About as #yeg as it gets: our CBC Edmonton colleague Tara McCarthy (who has spent the last number of years, Devoted to shining a light on local music and events) begins as host of Edmonton AM 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/...

Strike averted as Alberta govt workers approve mediated deal (roughly 63% of voting AUPE members in support). Also, AUPE website is logging 30k individual viewers of updates on this contract dispute. Possible delays to open the page. #yeg #yyc #abgovt www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

AQHI 9 in #yeg right now. 10+ for rest of today/tomorrow, yikes. 😷💨 Latest update from SC Mayor says firefighters still on the scene of yesterday's fire at a recycling facility.

Still thinking abt the huge fire in Strathcona Cty yesterday at the recycling facility. Last night, I got messages from people across the city who could smell a chemical-like smoke. Not surprising, seeing the trail it left in the sky. No update this a.m. from SC Mayor as of yet. #yeg

Fire from a recycling facility in Strathcona Cty. is still producing smoke at this hour. I smell it in Holyrood and saw posts about it in southside #yeg neighbourhood groups. SC Mayor Rod Frank says no public risk and the fire is contained. AB Wildfire also monitoring. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning. The paint covered the walls and front steps to the apartment building, and writing at the base of the steps read, “Joe Kahn lies Gaza dies.”

Happy long weekend Friday! 🥳 Our pop culture guy @justsayrad.bsky.social and I always have these funny, entertaining chats about what we REALLY think. Today we talked about the T-Swift/Kelce engagement 💍 Check out the chirp: ➡️ soundcloud.com/jessica-ng-9... ⬅️ 🤳

Why are Alberta teachers considering a strike as the beginning of the school year looms? Education advocates say the problems have been building up for years: #AbLeg #AbEd

Canadian classic "The Handmaid's Tale" is one of over 200 books to be pulled from public schools in Alberta. #yeg #yyc #abgov www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hours away from our GAME 5 CBC NEWS TAKEOVER!! 🏒🤳 Tune in TODAY 4:30-6pm MT to join Mark Connolly and I on an exclusive bts tour in and around the arena 🎥📺 and GO OILERS!!! 🤞🥳💙🧡💙 #yeg #oilers #stanleycupfinal

Mark Connolly is leading an exclusive tour of Rogers Place before Game One of the #StanleyCupFinal. Neat to see the #bts content 🥅🏒🥅 Stream it til 6pm on cbc New's YouTube page 🤳 and GO OILERS! 🏒 #yeg

That orange haze is still blanketing #yeg. AQHI at 4 and 5 throughout the day.

Orange for #Oilers, right? 💨😷 #yeg currently at AQHI 8. Fingers crossed, supposed to get better tomorrow, according to Env. Canada.

CBC News projects next Liberal government will be a minority. 🇨🇦 #CanadaElection www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Incredible live results page abt #CanadaElection, where you can access hyperlocal info like: -how is the vote going in my riding? -who's winning in my riding? -# polls reporting Goes really well with #CanadaVotes special starting @ 5pm on CBC Radio One. newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/fe...

Happy Friday! 🥳🏰 So, in random news, I may have been accidentally knighted this week. Thought it was a bit for a segment, but the Whyte Knight in #yeg actually owns land in #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I can go by Dame til I figure this out💃🏻 Vid ➡️ vm.tiktok.com/ZMB7rHoJS/

Heading to Argyll Centre to cast my ballot. You have til 6pm today to go to an Elections Canada office and vote (of course, you can still vote on election day itself, April 28). #yeg #canadavotes2025

Just out: According to Elections Canada, ~7.3 MILLION people voted at advance polls. That's a 25% increase over the 2021 election. #canpoli #canadavotes2025

#NewProfilePic for High Street Sound ! 🎤🎼🎵 see us sing live: • sun, may 4 - 2pm @ Betty Andrews Recital Hall, MacEwan for SING Edmonton festival 🎟️: www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie... ⬅️ • sat, may 17 - 7:30pm @ The Space on Whyte 🎟️: www.showpass.com/the-slightly... 🫶🏼 #yeg #livemusic #yegevents

