The weather may be a little colder and Fall may have started, but a local triathlon club does not let that get in the way in offering a solution for parents looking to give their kids something to do during the teachers' strike. Tri-CHAMPS, operating in its second season in Edmonton, is offering camps during the strike for kids aged six to sixteen at the Kinsmen Sports Centre.

Celebrating their 14th summer, Grand Markets Edmonton wrapped up their two weekly markets — held on 124th Street and 108th Avenue on Thursdays, and 125th Street and 102nd Avenue on Sundays. Despite strong wind gusts and cooler temperatures, customers came out one last time as vendors lined 102nd Avenue, bundled in jackets and scarves for the market’s final Sunday. “In 2024, we had a very smoky year.

The Alberta teachers’ strike continues as talks between the provincial government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) break down, with the union declining a request to return to classrooms under a proposed enhanced mediation process. If accepted, students and teachers would have returned to classrooms on Monday while the ATA, the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) and a third-party mediator worked toward an agreement.

Pandas fall to Victoria in semifinal, set sights on bronze The University of Alberta Pandas will play for bronze after falling 67–0 to the top-seeded University of Victoria Vikes in the Canada West women’s rugby semifinal Thursday evening at Foote Field. The Vikes wasted no time setting the tone, scoring just two minutes into the match when third-year back row Olivia Newsome broke through for the opening try and added her own conversion.

After months of searching in the Edmonton area, the Edmonton Police Service has confirmed that the remains of 14-year-old Indigenous teenager Samuel Bird have been found. Bird went missing at the beginning of June, sparking a large community effort to help locate him. Bird, who would have turned 15 in September, was discovered Thursday in a wooded area outside Edmonton.

Edmonton businessman and philanthropist Bruce Saville dies at 80 Prominent Edmonton philanthropist and businessman Bruce Saville has died at the age of 80 of a suspected heart attack while recoveri…

As the teacher strike continues, the Alberta government has launched a payment portal to provide parents with $30 per day, per student, for the duration of the labour disruption. The program is intended to help families cover additional costs such as child care, tutoring or other learning activities while schools remain closed. The payments are available to parents and guardians of students aged 12 and under who attend a public, Catholic or francophone school.

In order to accommodate Valley Line West LRT construction, the bike lanes on 102 Avenue downtown will be temporarily relocated to 103 Avenue. On or around October 14, work will begin to install protected bike lanes along 103 Avenue from 103 Street to Railtown Park Trail (110 Street). This work is expected to take approximately three weeks, weather permitting. Once installation is complete, cyclists can use the bike lanes on 103 Avenue, and the bike lanes on 102 Avenue will close.

Emergency Health Services-Alberta (EHS-Alberta) is teaming up with Health Link 811 on a new pilot project in Edmonton and Calgary that could see some 911 callers take a taxi instead of an ambulance. The six-month program builds on a partnership that started in 2023, when minor 911 calls were redirected to Health Link nurses for screening. Under the new approach, if a nurse determines a caller should see a doctor within 24 hours but doesn’t need an ambulance, the caller may be offered a free taxi ride to the nearest hospital or urgent care centre.

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