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3 musicals to see at the 2026 fringe

Three Musicals I'm stoked for at Fringe, all of which will probably sell out. Bat Boy, by The Scona Alumni Theatre Co. Hellmark by Darkstage Productions Robocop: The Musical by Cousins in Law

Aug 10, 2026

FRINGE FOMO ALERT: The Butter Chicken Odyssey is 85% sold out

Four days before the festival starts, The Butter Chicken Odyssey is 85% sold out. If you do not buy your tickets to this show by Ram's Food Reviews – right now – you won't be seeing this one.

Aug 9, 2026

FRINGE IS HERE! 2 must-watch shows

With Fringe back for another year, that means I'm once again here to help you find a great show to see. Let's start with two quintessentially "fringe" shows. My first two picks are The

Aug 7, 2026

Four new cases of Dutch Elm Disease confirmed in Edmonton

FOUR NEW CASES. Dutch Elm disease continues to take hold of Edmonton, with seven new cases in the past 3 weeks, half of all cases since 2024. This will mean more proactive tree removal of struggling

Aug 1, 2026

Edmonton is on the verge of an Elmdemic

Elm branches and damaged elm trees are the perfect breeding ground for Dutch Elm disease. And just as Edmonton has discovered its tenth case of the disease in Calder, massive repeat storms have

Jul 31, 2026

When the City of Edmonton calls for aid, the City of Calgary answers

Jul 31, 2026

While the climate changes, all the UCP sees is Oil & Gas

Torrential rain, then choking smoke. Edmonton is currently suffering the negative outcomes of climate change. Instead of a government tackling this head on, the UCP is blocking renewables, doubling

Jul 24, 2026

Spend more, get nothing: The UCP's healthcare strategy

We've wasted hundreds of millions of dollars scrapping the Edmonton hospital and superlab, blowing up AHS, privatizing and then buying back lab services and importing Turkish Tylenol. And we're left

Jul 22, 2026

Drinking on the job and campaigning for Trump are just two items on Devin Dreeshen's resume

Let's look at the resume of nepo-baby Devin Dreeshen, Danielle Smith's handpicked transportation minister who is now trying to ban bike lanes. He's: campaigned for Donald Trump resigned in disgrace

Jul 16, 2026

Karen Principe says it's too "colonial" to mention Europe or Utah when talking about solar

Don't say Utah. Noted rightwinger and Better Edmonton Councillor Karen Principe stopped a discussion about permitting balcony solar panels to insist that any reference to Europe and Utah be removed

Jul 10, 2026

Stephen Harper forced a privatization scam on Edmonton

Privatization is a scam. We now know just how bad a deal the privatization scheme Stephen Harper forced on Edmonton was. The private contractor running the Valley Line is so expensive, in two years of

Jun 10, 2026

Edmonton's public transit is PUBLIC again

Once again, privatizing public services has failed. Edmonton is taking back control of the Valley Line LRT from the private consortium with a 30-year operation contract. Privatization was forced on

Jun 9, 2026