In 1904, Edmonton was declared a city. The following year Edmonton was named the provincial capital of Alberta. Today, Edmonton is Canada’s 6th largest city, offering all the amenities of a major urban centre plus a family-friendly environment that is safe, stimulating and rich with opportunity.
Edmonton is one of Canada’s most ethnically diverse cities with more than 60 ethnic and cultural groups. Well known for its vibrant cultural life, diverse business community and outstanding river valley park system, Edmonton is a great place to call home. Check out the links below for more on why over one million people call Edmonton “home”.
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Edmonton News
- In the lead-up to the New Year, a Calgary family is encouraging connection. Lakunakai is a Calgary company specializing in products to support families navigating trauma.
- CUPE Local 3550, the union that represents EAs, says this means a strike could happen in the new year if they can’t reach a fair deal.
- The City Plan charts Edmonton's path to accommodate a population of two million people. City council says the programs are in place, but rapid growth is changing timelines.
- The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the death of a man in Beaver County after interacting with RCMP officers.
- Edmonton police have charged a 31-year-old man after a food bank truck was stolen two days before Christmas.
- Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland had a hard year, personally and professionally: the wildfire that blazed through the mountain town claimed his own home, along with hundreds of others.
- The Court of Appeal of Alberta says a trial judge made no errors when he convicted Robert Dean Clifford last year of second-degree murder.
- The chief actuary's paper was published Friday.
- City council is working to grow the industrial business sector.
- Venne, born in Lamont, Alta., was one of the first appointees to Alberta's Human Rights Commission in 1973 and later served as chair.
- Two members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet will be in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday to meet with members of Donald Trump's team.
- Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of colleges in Canada and two 'entities' in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-United States border.
- A Canadian hockey holiday tradition returns to the capital this Boxing Day, as the 2025 World Junior Championship is set to create a buzz in the city.
- CTV News Edmonton looks at the scams that affected Albertans the most in 2024, and how you can protect yourself.
- Nenshi finding his feet leading an Alberta NDP still under construction
- Aviation experts say Russia's air defence fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mournsAviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defence fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured.
- The sport of ice climbing is becoming more and more popular, but one man is lucky to be alive after a serious fall in Alberta’s back country.
- U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky he should run for prime minister during a Christmas visit but adds that the athlete declined interest in politics.
- Jason Bradley spent 20 years of his career as ranch manager at a 50,000-acre grazing operation in west-central Alberta, so he understands why people react with skepticism to the idea of raising a herd of cattle on a working solar farm.
- "It may have been better for Albertans if we'd implemented and then found a way to be able to pay for it."
