Dogecoin rallies, bitcoin sags as cryptos go up and down on Mr. Musk’s wild ride

Early in the trading day on Friday, bitcoin was changing hands at just over $50,000 US. Bitcoin relies on increasingly complicated computations to be mined, which creates massive demand for electricity to mine it. Musk’s about-face caused the price of bitcoin to plummet. Musk has been a fan of doge since 2019, but poked fun […]

20 more people die of COVID-19 in BC, as 1759 new cases recorded over the last 3 days

Bonnie provided the province’s first update on the pandemic since Friday, announcing that 415 people are now in hospital with the novel coronavirus, including 150 who are in intensive care. More than two million people have now received a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the number of patients in hospital has dropped by 6.7 per cent since […]

Community protest over Gold Bar sewer line plan prompts council to get more involved

The new council oversight is welcome news to the Gold Bar Park Alliance. The group has been challenging a 2017 committee decision to re-route the south Edmonton sewer line to the Gold Bar plant, instead of routing it to the Alberta Capital Region Wastewater treatment facility near Fort Saskatchewan. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC […]