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• Red Deer files complaint with ombudsman regarding ambulance dispatch consolidation

  Red Deer’s city council voted unanimously to file an official complaint with Alberta Ombudsman against the province’s decision to consolidate regional ambulance dispatch.

  

• U.S. lawmakers push Biden to lift Canadian travel restrictions

  Four U.S. senators have asked U.S. President Joe Biden to lift restrictions that have barred travel by Canadians across the northern U.S. border since March 2020.

  

• New Democrats put Tory-held Edmonton riding, with low vote turnout, in their sights

  A young two-spirit Metis leader hopes he can deliver one of the biggest upsets of the election campaign, if he can persuade apathetic voters to head to the polls Monday.

  

• Edmonton Oilers re-sign forward Kailer Yamamoto to one-year contract

  The Edmonton Oilers have extended the contract of forward Kailer Yamamoto by a year.

  

• Three main federal party leaders on final campaign blitz

  There will be no let up in campaigning today as the main party leaders count down the remaining hours and minutes to Monday's federal election. The latest polling suggests Trudeau's Liberals and O'Toole's Tories are in a virtual dead heat.

• Lack of worker vaccine requirement in Alberta a 'loophole,' says health law expert

  That Alberta's Restrictions Exemption Program could mean unvaccinated workers will serve customers who were asked to prove their full COVID-19 immunization is either a loophole or an oversight, says a University of Alberta professor.

• Pandemic federal election campaign produces little enthusiasm for any party

  A campaign that started with anger over Justin Trudeau's decision to call an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is ending amid anger over conservative premiers' handling of the health crisis.

• All elected Liberal, NDP MPs will be vaccinated, Conservatives still won't say

  With just two days until election day, the Conservative Party won't say whether they will require any candidates elected to be members of Parliament to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before heading to sit in the House of Commons, in contrast to the positions of the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois.

• Fiery crash closes highway northwest of Edmonton; status of people involved unknown

  Highway 43 near Lac Ste. Anne was closed in both directions late Friday morning after a crash involving a tanker truck.

• RCMP respond to fatal single-vehicle collision in Sturgeon County

  One man is dead after a single-car collision Friday evening northwest of Edmonton.

• Bars and restaurants scramble to prepare for Alberta’s vaccine exemption program

  Some restaurants and bars in Edmonton are scrambling to prepare for business under the province’s restriction exemption program that starts Monday.

• Collaboration between northern First Nations, Metis leads to pipeline partnership

  Investments from the private sector, coupled with $40 million in loan guarantee support from the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), and a partnership with Suncor Energy will allow eight Indigenous communities from northeastern Alberta to share $16 million in annual revenue from the Northern Courier Pipeline System.