Where has Alberta's CMOH been? Office of Min. of Health: "...Dr. Joffe’s contract ended on April 14, and Alberta’s government has now begun the search for a permanent replacement for the Chief Medical Officer of Health. We anticipate announcing an interim CMOH imminently." #abpoli

Final touches are being made to the JUNOS sign at #yvr, ahead of the awards ceremony March 30.

icymi the news I dropped in the last 10 seconds of Radio Active last night, I’m off air for the next week and a half to go get MARRIED! 👰🏻‍♀️💍🤵🏻‍♂️ Tx to our very thoughtful team for the sweet send-off 🍻🥳🧁 Chat again when I’m a Mrs., #yeg! 🎙️📻

MCDAVID FTWWWWWWWWW!! The Edmontonian that CBC's Min Dhariwal spoke to earlier at the bar called it! #4nations

In that new if-Carney-was-leader poll, almost as many past Conservative voters migrate to Liberals as go the opposite way. And look how many 2021 NDP voters flock to the former central banker.

Talking about how the rom-com was borne out of The Great Depression and how slasher movie Heart Eyes is kinda about the rom-com's fight for survival in this economy. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

City of Toronto asks builder of Tiny Tiny Homes for the homeless to remove the shelters from park www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #homelessness

The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.

🐍It's SNAKE DAY here on Radio Active!🐍🐍 Today, we want your stories of snake encounters, like this: I held an albino snake @ #yeg Reptile Expo (they don't do this anymore, FYI) but it was SO cool and so SCARY. #bucketlist Britney moment, for sure ✅

Just got asked about my "comfort with Parmesan cheese from a lactose intolerance perspective" ... Let's say intolerant. 🙃👀

Several police vehicles in Strathearn neighbourhood by 91 St. Principal Susan Coates of Austin O'Brien Catholic High School issued a notice that says EPS has instructed them to be On Alert as they "investigate an incident in the community." Basically gone into lockdown. #yeg 📷Emily Fitzpatrick/CBC

JUNO nominations are out! ↪️ junoawards.ca/2025-juno-aw... Go 🇨🇦 music! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Wild to see Les Cowboys Fringants back on the list (TikTok Fan Choice) after so many years. Such a legacy.

JUST CLEARED: Train doing weird things tonight at 75 st near 68 ave. We just got thru after sitting 10-15mins. Cdn Pacific was in MIDDLE of intersection (!!) Moved forward, stopped midway, backed, then further in. Took so long to clear, cars drove over median. Called, no explanation. #yegtraffic

This is an absolute bombshell read. My jaw is on the floor. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Happy Year of the Snake!!🧧🐍 When I tried this (by Chinese Canadian illustrator Jessie Wong) on at the store, I thought it was A LOT. Today, though, I proudly wore the full set to work. It's like my modern-day cheongsam. Hoping we all feel some of that courage in this new year🧧🐍🧧 #yeg

A cartoon by Hartley Lin. #NewYorkerCartoons

Life, after diagnosis. #Cancer affects your life for years after diagnosis. Medical advances mean many more people are not only surviving but living for years or decades with its after effects. Here's how survivors are navigating life after treatment. www.npr.org/2025/01/24/g... via @npr.org

We're getting ready to ring in 🧧Year of the Wood Snake 🪵🐍 in 2025! 🎊 Today on the show, we're talking about CHINESE ZODIAC & ELEMENT. According to🇨🇳Wuxing philosophy, each year has an animal & element. Do yours suit ur personality? Let me know :) I’m a Metal 🐎 #yeg

In 334 days, Edmontonians will be going to the polls to elect a new City Council. It's hard to keep up with everyone who's declared they're running — I'm here to help. Until the election, I'll be keeping up and updating the candidate list here #yegvote troypavlek.ca/yegvote-2025...

Hi! My partner told me he's hopping off the X train (and I think he had been on the platform longer than I have) so I figured I'd check this out. Follow me for #yeg, #alberta, #canada and world news. And fyi - good news > bad news every time (but I do share the important stuff)