alberta is calling on the premier to apologize for his Sky Palace dinner and criticized remarks he made about cancel culture.

A cabinet minister from Alberta is calling on the premier to apologize for his Sky Palace dinner and criticized remarks he made about cancel culture.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after an officer-involved shooting took place on Saturday in Parkland County.

EDMONTON -- Firefighters responded to a house fire in Westmount Sunday morning. Crews arrived to a single family home on fire at 10232 Wadhurst Road at around 10:20 a.m. Sunday. Todd Roberts, district chief, told CTV News Edmonton that the house will be a total loss. There were no people or pets inside the residence, firefighters say. No word on a cause for the fire yet.  “The wind direction favoured us today, not always does that happen,” Roberts said. Roberts added that firefight...

Edmonton police have launched an investigation after a male was fatally shot during a confrontation with two officers.

  EDMONTON -- Sunday marked the fourth day in a row that Alberta reported less than 300 new cases of COVID-19. The numbers were reported Sunday in a limited update on the province’s COVID-19 website. Another 231 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Sunday after over 5,330 tests were completed. The provincial positivity rate is 4.5 per cent. The seven-day rolling average for provincial positivity is 4.85 per cent. There are now 4,884 active case of COVID-19 in Alberta, marking the first ...

A Saturday evening shooting that sent two people to hospital is under investigation, police say.

  EDMONTON -- The City of Edmonton is helping equip and support non-profits and local organizations to develop anti-racism events and projects. A new anti-racism grant program, launched Friday, will make $300,000 in funding available to the city’s anti-racism advisory committee who will oversee applications. Shalini Sinha, chair of the city’s anti-racism advisory committee, said in a statement that the goal of the grant program is to build a more inclusive Edmonton. “It is my hope, ...

Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenneys cabinet are openly criticizing him for actions surrounding COVID-19.

  EDMONTON -- Investigators are trying to determine what sparked a small electrical fire that temporarily disrupted emergency room services at St. Albert’s Sturgeon Community Hospital. The small fire started at 4 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured but Alberta Health Services told CTV News Edmonton some patients were moved to other areas of the hospital. Five patients were moved by ground ambulance to other facilities in the area and no incoming patients were received for two hours. The ...