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WINNIPEG - The family of a young man stabbed to death and beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba on Wednesday night finally spoke out Saturday, calling 22-year-old Tim McLean "a little guy with a heart bigger than you could know."

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — A man was stabbed to death then beheaded on a Greyhound bus in an apparent random act of violence, according to an eyewitness. All lanes of traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway remained closed Thursday morning west of Portage la Prairie as the RCMP investigated what they would only refer to as "a major incident" on the bus that was headed from Edmonton to Winnipeg. At about 8:45 p.m. the vehicle was stopped in the eastbound lane following an apparent assault. Garnet Caton, one of 37 passengers on the bus, said he witnessed the attack. "We...

...In the city of Edmonton, Alberta in the early 1990’s, there was one such man. His name was Donald Phelan, and what he built – and subsequently destroyed – left a long trail of broken promises and shattered dreams.....

An ever-growing number of residents of the city of Edmonton, Alberta are starting to ask the question: What the hell is wrong with the Edmonton Police Service? In roughly a twenty year span, successive serious incidents and allegations have wreaked havoc to the public image of the Capital City’s police force and have now begun to shake the confidence of the citizens in their Finest....

Edmonton -- An Edmonton man convicted of promoting hatred through his website has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Reni Sentana-Ries, 63, was told by Mr. Justice Philip Clarke of the Court of Queen's Bench that his views are appalling, that he showed no remorse and that he is a high risk to reoffend. After his release, Mr. Sentana-Ries, formerly known as Reinhard Gustav Mueller, will face 36 months of probation during which he will not be allowed to use the Internet. He has also been ordered to take down his website. Mr. Sentana-Ries was convicted last December because...

EDMONTON — Bones belonging to an entire herd of dinosaurs have been found next to a new subdivision in southwest Edmonton. Fittingly, the bones belong to the Edmontosaurus, one of the largest duck-billed dinosaurs. The site contains some of the most complete skeletons scientists have of the dinosaur, and will help answer questions about its migratory habits and its development, said Phil Currie, a University of Alberta paleontologist. "With a herd of dinosaurs we can learn a lot about how they grew up, how they changed as they grew, and differences in individuals," said Currie. "That’s significant because we rarely...

Wow, what a game! Carolina came out skating fast - and hitting hard. I'm glad to see Carolina win the Stanley Cup. I watched the 2002 Stanley Cup and was disappointed when they lost to the Red Wings. Edmonton played well and was a much stronger opponent than I thought! Comments or opinions (on the series or the game) - anyone?

CANES WIN CUP

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Edmonton Oilers beat three higher-seeded teams to reach the Stanley Cup finals. They weren't going out that easy. Fernando Pisani stunned Carolina with a shorthanded goal in overtime, giving the Oilers a 4-3 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday night and sending the series back to Alberta. The Hurricanes lead 3-2, but the Oilers have life. Game 6 is Saturday night in Edmonton. Carolina had the upper hand when Steve Staios dragged down Mark Recchi breaking toward the Edmonton goal three minutes into the extra period. But Cory Stillman, a star of the playoffs, made...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- After this most bizarro of playoff wins, one might have expected the Carolina Hurricanes' dressing room would have been electric with euphoria, or at the very least, giddy with relief. Instead, there was quiet introspection. "What do you see in this dressing room?" defenseman Aaron Ward asked, gesturing to the oddly silent dressing room. "It's the knowledge that we absolutely escaped with a game, 100 percent by the skin of our teeth." Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Rod Brind'Amour's winning goal in the waning seconds was his second of the game on Monday night. A few moments earlier, Rod...

Forces cut French out of new armoured vehicle as a cost-saving measure... The Canadian Force's new armoured vehicle will be operated by an English-only unit with the army planning to save time and money by not translating documents and equipment manuals related to the $700-million purchase, according to a military report. The unusual arrangement with the Mobile Gun System (MGS) comes as the Defence Department is already under fire for shirking its responsibilities to official bilingualism... Military equipment in Canada is usually supplied with manuals and support material in both official languages. In total, the Canadian Forces will purchase 66...

