A new $65-million emergency department for the aging Misericordia Community Hospital in west Edmonton will be three times as large as the one it replaces. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced details of the building addition on Thursday with officials from Covenant Health, which operates the Misericordia. “This project is going to change the experience of people…

The Alberta government released draft documents of the updated curriculum Thursday afternoon — the first time it has been viewable online by the general public since the review started in 2016. Education Minister David Eggen said the curriculum upheaval is a transparent process, noting the working documents, which cover six subjects for kindergarten to Grade…

There’s been a moon landing at Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory. The latest seasonal exhibit at the river valley botanical gardens features an internationally-acclaimed art installation called Museum of the Moon. A massive lunar globe now hangs from the ceiling of the conservatory’s feature pyramid, as part of the facility’s Lost in Space exhibition. The installation looks exactly…

Police say a woman who was arrested in Innisfail, Alta., after keeping eight distressed dogs in a hotel room is former British Columbia resident Karin Adams, who was found guilty of animal cruelty in that province four years ago and banned from owning animals. RCMP were investigating reports of a suspicious woman Tuesday morning when…

To invent, as Thomas Edison once said, you just need a good imagination and a pile of junk. For Alberta farmer Darcy Goossen, the wheels of creativity were inspired by a cumbersome forklift and a heap of tires. Goossen has a family farm in Ferintosh, Alta., about 40 kilometres south of Camrose. But he has been spending…

With more than 100 floats, giant balloons, performers, animals and vehicles, the K-Days parade on Friday will be kicking off the annual summer festival in spectacular style. For people who work or live downtown, it will also mean a tricky morning of navigating parade-related road closures on top of the summer’s construction projects. “Everyone travelling…