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Edmontonians living around Hawrelak Park may have been woken up with a bang early Saturday morning.

Article content Forecasters are expecting a high of 39 C on Wednesday, which would break the city’s previous heat record, set in 1937, of 37.2 C. With a heat warning in effect in Edmonton, Environment Canada says the “prolonged, dangerous and historic heat wave” will persist through the week and is expected to continue in some regions next week. Late Monday, it also issued a special air quality statement for the region, saying pollutants at the surface are building up over time because of stagnant weather conditions. The agency said children, seniors, and people with heart or lung disea...

  EDMONTON -- Construction of a new semi-detached family home is slated for the site of a now-demolished house, where dozens of cats were discovered more than a year ago. The house was torn down Friday morning after being condemned by the city in 2019. A sign advertising the new development has been erected. Officials began investigating the property at 112 Avenue and 95 Street on Sept. 21, 2019 after peace officers saw multiple cats living in what police described as deplorable conditions at the house and in a motor home parked on the property. Police began searching the home, but extr...

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services has responded to seven North Saskatchewan river rescue calls over the last two weeks, nearly a 50 per cent increase compared to…