The Edmonton Christmas Market is back at Fort Edmonton Park, and organizers say this year’s event is bigger and better than ever.

By a unanimous vote, Edmonton councillors decided Wednesday to dip into city savings to open a new emergency shelter in a west end hotel.

A northern Alberta man is not expecting to be home for the holidays because he needs dialysis treatment three days a week and the nearest facility that can take him on is 200 kilometres away.

After skewering Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act idea during the UCP leadership race, several of Alberta’s cabinet ministers now say they’ll happily vote for it.

The largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta, which rattled homes and nerves Tuesday, was probably due to natural causes, says a geologist.