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3 days ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
Verlyn Olsen has experienced terrifying moments since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the 80s. "Over time, it can certainly take your life," said Olson. "My blood sugars were very volatile, I would pick myself off the floor in the middle of the night, having been in convulsions."Olsen's life changed forever after undergoing a transplant known as the Edmonton Protocol - an important medical breakthrough celebrating its 25-year anniversary.
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4 days ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
With the cut of a ribbon, a new primary care clinic opens its doors in West Edmonton Mall. Kickstand celebrated the grand opening of two new clinic exam rooms on Wednesday. This one-stop shop for people between 11 and 25 years old opened in January this year, offering free walk-in mental health, counselling, and guidance programs in collaboration with the YMCA.
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5 days ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
Dana Nagel and her 15-year-old son, Cameron, are regulars at the Stollery Children's Hospital. "There is nothing worse than seeing your child in pain," said Nagel. Cameron was born with muscular dystrophy and spina bifida, requiring multiple painful major surgeries. Pain, he felt, wasn't always taken seriously. "It was really hard, like, cause my emotions were all over the place and stuff. Sad, angry, mad," said Cameron. But in recent years, he's noticed a change.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
Technology is blurring the line between real and fake videos. It's yet one more reason for students and their parents to question the safety of the online world. "I get confused when I see things like that sound a little fishy online, but I don't believe everything," said Gia Berro, a student at Florence Hallock High School.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
Forest tent caterpillars have been seen feasting on trees throughout Edmonton this year. An outbreak of this magnitude for this species hasn't been seen by local scientists since the late 1980s. "Once they've finished off one tree, they'll kind of climb over and find another one, and that's often when people really start noticing them. The little caterpillars are crawling everywhere.
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1 week ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
The bird is the word at Edmonton City Hall, as celebrations take flight for the magpie - now officially named the Bird of Edmonton following a city-wide vote organized by Nature Alberta. More than 40,000 people cast their ballots in the online poll, with the magpie winning decisively, earning nearly 40 per cent of the vote. But what makes this clever - and sometimes divisive - bird the best representative of Edmonton?
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2 weeks ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
Crowded classrooms will likely carry over into Edmonton's Public Schools next school year. The school board has balanced its budget, projecting an extra $ 50 million in operational funding from the province because of a new funding formula. But the board says it's still not enough to keep pace with enrolment growth. Edmonton Public is seeing thousands of extra students walk through their doors every year, seeing over 19,000 more students in just the past five years.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
One of Edmonton's fallen heroes was memorialized through sport this past week, marking the 10th anniversary of his death. "This year, we made the extra effort to get over there," said Cst. Bruce McGregor of the Edmonton Police Service. Edmonton police played a memorial soccer game against officers from Manchester, England - a tribute to Constable Daniel Woodall, who served with Greater Manchester Police before moving to Edmonton.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
A big change is coming to how some of the smallest Albertans are fed at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Dilara Polat and her husband's daughter Zoe was born at 25 weeks. "A very surprised micro-premature baby," said Polat. She is one of the first mothers to take part in a new 'milk bar'. Saying that before, she would need to work with the nurses to modify her milk for Zoe. "Nurses are working less on milk prep and more focusing on my baby, which is very reassuring," said Polat.
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3 weeks ago | 
edmonton.citynews.ca | Elliott Knopp
From sheds to playhouses, students at Edmonton's McNally High School are cutting the wood and building the frames in order to sell the structures in support of Habitat for Humanity. "It's wonderful to be able to put these skills to real use and see these things go to people," said Grayden McAlister, a Grade 12 student at McNally High School. McAlister says this experience is priceless, knowing the demand for skilled workers in the homebuilding industry is high.
