This in from Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer, his assertion that the Edmonton Oilers might make a trade before Wednesay’s game against the Ducks of Anaheim. On the post-game show after Saturday night’s 3-1 win over the Kraken of Seattle, Stauffer mentioned there’s a chance injured centre Jason…
An Edmonton judge is being asked to decide whether a woman convicted of weapons possession in what police called a major inner city drug bust should serve prison time or house arrest. Two factors in his decision — the defence says — should be the fact that the woman is now a mother, plus…
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?