While Edmonton Police say there have been way fewer collisions today compared to yesterday, the snow storm is still causing traffic delays, school bus cancellations and other headaches.
John, Kevin and Dean are getting ready for the 2012 River City Round Up - the ten day celebration of agriculture and western culture all across our city.
In addition to the Canadian Finals Rodeo, there’s a number of great events taking place November 2-11, including entertainment (Country star George Canyon performs), the crowning of Miss Rodeo Canada, and the 22nd Annual Chili Cook Off, which Jennifer Crosby is writing a blog about!
Find out more information on the River City Round Up here, and we hope you can join the fun.
Jennifer and Shaye are getting ready for the 2012 River City Round Up - the ten day celebration of agriculture and western culture all across our city.
In addition to the Canadian Finals Rodeo, there’s a number of great events taking place November 2-11, including entertainment (Country star George Canyon performs), the crowning of Miss Rodeo Canada, and the 22nd Annual Chili Cook Off, which Jenn is writing a blog about!
Find out more information on the River City Round Up here, and we hope you can join the fun.
Another gorgeous fall photo from one of our Global Ground Force members. This one was provided by Ron Asp from Wetaskiwin. Thanks Ron!
This is a photo from one of our Ground Force members, documenting our region’s first snow this past weekend. Great photo Julie! Thanks for sharing.
As John Dick was flying from Australia to Alberta to be with his dying father, he decided that they would spend the next few awful, idle weeks in hospital watching hockey on TV.
They would make wagers on games and rekindle fond memories of a young boy and his dad cuddled together on the couch together as they hooted and hollered at the Edmonton Oilers.
“I was gonna rely on hockey for keeping his mind off of this horrible thing that’s happening inside of his body,” Dick recalled Monday.
The plan changed shortly after Dick got home to Leduc. The NHL locked out its players and recently cancelled all games through Nov. 1.
Dick explained that his dad, who is suffering from terminal throat cancer, is on morphine and other medications that often make him forget about the lockout.
Fed up with the lockout, the 31-year-old budding filmmaker decided to make a video pleading with the National Hockey League and its players to get the season started for his dad and other disheartened fans. The video, titled “NHL Lockout Kills Dreams,” has been viewed about 50,000 times since it was posted on YouTube last Thursday.
Watch our story with this incredible father and son on Global Edmonton.
All day Sunday and Monday, Beliebers took to Twitter to document Justin Bieber sightings in Edmonton. (This one was posted by Kelsey Lehman) Photos of the pop star surfaced online from his breakfast at the Blue Plate Diner. Bieber performs at Rexall Place tonight.
When an Edmonton mother of three wanted to explain the birthing and breastfeeding process to her young children, she decided a birthing doll would help explain it better than she could with words alone.
Adriana Guerra had seen birthing dolls while training to be a doula, and decided to make her own for her children to play with, and learn from.
To find out more about these MamAmor birthing dolls, read the Global Edmonton story.
The union representing the striking support staff for Edmonton Catholic Schools presented the school district with a proposal just before noon Thursday.
Wednesday evening, after a second round of voting, support staff of the Edmonton Catholic Support Staff Association (ECSSA) rejected the latest contract offer from the school district.
As a result, 916 support staff workers have been on the picket line since Monday morning. They include school secretaries, special needs teacher assistants, office clerks, library workers and teacher assistants.
Edmonton Police are commending the actions of a Good Samaritan driver after he purposely drove in front of another vehicle headed towards four young pedestrians.
“He did a very valiant thing,” said Scott Pattison with the Edmonton Police Service. “Obviously, police don’t recommend people do those sorts of things that put their own lives in jeopardy but certainly, we could have been talking about a very different story today.”
