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  EDMONTON -- As the pandemic continues, public health inspectors are experiencing increasing amounts of hostility as they conduct their work. The workers tasked with protecting Albertans and ensuring public health orders are being followed increasingly need to worry about their own safety – both on and off the job. Many say they have become targets for threats, harassment, and online bullying. Meaghen Allen, a member of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) branch ...

  EDMONTON -- Drivers are being diverted off of parts of Highway 28 as a “large” grass fire burns in the area, according to Cold Lake RCMP. In a news release, RCMP said the fire was burning “near the area of the Petro Canada Gas Station on Hwy 28.” Traffic was being diverted south of Cold Lake as of 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to RCMP. They added that there was no traffic flowing on Highway 28 between Mission Road and Highway 55 heading east. RCMP did not specify how large the f...

  EDMONTON -- Charges are pending against a man after an assault at an LRT station and a rifle was found in his possession, according to Edmonton police. Police were called to Belvedere Station around 9:20 p.m. Friday for a dispute between two people that involved an assault. Officers took a man and a woman into custody "without incident," the woman has since been released. According to Sgt. Michael Elliott with EPS, the man had a sawed-off 22 caliber rifle and a scope. Police responde...

Police are searching for a teenage boy they say sexually assaulted two male youths while biking in the Timberlea area of Fort McMurray.

Some students from Waskatenau were a bit surprised when a different kind of student joined their online class.

Protesters gathered in Edmonton Saturday afternoon to draw attention to atrocities in Ethiopia.

Firefighters arrived to a small fire at 12:40 p.m. Saturday that started in the foyer of the building located around 118 Avenue and 96 Street.

  EDMONTON -- Police are asking the public for information about a stabbing that took place in the rural area of the Ermineskin Cree Nation Wednesday morning. RCMP say a man had been dropped off at a hospital on Wednesday around 5 a.m. in the area of Maskwacis, Alta. STARS Air Ambulance transported the patient to a hospital in Edmonton where the man remains in stable but critical condition. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Maskwacis RCMP at 780-585-4600 or call ...

EDMONTON -- City crews painted crosswalks last night to help celebrate diversity and Pride Week. The crosswalk at 109 Street and 104 Avenue near MacEwan University was painted and three more crossings will be painted next Monday to help show Edmonton is an inclusive city. “Edmonton is committed to vibrancy as we recover from COVID-19,” Jill Chesley, senior diversity and inclusion consultant with the city, said in a statement. This year the crosswalk features a chevron of black, brown, ...

  EDMONTON -- As Alberta restaurateurs are forced to weather another round of COVID-19-induced restrictions that currently allow them to serve customers through pickup and delivery only – at least two Edmonton-area restaurants are dealing with another challenge: theft. Tyler Sorochan has been working to open his new restaurant, Barbacao, in Spruce Grove, Alta., for quite some time. COVID-19 delayed construction, then new provincial restrictions that suspended the dine-in experience cause...