Edson’s more than 8,000 residents were forced to leave town Friday as hot weather increased fire activity “very drastically” near the community west of Edmonton.
Brett Lauther kicked three field goals as the Saskatchewan Roughriders opened the CFL regular season with an unlikely 17-13 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Sunday.
Two men and one woman were pronounced dead at the scene, Edmonton police said. Two other men were taken to hospital in critical condition, along with a woman who was in serious, but stable condition.