Daycare operators in Alberta are facing a looming deadline as they decide whether or not to sign onto the 2024 child care subsidy agreement.

Recent data released by the Edmonton Police Service shows the city saw a 34 per cent increase in the number of shootings in 2023.

Settlement agencies are preparing for the arrival of tens of thousands of Ukrainians before the end-of-March deadline for those fleeing the Russian invasion to enter Canada on emergency visas.

Edmonton police are confident a series of extortions, arsons and shootings in Alberta’s capital region are unrelated to similar crimes in B.C. and Ontario.

Edmonton police say the city saw a 34 per cent increase in the number of shootings in 2023.