Edmonton Oilers’ rookie centre Owen Michaels scoring his first two NHL goals on his first two NHL shots with quick snapshots in tight — no pucks bouncing off his leg, no seeing-eye deflections — is, well, the stuff of dreams. How so? Since the NHL started tracking stuff like that in 1997-98, no…
Mike Babcock is a veteran coach that has been in every imaginable situation. Not much will surprise him. And so, I doubt he is terribly surprised by the uneven play of his Edmonton Oilers so far. He probably saw it coming. And that is why he is taking a bullet for them. That and more […]
After moaning and bleating about 6-5 and 9-7 hockey games to begin the season, Edmonton Oilers fans were treated to two goals in 57 minutes Saturday night. On the excitement scale, it ranked somewhere between a foreign language poetry reading and listening to somebody talk about his fantasy…
After two wild, high-scoring tilts against Vancouver, the Edmonton Oilers locked things down in a 3-1 win over a plucky Seattle club. The Oilers Power Play was an uncharacteristic 0-3 in the first period. And Seattle outshot Edmonton 10-4 in the second. But a bounce to the Oilers most danger player…
The Alberta government and Anglican Church have admitted liability for sexual assaults allegedly perpetrated by a late priest who worked at an Edmonton youth jail, but a lawyer for the survivors says both are dragging their feet on compensation. Last week, representatives for the church and…
Alberta separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath has lost a bid to withdraw additional cash frozen by a court during his legal fight with two ex-clients. The Alberta Court of King’s Bench on Thursday released a decision in the case pitting Tallcree First Nation Chief Rupert Meneen against Rath, who had asked…
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney, pro-separatist lawyer Keith Wilson, and federalist lawyer Marie L. Gordon took the stage at the University of Alberta Monday night for a talk about the upcoming vote
Did two different crews of correctional officers coincidentally both get lost on their way to the Hope Mission? Did they accidentally leave their GPS back in the office? Run out of gas? Simply forget the preferred release procedures?
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government announced — or rather boasted — that they had brought immigration under control after the open-floodgate Trudeau years. In 2025 the national population, they claimed, shrank by 102,000 people, the first decline since Confederation.…
Question 10 has been hijacked by the Liberals and the media. Since its announcement, the Liberals have suddenly paid unprecedented attention to Alberta. Prime Minister Carney is making announcements here, while thousands of dollars are being spent on ads urging Albertans to vote to stay in Canada.…