Tag: Edmonton

Canadian Extradited to US on Charges He Funded Terrorists Pleads Guilty

ShutterstockAn Edmonton man who was extradited to the United States to face charges he helped fund Islamic State terrorism has pleaded guilty in exchange for a 20-year prison sentence. A statement from the United States Department of Justice says that according to his plea agreement in federal court Friday, Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi admitted he provided…


BC Mudslide Victim Identified as Rugby Player Originally From Calgary

CALGARY—Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend’s wife, saying her husband was missing. That phone call kicked off several stress−filled days for Hopkins, which ended in tragedy when his old rugby buddy Steven Taylor was confirmed dead. Taylor moved to B.C. from Calgary…


David Scores in 57Th Minute to Help Canada to 1-0 Win Over Costa Rica

EDMONTON—Before the Canadian men’s national soccer team faced Costa Rica on Friday, coach John Herdman passed on some wisdom he’d received earlier in the week from NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson-“play the game, not the occasion.” Striker Jonathan David had a game-breaking moment, and it made for a memorable occasion. His 57th-minute goal lifted Canada…


New Mayors Elected in Edmonton, Calgary

Alberta’s two major cities elected new mayors in Monday night’s municipal elections across the province. Calgarians have elected former city councillor Jyoti Gondek as their mayor, while Edmontonians elected former Liberal cabinet minister and city councillor Amarjeet Sohi. Gondek will replace Naheed Nenshi, who held the city’s top job for more than a decade. “Thank you,…


Chinese Dissidents Worry About CCP Access to Canadian Student Data Through Confucius Institutes

The access that communist China’s Confucius Institutes (CIs) have to Canadian student data, as recently highlighted in New Brunswick, has several members of the Chinese dissident community expressing worry over the institutes operating in their own school district and on Canadian soil in general. Sheng Xue, a Chinese-Canadian democracy activist in Toronto, said she is very concerned…


Fire Destroys Catholic Church North of Edmonton, RCMP Say Blaze Suspicious

A Catholic Church in northern Alberta has been destroyed by what RCMP are calling a suspicious fire. RCMP say in a release that officers were called to the blaze at St. John Baptiste Parish in Morinville, about 40 kilometres north of Edmonton, just after 3 a.m. Iain Bushell, Morinville’s general manager of infrastructure and community…


Alberta Approves NHL Games for Edmonton, Calgary

Alberta is the first province to officially say the NHL can play games in its arenas for the upcoming season. In a statement to The Canadian Press on Thursday, the Alberta government said it approved Edmonton and Calgary for competition on Dec. 25 following the review of protocols outlined in the league’s return-to-play plan, along…