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Things could always be worse for the Edmonton Oilers. Couldn’t they? Sure, the sky fell when they lost not just one but both of their biggest offensive weapons, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, in back-to-back games down the playoff stretch, right when the Oilers were supposed to be making a push for as much home

A look at Monday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s -2 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 8 km/h winds out of the southeast with a wind chill of -5. The weirdly winter weekend has passed us by, and while there’s no more intense snowfall in the forecast, we won’t have any sunny

An Edmonton city council already thin on political experience could soon get even thinner. Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is vying for a return to Ottawa, but whether he wins or loses that race, he won’t be back for a second term as mayor. Coun. Andrew Knack, council’s longest-serving member, declared six months ago that he won’t

Remember your bestie from back in the day, the one with whom you had a falling out? Would you ever have a conversation with them recorded on camera and make a movie about it? Edmonton filmmaker Lizzie Derksen, 34, was bold enough to for Shy Woman, her 45-minute documentary released earlier this month that explores

Seems like we’ve been talking about Leon Draisaitl quite a bit at the Cult of Hockey lately. Pre-game Saturday, when I wrote of his impending return to a depleted Edmonton Oilers line-up badly in need of a boost. Post-game, when David Staples awarded him the highest grade of any Oiler after yet another brilliant performance by #29

Goalie Stuart Skinner will not be on the plane to Vegas on Monday afternoon as the Edmonton Oilers start their road trip, which means Calvin Pickard is the net presence for the foreseeable future. Skinner, who took an inadvertent knee in the head Wednesday in the 4-3 loss to Dallas, would normally be the go-to

This in from the Edmonton Oilers practice, some good news on major Edmonton Oilers trade acquisition Trent Frederic, but iffy news on the injury status of Connor McDavid, Stuart Skinner, Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg. Reported Tony Brar of Oilers TV: “McDavid, Ekholm, S. Skinner & Klingberg will not be initially flying out with the

"When he is healthy, we want him joining and we want him playing. But we're not going to push something that might get worse."

The federal election is well underway, and candidates from major parties are beginning to launch their campaigns ahead of election day on April 28. This year, there’s been a shake-up in candidates, with former NDP MLA Rod Loyola and Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi throwing their hats into the ring. Candidates have until April 7 to

After moving to Edmonton just over one year ago, 13-year-old Suraiya Liapis will be the Edmonton Elks’ official national anthem singer for the 2025 football season. Settling into a new city isn’t always easy. Liapis and her family moved from the U.S. to Edmonton, where much of her mother’s side of the family lives, in