13 things in Edmonton it would be unlucky to miss
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Now that we've dug out from the snow (again), what to do with Earth Day and the rest of your weekend? A world full of suggestions awaits in this list.
If ink is your thing, then the Edmonton Tattoo and Arts Festival in Hall B at the Expo Centre may be what you need to find your next idea. The event features more than 200 artists and is on until Sunday.
The Edmonton Oilers are on fire, and they're facing off against the Avalanche at 7 p.m. Friday at Rogers Place and in an away game against the Columbia Blue Jackets on Sunday.
You can take in some cool pool action at the Kinsmen Sports Centre this weekend with athletes taking part in the Western Canadian Swim Championship.
Groove to the latest offering over at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre with musical Mamma Mia! on now until June 12.
When it comes to earworms, it's tough to beat Benny and Björn. But John Williams has a number of musical themes to his credit, including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter. You can hear them all in a greatest hits performance, with evening and matinee shows, featuring the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the Winspear Centre until Sunday.
Looking to mark Earth Day? You could pitch in at the Duggan Spring Clean-up on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Duggan Community Hall. There will also be a chalk art project.
IKEA is offering a special event in their parking lot this weekend. It's a way you can drop off gently used furniture, clothing and electronics that will be collected by several local charities like FIND Edmonton and Bissell Centre Thrift Shop for reuse. Donating gets you a $25 IKEA coupon as well. Details are here.
When it comes to spring, it has been tough to find it outdoors as of late. Inside the Muttart Conservatory, their signs of springs show is wrapping up on Sunday.
You can see more from the Muttart Conservatory on this week's edition of Our Edmonton, Saturday at 10 a.m., Sunday at noon and 11 a.m. Monday on CBC TV and CBC Gem.
"It not only looks like spring, it smells like spring cause we have hyacinth in there, different types of daffodils, tones of colours of tulips," says the Muttart's Sarah Birmingham.
On April 25, Muttart staff will close the feature pyramid down for a week before revealing their "Making Memories" show on April 30, which Birmingham expects to be a hydrangea-filled backdrop for many wedding photos until the end of its run on June 19.
Edmonton's Campio Brewing is bringing back its drag brunch this Sunday, with two sittings at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ Wellness Centre in Edmonton.
If you're after a laugh, Carolyn Taylor of Baroness Von Sketch Show fame and Elvira Kurt of the game show Spin Off and other hits are performing Friday and Saturday night at The Citadel Theatre.
St. Jude’s Anglican Church in Iqaluit has fallen on tough financial times.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a large shuffle of deputy ministers and senior public servants in a shake-up at the top of the public service that has long been expected around Ottawa.
Alberta's declining COVID-19 vaccination rate is sparking more concern as it becomes clear how uptake in the province compares to other parts of the country.
Drivers faced treacherous road conditions Friday morning as tempuratures started to drop below freezing following a night of rain.
A cold front is sweeping through the Greater Toronto Area Friday morning, according to a special weather statement by Environment Canada.
In the wake of Calgary's council kicking off a process to repeal the city's blanket rezoning policy, the corporation responsible for administering significant federal housing money warns the changes could put funding for new housing at risk.
Residents of an apartment building in St. John's are finding their footing again after a fire burned through the complex leaving most without anything in October.
A new program aimed at providing employment advice for workers facing layoffs at Algoma Steel has been launched in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont..
Even if Samuel Provo-Benoit doesn’t get the present he dearly wants in time for Christmas — a kidney and pancreas transplant to beat the Type 1 diabetes that’s steadily destroying his body — he has something else to celebrate.
A claim by New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt that petroleum refiners will be paying the $1 million per week cost of a gasoline price cut that her government orchestrated last weekend does not appear to be unfolding that way.
Sonia Bélanger, junior health minister and the minister responsible for senior and social services, is expected to be sworn in as early as Friday as Quebec's new health minister, according to sources at Radio-Canada.
A growing number of Manitoba's MRI machines now use artificial intelligence, with a plan to have more than half using the technology by spring.
A mobile unit the Saskatchewan government bought in 2002 for providing mammograms to Saskatchewan women will soon retire.