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Good morning, neighbour. 🎉
There is a heaviness sitting over Edmonton this week that started Sunday evening in a McConachie parking lot, and I want to acknowledge it before anything else. A four year old girl did not make it home. Communities feel things like that, and we carry it together. In the middle of that, there is a lot happening, including one story that is going to have every Edmonton hockey household talking before the weekend. Let us get into it.💛
💔 A McConachie Family's Worst Sunday Evening
A four year old girl broke free from her mother in a parking lot near 66 Street and 170 Avenue Sunday evening and ran onto the 60 km/h collector road, where she was struck by a Jeep.
Bystanders immediately began CPR and EMS rushed her to the Stollery Children's Hospital, where she did not survive. The 23 year old driver remained on scene and speed and impairment are not factors.
Edmonton Police major collision investigators are handling the case, and trauma-informed support services are being offered to everyone involved.
There are no words for something like this, only the reminder to hold the people around you a little closer today.
Pemmican, Pride and a Bigstone Cree Nation Dream Going National
Ian Gladue built Mitsoh, Canada's number one Indigenous-owned meat snack brand, from homelessness and addiction to over three million units sold across the country, and now the brand is expanding from bison pemmican to grass-fed beef sticks.
Gladue, from Bigstone Cree Nation, accepted the Inclusive ScaleUP of the Year award in Edmonton this week after landing a multi-million dollar investment from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners in late 2025.
The bison snacks are in more than a thousand stores nationwide. He said pemmican was never the end goal, it was just the beginning.
This is exactly the kind of Edmonton-rooted story that deserves more attention, take a look.
Northern Alberta Did Not Get a Warning Before That Tornado Hit
A supercell thunderstorm swept through the Peace River region Monday evening and dropped a confirmed tornado near Girouxville, about four and a half hours northwest of Edmonton, with damage stretching roughly 80 kilometres southeast toward High Prairie.
Riley Connors came home to a smashed truck window, a ruined metal roof and debris across his property. Neighbours lost large roof sections, trees were uprooted and bystanders' trampolines ended up in the wrong yards.
Environment Canada says the storm developed so suddenly they only got a hail warning out, not a tornado warning. A Northern Tornadoes Project survey team is flying in from Ontario to investigate.
If you have family or friends in the Peace Country, check in today.
Four Familiar Faces in Alberta Politics Are Calling It a Career
Four long serving Alberta NDP MLAs have announced they will not seek re-election when the province goes to the polls in 2027, including two Edmonton MLAs who have held their seats since 2015.
Edmonton Gold Bar MLA Marlin Schmidt and Edmonton Riverview MLA Lori Sigurdson are both stepping away, along with Calgary's Joe Ceci (former Finance Minister and 15 year city councillor) and Dr. Luanne Metz (Calgary Varsity, former neurologist and NDP health critic).
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi praised all four and said nomination dates for new candidates will be announced in the coming weeks.
Eleven years is a long time to show up, worth pausing to recognize the service.
After Nearly 75 Years, Hockey Night in Canada Is Leaving the CBC
The sublicensing agreement between Rogers and CBC expired at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the two sides did not renew, meaning HNIC will not return to public broadcasting when the 2026-27 NHL season begins this fall.
CBC says it is launching a new Saturday night prime time show built around Canadian athletes at world stage events, including the Commonwealth Games, women's professional leagues and over 20 major world championships.
For Edmonton, a city that grew up gathering around Saturday night hockey, this marks the end of something that started in 1952.
However you feel about it, this one is worth talking about with someone today.
Canada Is Shopping for the Snowbirds' Next Jets, in Italy
Canada has entered formal talks with Italy about purchasing M-346 advanced jet trainers as the replacement for the CT-114 Tutors, with the Snowbirds set to remain grounded until the new planes arrive in the early 2030s.
Italy's M-346 is already in service with multiple NATO allies and Defence Minister Blair confirmed the talks on Tuesday.
The Snowbirds flew their farewell season in the Tutors earlier this year before the fleet was retired after decades of service.
The Snowbirds are not disappearing, just changing planes.
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Carney Was Overheard. Now Everyone Has a Take.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was caught on an open microphone at the G7 Summit in France on Tuesday telling U.S. President Donald Trump "less than three per cent of our market", widely understood to mean Chinese-made electric vehicles entering Canada.
Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc immediately said the U.S. had never raised Chinese EVs as a trade irritant in their bilateral talks, raising questions about what Carney was pitching and to whom.
Analysts largely called the day a diplomatic win for Carney regardless, with him and Trump photographed walking together before meetings at the summit in Évian-les-Bains.
Hot mic moments at the G7, apparently a Canadian tradition now.
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Edmonton local Weather
Day ⬇3° lower than historical avg, Night ⬆1° higher than historical avg.
🌤️ Edmonton Weather - Wednesday June 17th
Rain pushes through the morning but clears near noon, Edmonton, after that it is a mix of sun and cloud with a 60 per cent chance of showers and a risk of a thunderstorm rolling through in the afternoon. High of 17°C, wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near midday, and a cool night ahead at 11°C. That jacket is still earning its keep this week.
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📅 Events Happening This Week in Edmonton
Wednesday June 17th
🌸 Edmonton International Jazz Festival 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 17 · ⏰ Various showtimes · 📍 Multiple Edmonton venues
The jazz festival continues across the city.
🌸 World Cup Watch Parties 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 17 · ⏰ Multiple match times · 📍 ICE District Plaza, Edmonton
A summer-long watch-party series with daily games.
🌸 The Old World Garden Market 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 17 · ⏰ 10:00 AM–4:00 PM · 📍 Edmonton
A garden market listed on the Edmonton events calendar.
🌸 Kingman Community Garage Sale 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 17–18 · ⏰ Daytime · 📍 Kingman, Alberta
A regional community garage sale east of Edmonton.
Thursday June 18th
🌸 Edmonton International Jazz Festival 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 18 · ⏰ Various showtimes · 📍 Multiple Edmonton venues
Final day of the festival segment in the city calendar.
🌸 World Cup Watch Parties 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 18 · ⏰ Multiple match times · 📍 ICE District Plaza, Edmonton
Continues on the plaza.
🌸 Alberta Circus Arts Festival 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 18–21 · ⏰ Festival hours · 📍 Edmonton’s French Quarter
The circus arts festival kicks off on June 18.
🌸 Vegreville Pysanka Park Farmer’s Market 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 18 · ⏰ 4:00 PM–7:00 PM · 📍 Vegreville Ag Society
A Thursday regional farmers’ market east of Edmonton.
🌸 Lloydminster Border City Farmers Market 🎟️ Details
🗓 June 18 · ⏰ 12:00 PM–5:00 PM · 📍 Servus Sports Centre, Lloydminster
A Thursday market farther east of the city.
HIT OR MISS 🎯
Saturday Night Without Hockey Night in Canada
CBC confirmed it Tuesday. As of this fall, Hockey Night in Canada will no longer air on the public broadcaster after nearly 75 years. No more familiar voices, no more iconic opening on a Saturday night across the country.
So let us settle it right here.
Hit or Miss?
Is CBC making the right call, pivoting to a new Canadian sports vision? Or is pulling HNIC from public television one of the worst decisions in Canadian broadcasting history?
Drop your vote in the comments and tell us what Saturday nights looked like in your house when Hockey Night in Canada was on.