A man who slammed an Edmonton mother to the ground and strangled her outside of a downtown daycare in 2021 has had his nine-year prison sentence reduced to four years.

A man who Mounties warned could be “armed and dangerous” in central Alberta has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

On Monday, Rhiannon Hoyle was elected to the riding of Edmonton-South, making her the first Black woman elected to the Alberta Legislature.

It’s no surprise Alberta’s election was a two-horse race, but the rate at which every other party stumbled out of the gate is something not seen in the province in more than 100 years.

A new wildfire in northern Alberta has become the province’s priority as firefighters battle dozens of wildfires across Alberta.