Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said he is considering taking a leave of absence as mayor to run in the upcoming federal election because Canada needs "serious, mature, determined, focused leadership" to ...

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Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi has confirmed he will run for the Liberal Party of Canada in Edmonton Southeast in the upcoming federal election. "President (Donald) Trump is attacking our sovereignty, ...

Ben Staley, the former chef at Yarrow and the Alder Room, says Next of Kin, his first concept as Hoot Company's creative director, is a neighbourhood bar in the Brewery District. "I've always just ...

Colin is a reporter for Taproot Edmonton. They studied journalism at Mount Royal University and has been an editor for publications including Avenue Calgary, BeatRoute Magazine and The Calgary Journal ...

Vancouverite Stefan Safrata of Marcus & Millichap helped secure the former 7-Eleven building for the new Dave's location, along with Avison Young and the Alldritt Group. Safrata told Taproot that his ...

Here are other items on the agenda: The city ended 2024 with a $700,000 operating budget deficit, according to a financial update scheduled to be presented to council on March 18. The deficit is ...

On March 13, Civic Service Union 52, the union that includes library workers in Edmonton, posted a statement that alleged the Edmonton Public Library has directed staff to remove Pride flags from city ...

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Edmonton's population grew even more than expected in 2024, new numbers from the provincial government show. Last year at this time, the City of Edmonton projected the population would increase by 3.6 ...

On this day in 1945, the town of Beverly was considering whether to join Edmonton. European settlers first moved to the area northeast of Edmonton in the early 1880s, drawn by the promise of good soil ...