A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to simple assault – and avoided possible hate crime sentencing – in a road rage incident that police initially said saw a Muslim family targeted.

As the next four-year budget planning cycle officially began at city hall, councillors were briefed on what Edmontonians indicated were their priorities, including minimizing tax increases and improving snow and ice control.

An Oregon man “sexually abused” a 13-year-old girl in Edmonton weeks before he abducted her, smuggled her into the U.S. in his car trunk and raped her, a U.S. federal attorney alleged in court Monday.

The Red Deer Rebels ran into some early adversity in Edmonton on Sunday, trailing the host Oil Kings 2-1 before their game was 14 minutes old.

Three people were injured in a head-on crash between two pickup trucks in northern Alberta Sunday afternoon.