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  Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

  A pair of LGBTQ2S+ advocate organizations say they've followed through with their plan to challenge Alberta's three transgender bills in court, starting with one that bars doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those under 16.

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  Nobel recipient Geoffrey Hinton wishes he thought of AI safety sooner

  Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn't regret the work he did that laid the foundation for artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner.

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  Bill fast-tracking resort development sets 'problematic' precedent, critics say

  A bill giving Alberta’s government power to reclassify land in provincial parks for the development of all-season resorts has some concerned about environmental impacts and the “problematic” precedent it sets by allowing the province to bypass existing legislation.

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  Facing the holidays without family ties or the romantic partner of your dreams? Here's how to make this season fulfilling

  While the holiday season is often a time rich with cheer love and family connections, it can also be a painful reminder of what once was.

• 'A safe haven': Edmonton family gives the gift of biodiversity with land donation

  This giving season, one Edmonton family is going big.

• Apiaries abuzz over ruling against widening cross-border trade in live honeybees

  The dismissal of a class-action lawsuit over rules governing the cross-border live bee trade is casting a spotlight on political division within Canada's beekeeping community.

• Surging Oilers continue critical home stretch vs. Blues

  The Edmonton Oilers kicked off a crucial home-heavy stretch with a convincing win and will look to build off it when they play host to the rejuvenated St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

• Canada Post strike: Union 'extremely disappointed' in latest offer, negotiator says

  A negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says the latest offer from Canada Post to end the ongoing strike shows the carrier is moving in the "opposite direction."

• Not just for your parents: Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials

  The two-metre-tall anchor, believed to be from a century-old shipwreck, was salvaged by a fisherman in the 1980s. But last year, the 31-year-old Stapleton, who works as a navigation officer on a cargo ship, snapped it up on Facebook Marketplace.

• Invasive species could be hiding in your Christmas decor. Here's how to stop the spread

  Make sure to look through your holiday decorations, as Christmas trees, wreaths, and other natural decor can have invasive insects, eggs, and plants that pose a threat to local ecosystems and the economy.

• 'Something quite majestic': Migrating hawks get second chance at local animal rescue

  A pair of birds not often seen in Edmonton have been given a new lease on life, thanks to a local animal rescue.

• 'Focus on bad guys': Albertans react to expansion of federal gun ban

  A local gun store owner says the new federal gun ban has left the industry shell-shocked.

• Sask. doctor facing professional charges in circumcision case

  A Saskatoon doctor has been accused of unprofessional conduct following a high-cost adult circumcision that included a request for the patient to text unsecured post-op pictures of his genitals.

• Markets, spirit of giving and hockey: What a weekend in Edmonton

  It's the first weekend in December and that means there will be plenty of holiday events for all to enjoy.

• Canada's air force took video of object shot down over Yukon, updated image released

  The Canadian military has released more details and an updated image of the unidentified object shot down over Canada's Yukon territory in February 2023.

• Video posted to social media shows fireball, black smoke from manufacturing plant incident

  An issue at a chemical manufacturing plant in Edmonton caused a fireball on Friday morning.