Spidey wore a raincoat and hundreds of spectators wore smiles at the 2019 K-Days parade wound its way through downtown Edmonton on Friday morning.  The parade is the official kick-off to the 10-day summer festival at Northlands, which includes live music on three stages, a world championship beach volleyball tournament, a midway, games, fireworks and…

The Edmonton Oilers have dealt Milan Lucic to the Calgary Flames for fellow veteran forward James Neal. Multiple media reports say the deal was struck Friday afternoon. Lucic had six goals and 14 assists with a minus-9 defensive rating over 79 games with the Oilers last season. He signed a seven-year, $42-million US contract with…

If you’re travelling along a highway south of Calgary on Friday, you may get a glimpse of a replica of the largest bomb in the Second World War — the Grand Slam, a behemoth that weighed 10,000 kilograms. A full-size replica of a bomb called the Grand Slam is being moved 90 kilometres along Highway…

A beloved pet store parrot, famous for barking at customers and meowing at cats, is getting a tribute that befits the lofty perch she held within the St. Albert community.    Spike’s ashes will be kept in a permanent shrine erected in her honour at Mr. Pet’s, the store on St. Albert Trail where she lived…

After the rain, there will be blood. After weeks of cold, wet weather, Edmontonians are being told to prepare for an onslaught of hungry, freshly hatched mosquitoes. In other words — get ready to itch, says Mike Jenkins, pest co-ordinator for the City of Edmonton.  “Our mosquitoes are driven by rainfall,” Jenkins said in an interview…

Kitscoty RCMP are seeking information after a man with life-threatening injuries was found sitting on the side of a gravel road near Lloydminster. A passing driver found the man around 3 a.m. on July 8 on Township Road 490 and Range Road 11 just west of Highway 17, RCMP Cpl. Ronald Bumbry said Friday. When officers arrived…