A woman whose elderly husband was stuck on an emergency ward gurney for three days last week because there were no hospital beds says it's time Ralph Klein fixed the public health-care system. Dorothy Hall said she came forward to complain about the situation yesterday, not just for her husband, but for all Albertans in the same situation. She said that front line staff in the emergency department were "absolutely disillusioned" and urged her to raise the issue in public. "It just breaks your heart to see the people lying on stretchers," she said. Hall said her husband, Harold, an...

VANCOUVER (CP) - Sean Fleming kicked a 36-yard field goal in the second round of overtime to give the Edmonton Eskimos a thrilling 38-35 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the 93rd Grey Cup on Sunday. It was Edmonton's second Grey Cup title in three years and 13th overall. In the first round of OT, Als quarterback Anthony Calvillo connected with Dave Stala from 30 yards out for a 35-28 lead before Ricky Ray hit Jason Tucker on an 11-yard TD pass to tie it. Fleming then booted his field goal, putting the pressure on Montreal to score. After a...

Kilgour will add his boot Ex-Liberal Independent MP will help vote Grits out on Monday By DOUG BEAZLEY, EDMONTON SUN November 25, 2005 It'll be the last act of David Kilgour's long and rocky life in Canadian politics: voting with the Opposition to kick his former Liberal colleagues out of office. "This government has behaved atrociously for the last several months. It really had forfeited all right to the confidence of the Canadian people," the Mill Woods-Beaumont independent MP and 26-year veteran of federal politics told the Sun yesterday. "After all is said and done, it's up to the...

One week after the RCMP sent shockwaves through CFL locker-rooms by announcing Saskatchewan linebacker Trevis Smith is HIV-positive, a handful of Edmonton Eskimos have revealed they plan to have a blood test. Since the RCMP announced Smith has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, plenty has been said and written about the low possibility of contracting the disease on the football field - but the high possibility of receiving the disease through unprotected sex.

EDMONTON - Clifford Sleigh has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years in the murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of six-year-old Corrine (Punky) Gustavson. The judge heard victim impact statements before sentencing the 42-year-old, who broke down and sobbed when he stood up to apologize to the Edmonton child's family. Five members of Corrine's family – including her sister, father and cousin – read victim impact statements in court, detailing the effect the girl's 1992 death has had on them. Corinne's father told court he had a nervous breakdown and split from his...

My fella and I were going out of town. He was driving his "super reliable" car into which he pours nothing less than premium gas and synthetic oil and which, incidentally, is so much better and safer than my car that the two can never even be compared. To boot, his car just got a tune-up and that became the launching point for a lecture about car maintenance habits and how I do not have any. He should know. He's been working on my car all weekend. So blah, blah, I never check my oil (I forget), my tire pressure...

  Guns needed for defence judge: Government officials ordered to award firearms licence to suicidal alcoholic   Gordon Kent The Edmonton Journal Tuesday, March 16, 2004 EDMONTON - Ordinary Canadians need guns to defend themselves from wild animals or from "homicidal rapists or robbers," says an Alberta judge who ordered government officials to grant a firearms licence to a woman they thought was a suicidal alcoholic.People living in "the coniferous forests of rural Canada" are sometimes killed by bears and cougars if they don't have guns to protect themselves, provincial court Judge Don Demetrick said in a written judgment...

Won't proclaim gay pride day Edmonton's homosexual community plans to file a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission because Mayor Bill Smith declined to proclaim today gay pride day. "You can't discriminate based on sexual orientation," Edmonton Pride Committee spokesman Murray Billett said yesterday. "The mayor has done this by denying the proclamation." Smith said yesterday he didn't want to comment much about denying the proclamation because of the threat of legal action. But he did give his primary reason. "I'm a Christian Catholic and it goes against my personal belief," said Smith. Today, roughly 1,000 people are expected...