Well Being Task News Today

The Well-Being task force in the Division of Student Affairs would like to hear from students on what their sense of well-being is on campus. Take the survey through Friday, March 1.

During Wetaskiwin Council’s Committee-of-the-Whole Monday, Wetaskiwin RCMP Insp. John Spaans presented the Quarter 3 report for January to December 2022, which showed persons crimes were down 13 per cent over the last year and down nine per cent over the past five years. There has also been a 28 per cent drop in other Criminal Code offences. Property crimes continue to be an issue, however.

During Wetaskiwin Council’s Committee-of-the-Whole Monday, Wetaskiwin RCMP Insp. John Spaans presented the Quarter 3 report for January to December 2022, which showed persons crimes were down 13 per cent over the last year and down nine per cent over the past five years. There has also been a 28 per cent drop in other Criminal Code offences. Property crimes continue to be an issue, however.

Newly-elected Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi will be fighting to keep jobs and services public as the City of Edmonton looks to reimagine itself out of the…

Among the countless changes the pandemic has wrought, one of the most unexpected for me is in how I keep track of life. Whether it’s a coping mechanism or…

  TORONTO -- A year after the death of George Floyd, one expert says Canadian cities have made little progress in addressing calls to defund the police. Julius Haag, a sociology and criminology professor at the University of Toronto, told CTVs Your Morning on Tuesday that no Canadian cities have successfully defunded their police force to date. However, he says there continues to be some momentum to potentially do so in certain regions. "Many of our city councils have debated measures to d...

  EDMONTON -- The president of the Edmonton Police Association (EPA) has penned a damning letter accusing a task force directed to help improve the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) of being biased themselves. The letter states that while the task force declared decisions should be made based on evidence, it did not follow its own advice. The EPA said the group "used its own anti-police biases and stereotypes to attack the women and men of this police service who dedicate their careers to serv...

Article content Edmonton city councillors have endorsed moving forward on recommendations made by an appointed task force to improve the structure of policing in the city, but any funding decisions will be on hold until a policy review. On Tuesday, council voted in favour of directing city officials and the Edmonton Police Commission to develop a joint strategy in implementing 13 of the 14 recommendations brought forward by the Community Safety and Well-Being Task Force. This will include a rep...