How to spend this weekend in Edmonton
Comedy, theatre and art will be on offer outdoors in Edmonton over the weekend. Here's what's happening.
Festivals
The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival starts Friday in Kinsmen Park, with Kevin Hart headlining on Saturday. Other comedians include Shane Gillis, Whitney Cummings and Bert Kreischer.
The annual Ukrainian Village Music Fest runs Friday to Sunday at the Ukraine Cultural Heritage Village in Tofield. The festival focuses on the music of central Alberta's early Ukrainian community.
The Freewill Shakespeare Festival wraps up this weekend, with daily performances of The Tempest running at the Sherbrooke Community League until Sunday.
Sunday is the last day for the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival in Churchill Square. A closing show will be held Sunday at 3 p.m., featuring every performer from this year's event.
Other events
The Whyte Avenue Art Walk runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday. Four hundred artists will set up over four kilometres in Old Strathcona between 103 Street and 107 Street.
The Enoch Cree Nation will hold its 30th-annual Competition Powwow from Friday to Sunday, with competitive dance and drum events.
Saturday is World Rock Day and the Royal Alberta Museum will be holding special activities and events, including a rock petting-zoo and a rock concert.
Sports
The Edmonton Elks host the Ottawa Redblacks Sunday at 5 p.m. The team will host a Dino Day event with dinosaur-themed games, displays and giveaways at Brickley's Corner in Commonwealth Stadium.
Monster Jam 2024 will make a stop at Rogers Place Saturday and Sunday, bringing 12,000-pound trucks together to compete in multiple events.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Canadian military encounters Chinese research vessel in Arctic, warns competitors are 'probing' infrastructure
A Canadian warship on its first-ever Arctic patrol encountered a Chinese polar research vessel in the Bering Strait off Alaska earlier this month, as the Department of National Defence says global competitors are increasingly probing Canadian infrastructure and gathering intelligence in a warming Arctic.
British police charge 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children
British police say they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed three children in Southport, northwest England.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday, pointing to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East.
Father and son facing terror charges were planning 'serious violent attack in Toronto': RCMP
RCMP say a father and son who were arrested in Richmond Hill on terrorism charges last week were 'in the advanced stages of planning a serious violent attack in Toronto.'
Canada beats Colombia 1-0 in Olympic women's soccer to advance
Canada's women's soccer team has advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Colombia 1-0 in a do-or-die match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race
Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile.
Lotto Max's $95M prize is up for grabs after no winner for previous draw
With no jackpot winner to claim the $70-million Lotto Max prize, the total prize pool for the next draw swells to $95 million.
How a cross-border conspiracy to smuggle drugs into B.C. on a Jet Ski unravelled
A 67-year-old man who planned to use a Jet Ski to smuggle more than 180 kilograms of fentanyl and methamphetamine into Canada was convicted in a Seattle courtroom Friday, after beachcombers found the drugs stashed in several duffel bags along the Washington state coastline.
Mother of Kirkland Lake, Ont., murder victim still waiting for answers
The mother of Lea Thompson, who was murdered last summer in Kirkland Lake, says she’s still waiting to find out exactly what happened to her daughter.