Bill Mah
Edmonton Sun
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Year in Review: Bill Mah reflects on the end of a hurtful football team name
Football’s my game. My dad had season’s tickets when I was a kid, and with a family of my own, I go to as many games as I can. With a son playing since bantam… → Read More
Edmontonians warned to wash hands after outbreak of stomach bug
Health officials are urging Edmontonians to take precautions such as washing their hands more often to curb a spike in the number of people falling ill to a stomach bug. Since Sept. → Read More
Alberta nurse practitioners authorized to provide medical assistance in dying
Nurse practitioners in Alberta have been given provincial cabinet approval to provide medical assistance in dying. → Read More
Alberta Wildlife officers looking for alleged poachers caught on video
ish and Wildlife officers are looking for public tips to identify a group of people captured on video allegedly poaching a deer in northern Alberta. A video posted to the Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Facebook page Friday shows a deer being shot. A pickup truck drives to the animal and several suspects hurriedly load the deer and drive away. The incident was recorded by a concerned bystander. → Read More
Edmonton police release video of hate-flyer suspect
A surveillance camera set up at a north Edmonton home has captured images of a man police suspect is behind the door-to-door delivery of flyers promoting hatred. → Read More
Former homeless Alberta youth competing to be Canada's Smartest Person
It's not as if Joshua Williams hasn't led an interesting enough life already in his 25 years – going from scholarship-winning athlete and self-taught musician to living on the streets to youth worker. Now he wants to become Canada's Smartest Person. → Read More
Texas comparison shows Alberta's fiscal woes due to overspending: study
Comparing Alberta with Texas shows the province’s fiscal woes stem from government overspending and mismanagement, says a study released Thursday by the Fraser Institute. → Read More
Free admission to Edmonton attractions jams roads
Free Admission Day at city attractions is proving so popular that roads around facilities such as Fort Edmonton Park and Edmonton Valley Zoo are choked with traffic on Sunday. "Bus shuttles to zoo/Ft. Edm experiencing traffic delays. Pls leave extra travel time," Edmonton Transit said on twitter. → Read More
Wood Buffalo National Park under siege, fears visiting UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Canada risks the embarrassment of Wood Buffalo National Park joining the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in danger, says a northern Alberta First Nation. A committee of international experts… → Read More
Hockey Night on Whyte breaks down barriers between kids
Some of the kids playing street hockey in an Old Strathcona parking lot Saturday were university or high school students taking a break from studying. Others came from group homes, or were couch-surfing for a place to stay. One said playing the games helped keep him sober. → Read More
MacEwan University students welcome Rogers Place as new neighbour
Students moving into the MacEwan University residence for the start of the academic year were greeted Sunday with a drastically changed neighbourhood from a year ago. Since move-in day last Augu… → Read More
Northern Alberta municipal district warns ratepayers, staffers of personal data hack
A northern Alberta municipality is warning residents and employees that their personal and financial information could be at risk after a suspected hack of its computer system. The Municipal Dis… → Read More
Valleyview man arrested at northern Alberta home for Ontario double murder cold-case
Glenn Kraemer Bauman lived in the northwest Alberta town of Valleyview where he drove a oilfield truck until last week when police quietly arrested him in connection with the deaths of a mother and… → Read More
Edmonton gets Nordstrom Rack, but flagship brand remains on the shelf
Do major U.S. retail companies view Edmonton as Calgary's poor cousin? One retail expert believes so after upscale retailer Nordstrom Inc. announced plans Friday to open a Nordstrom Rack, the company's off-price division, at South Edmonton Common. → Read More
Aboriginal history the centrepiece of Fort Edmonton expansion
An aboriginal interpretive centre touted as the showpiece of a $150-million expansion at Fort Edmonton Park will be like no other exhibit in the living-history attraction. → Read More
Funnel cloud weather advisory issued for Edmonton region
The Edmonton region's recent run of severe weather could continue today with Environment Canada issuing an advisory for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park. Conditions will be favourable for the development of funnel clouds, the agency said in an advisory released at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. → Read More
Blackfalds Mountie injured after suspect rams police cars with stolen pickup truck
A Mountie was sent to hospital with minor injuries and three police cruisers damaged when Blackfalds RCMP tried to stop a stolen pickup truck. → Read More
TEC Edmonton reaping jobs, revenue: five-year report card
The startup companies assisted by TEC Edmonton over the last five years have created 1,530 jobs and earned $680 million in revenue, says a report released Monday by the technology business incubato… → Read More
Loblaws launches Edmonton's first CityMarket grocery
A new name in Edmonton's grocery marketplace debuts Friday with the opening of Loblaws CityMarket at the Brewery District. The store will be the grocery giant's first CityMarket in Edmonton and only the second store in Alberta, following an opening in Calgary last January. → Read More
Alberta needs a sales tax to fill revenue gap: Conference Board of Canada
With Alberta's economy expected to struggle with low oil prices, high spending and a string of forecast deficits, the Conference Board of Canada urged the province Tuesday to introduce a retail sales tax. "With royalty revenues unlikely to reach the levels seen prior to 2015-16, and spending cuts unlikely, the province is expected to run up a significant amount of red ink," said report titled… → Read More