The government of Alberta announced Monday that it will be investing an additional $1 million into the Apprentice Training Award–an award designed to help unemployed apprentices upgrade their schooling. Minister of Advanced Education Marlin Schmidt made the announcement at NAIT’s heavy equipment training building. “In a tough economy, the Apprentice Training Award is making life […]

Fort Edmonton Park is getting a $47.8 million expansion. The expansion will include an updated midway featuring a new Ferris wheel, bumper cars, a shooting gallery, a cookhouse, a miniature train, and a replica of the Green Rattler rollercoaster which was in the original Fort Edmonton Park. Part of the money for the expansion will […]

  After finishing the regular season with a record-breaking 23 wins and one loss, the Ooks headed into the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conferences provincial tournament as the first seed from the north, taking on the Medicine Hat Rattlers in the quarter-final. The Ooks had a tough showing and lost to the Rattlers, putting them out […]

In this episode, the mumps make a comeback, Garth Brooks rocks downtown Edmonton, the Metro Line gets up to speed, and the NAIT Ooks make a run for playoffs. All this and more on Second Edition News!

Amateur football around Edmonton got a boost from its big brothers, the Edmonton Eskimos as they announced a huge donation of $650,000 to be spread through out football clubs in Edmonton. Eskimos CEO Len Rhodes said that this is his favourite charity event, as it allows them to “broaden and expand their support for amateur […]