Shawna Pandya doesn’t need a rocket flight to experience life on Mars. Pandya is among a growing contingent of researchers working on new technology that would allow humans to colonize the martian world. The Edmonton-based physician is serving as an astronaut on the red planet from the heart of the desert lands of the western…

This column is opinion from Graham Thomson, a political columnist based in Edmonton. For anyone who thinks Alberta’s current UCP government has nothing in common with the previous NDP government, or that the NDP government had nothing in common with past Conservative governments, I present to you The Annual Bogus Budget Consultation. It’s that time of year…

A government appointed panel has turned in its review of Alberta’s supervised consumption sites to the province, and advocates are anxiously awaiting a decision on the future of the program. That review is now being assessed by the government and funding will remain in place until a decision is made but there is no deadline set…

City council will vote Monday on a proposed plan to work more closely with St. Albert on recreation services. If the agreement is signed, the two cities will commit to collaborating to find cost savings and improving regional access to recreation facilities, setting the stage for potential partnerships on everything from soccer fields to the Edmonton Valley Zoo. …

When Andrea Beça started her quest to hire as many women as possible to work on a film production in 2016, she was met with rage. “I actually got hate mail,” the Edmonton-based filmmaker said. “I had to block a bunch people on social media and I was just kind of being attacked and being…

More than 150 elders from five northern Alberta First Nations have contributed to a new tool designed to preserve Cree words and phrases. The free app, KTCEA Elders Speak, is a product of the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority, which oversees six schools within five northern Alberta First Nations: Peerless Trout First…