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  EDMONTON -- New mask exemption rules were revealed by the province’s top doctor on Thursday as the province reported 1,558 cases of COVID-19. In a live update, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta Dr. Deena Hinshaw and CEO of Alberta Health Services (AHS) Dr. Verna Yiu revealed the rise in COVID-19 cases and provided an update on contract tracing efforts during the third wave of the pandemic. Hinshaw said starting Thursday, people qualifying for exemptions from mandatory mask we...

  EDMONTON -- The RCMP are asking the public to ensure they leave no valuables in their vehicles prior to boarding their flight at the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). Mounties arrested two men for stealing trucks from parking lots outside the EIA. The trucks were stolen on Apr. 5 and Apr. 28. Both trucks were recovered by police. One of the trucks was found in Beaumont after a resident unknowingly purchased the stolen vehicle. While the two men were not connected to each other, RCM...

EDMONTON -- The United Conservative Party (UCP) in Alberta has two fewer members within its ranks. The party caucus met Thursday evening to discuss a letter former UCP caucus chair Todd Loewen published announcing his resignation as chair and stating that Premier Jason Kenney was causing “dysfunction” within the party. MLAs from the party voted to remove Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen from the government caucus. “Members recognize the need for government caucus to remain strong and unit...

EDMONTON -- Some Edmonton businesses are giving their customers extra motivation to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Fleisch Delikatessan is entering people into a draw for a $100 gift certificate if you send images proving your vaccination. The draw will happen in June. “We wanted to do something to provide an incentive for people to get vaccinated and then also have something to look forward to, to celebrate getting vaccinated,” owner Katy Ingraham told CTV News Edmonton. “Any incentive...

  EDMONTON -- Over $3.48 million in federal funding has been given to 28 different organizations across Alberta to help support Francophone culture and language programs. MéIanie Joly, minister of official languages and economic development, said in a statement Thursday that the funding would help support Francophone institutions across Alberta. "Canadas official-language minority communities are part of the social fabric of our country, made up of many small, dedicated organizations that...

City crews were painting crosswalks Thursday night in celebration of diversity and Pride Week.

  EDMONTON -- A local actor has returned to her Italian roots and turned a pasta making hobby into a colourful and delicious business. Gianna Vacirca worked as a stage actor for 10 years, but when the pandemic started, productions shut down and she found herself unemployed. So in March 2020, she connected with family members in Italy and started making fresh pasta daily. "Ive made pasta my whole life, but I started to make pasta with a purpose," said Vacirca. "It made a huge difference i...

An Edmonton woman has been left bruised, bloody, and stitched up after crashing an electric scooter into a wall in Old Strathcona.

On Tuesday, his lawyers argued that the sentencing judge gave him only "trifling" credit for complying with strict bail conditions for more than two years. They also noted he was completing community college classes as well as volunteering with his church. They cited media coverage of his case as a further mitigating factor, claiming it had limited his employment and rehabilitation prospects.  In response, Crown prosecutor Matthew Griener argued it would be "perverse" to count media coverag...

  EDMONTON -- Edmonton police are looking for three people after several reports of fake iPhone sale scams. On March 24, police responded to a disturbance at a business in the area of Currents Drive and Windermere Boulevard around 5:50 p.m. Police said a man had arranged to meet someone selling an iPhone on a buy and sell website. The man had already bought an iPhone from a similar seller and had since found out it was fake, according to EPS. Once the seller arrived, EPS said the man con...