The Edmonton Catholic School Division is temporarily laying off 708 staff as of April 30, the division said Thursday. “This is in response to the funding changes made by Alberta Education following the cancellation of classes due to COVID-19,” the division said in a media statement. Edmonton Catholic Schools has been directed by the provincial government…

As David Neil adapted to isolation to deal with the current pandemic, he started to realize how much he missed open mic nights in coffee shops and jamming with friends. He started a group on Facebook called the Isolation Jam Sessions, as a place where family and friends could post videos of themselves performing songs.…

An inmate at the maximum-security Edmonton Institution alleges correctional officers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic by assaulting prisoners and denying them medical treatment.  Luqman Osman finds it difficult to sleep at night.  He’s alone in a cell at the maximum-security Edmonton Institution, one of 24 inmates in the newly named Structural Integration Unit…

Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party ended 2019 with a $2.3-million deficit and net liabilities of $1.1 million, according to year-end financial statements posted by Elections Alberta.  The party’s liabilities, which combine the 2019 deficit, the net assets from the previous year and the deficit from the provincial election campaign period, were $1,117,489.  The NDP, Alberta’s Official Opposition,…

Editor’s note: CBC News commissioned this public opinion research before concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic mounted. About half of the total survey of 1,200 respondents was conducted before stock markets and oil prices plunged (March 2-8). The other half of the interviews took place after this economic shock (March 9-18). Our analysis found no real difference in…

If a week is a long time in politics, a year is an eternity. And for Premier Jason Kenney it must seem like a lifetime. A year ago Kenney was celebrating a decisive electoral victory over the NDP after running on a campaign platform that could be summed up in three words: jobs, economy, pipelines.…