Edmonton Examiner

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Edmonton weather: Prepare city for ludicrous heat A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 16 C with a 18 km/h wind coming from the south.Heat Warning in …

More than fifteen years after Alberta’s ballooning class sizes became a flashpoint in an acrimonious teachers’ strike, tales of classes that start the year with more students than desks remain common.

Parents speak of children competing for teachers’ attention, while teachers in turn struggle to meet dozens of students’ complex needs.

All this is despite high-profile class-size targets on the books and at least $2.7 billion of taxpayers’ money provided since 2004 to hire teachers and meet those goals.

Fifteen years and $2.7 billion later, Alberta is failing to meet class-size targets In the booming south Edmonton neighbourhood of Rutherford, library shelves have been pushed into the atrium and hallways of Monsignor Fee Otterson Catholic School to make room for its youngest stud…

City of Edmonton officials are looking for public feedback on more than 100 ideas they received for redeveloping the former Northlands Exhibition Lands.

But don't go expecting to see a competition of ideas from Edmonton's best architects and developers.

Building a new Northlands: city asks public, not architects, for more input Housing or event space? City of Edmonton officials are looking to get public feedback on more than 100 ideas they received for redeveloping the former Northlands Exhibition Lands.But don’t go…