Closing YegNews
After a month of not publishing YegNews, it’s probably obvious we’ve ceased production. I just wanted to make it official. I want to thank everyone who has supported us during our short run in Edmonton’s media landscape. It has been a lot of fun. And to everyone who’s contributed to YegNews, I’d like to thank [...]
By Carla Howatt YegNews.com After a grueling three hours of discussion, Strathcona County Council voted 5-4 in favour of stopping all photo radar as of Sept. 1, 2012. Ward 3 Councillor Brian Botterill brought the motion forward and gave a short presentation. His research showed an estimated 20 per cent of injury crashes are reported [...]
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By Carla Howatt YegNews.com With the hot sun beating down, a band playing summer tunes and children shrieking with joy in the bouncy castle, it’s hard to give much thought to winter coats, but that’s exactly what was on the hearts and minds of many people at Saturday’s 2011 Sherwood Park Appetite event at Kaska [...]
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By Chandra Lye YegNews.com Firefighters, emergency workers, police and even politicians in Edmonton paused Sunday to remember those who have fallen in the line of duty since 9/11. Edmonton Fire Rescue hosted their annual remembrance service in Old Strathcona. The event was one to remember the fallen in New York on 9/11 but also to [...]
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YegNews.com staff Edmonton police are looking for the public’s help in locating a break and enter suspect. Neighbours saw a man trying to break into a woman’s home at 109 Ave. and 117 Street on Sept. 6. The woman was not home at the time. The neighbour confronted the man who threatened him with a [...]
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By Chandra Lye YegNews.com An international event to celebrate women in wireless is coming to Edmonton later this week. In honour of the first ever Mobile Marketing Week the Women in Wireless (WiW) organization, based in New York, is planning a cocktail party to be held concurrently in major cities around the world on Thursday, [...]
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By Chandra Lye YegNews.com Although the province is making headway with it’s 5-year action plan for health services, it is Calgary that seems to be leading the way. “The number of people waiting to be moved out of emergency into acute care beds has been decreased by 51 per cent over the last year in [...]
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By Chandra Lye YegNews.com It appears that Canadian Forces are being prepared for possible deployment in the towns and villages in Latin America. A long running military training exercise will now be using small Spanish locales as its setting. While it is still not clear whether or not the forces will be deployed, Canada has [...]
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By Chandra Lye YegNews.com The $12 million Eaux Claires Tranist Centre was official opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. The new transit centre at 97 Street and 157 Avenue was funded by all three tiers of government. The Government of Canada and the province both contributed $4 million each, while the City of Edmonton [...]
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YegNews.com staff EPS have charged Lance Matthew Shane Regan, 24 with first degree murder after they found a fellow inmate dead. Police were called to the Edmonton Institution on Aug. 16 after a 21-year-old man was found dead. The victim was Mason Tex Montgrand, 21. A medical examiner determined that Montgrand had died due to [...]
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