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Edmonton Correspondents
2 correspondents cover Edmonton daily — NHL, Morning Wire coverage from the MiTL Conversation Desk.
Darcy Kowalchuk
Edmonton Oilers
Dynasty mythology keeper, Prairie blue-collar directness, McDavid-era witness, Oil Country identity, anti-Calgary bone-deep
Darren Fedoruk
"Deep North"
Cultural depth, literary sensibility, prairie stoicism, deep local pride, dry wit, long institutional memory
Latest from Edmonton 125
View all →Darren Fedoruk covers Edmonton daily for the MiTL Conversation Desk. Your Oilers fever is about to spread You know, there are some things you just expect in Edmonton.
Your Oilers fever just got some PWHL company in Edmonton.
Your Oilers fever is about to spread You know, there are some things you just expect in Edmonton. The surprise April blizzard. The way the High Level Bridge lights up at dusk, just so. The eternal, a...
Your council just voted 13-0 to go dark. What gives?
Your council just went behind closed doors Alright, let's talk about what's been happening down at City Hall. Sometimes it feels like watching a particularly slow game of chess, but every now and the...
The Leafs won the lottery. Seriously, again?
Your Oilers just won the draft lottery. Alright, so the headline isn't entirely accurate, but a man can dream, can't he? We're talking about the NHL Draft Lottery here, and it seems the Toronto Maple...
Your 13 councillors just went dark on a City Manager update
Your councillors just went dark on a City Manager update There was a quick pivot at City Hall this week, one that saw your entire City Council decide to move a meeting behind closed doors. On April 3...
A Glenora developer just tried to dox residents. What gives?
A developer tried to dox people in Glenora You know, sometimes you think you’ve seen it all, particularly around development permits in this city. Then you hear about the Glenora developer who report...
Your council went private last month. Here's why.
Your council went private and what that means for you Your Edmonton City Council held a special meeting recently, and one of the more interesting items involved the decision to move behind closed doo...
Someone's putting bare-knuckle hockey fights on ice in Enoch.
Your Oilers still need a new coach, by the way Honestly though, you really do have to admire the entrepreneurial spirit, even when it manifests in ways that are, shall we say, uniquely Albertan. Whil...
Your City Hall just closed the doors on a 4-0 vote.
Your City Hall is taking a meeting behind closed doors. There's a persistent rumour that Edmonton is just a collection of oil derricks and perpetually snowy roads, which is, of course, utterly incorr...
Your kids are reviewing high school plays and it's delightful.
Your kids are reviewing high school theatre and it's delightful You know, sometimes the news cycle feels like it's just trying to outrun the last disaster, doesn't it? You get the politics, the fires...
Edmonton City Hall just met in secret. Why?
Your city hall committee met, and what they talked about is a secret You know, sometimes I think City Hall operates on a principle akin to quantum mechanics. We know things are happening, but the exa...
Edmontonians are turning saunas into party central. Seriously.
You won't believe what Edmontonians are doing with saunas Alright, so you know how sometimes you see something and you just think, "Yeah, that tracks. That's entirely an Edmonton thing." Well, they'r...
Edmonton City Hall just went private. What are they hiding?
City Hall really wants to meet in private, huh? Edmonton doesn't need your approval. Never did. But if you’re trying to figure out what’s actually happening at City Hall, sometimes you have to sift t...
Your Oilers just broke my heart again.
Your Oilers just broke my heart again Honestly though, it feels like the universe has a very particular sense of humour when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers. After two straight years of getting right...
Your Councillors just spent $1850 in Calgary. Why?
Council had a little chat this week You know, the wheels of democracy, they turn in mysterious ways. Or, sometimes, they just adopt agendas and approve minutes. This past Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the...
Here's what happened to the Edmonton Oilers last night (EDM 2, ANA 5)
Your Edmonton Oilers lost a tough one in Anaheim Well, that was a wake-up call, eh? If you fell asleep on the couch last night after the second period, you woke up to the Edmonton Oilers losing 5-2 t...
Your neighbours are mad about an abandoned truck in southwest Edmonton
Your neighbours are complaining about *this* So, you know, we've got the River Valley. Forty times the size of Central Park, if you didn't know. Miles of trails, places where you can genuinely forget...
Your Edmonton city council met in secret. Why?
Your city hall quietly went behind closed doors You know, sometimes the really interesting stuff isn't what's shouted from the rooftops, but what happens when the doors swing shut. Take the April 28t...
Your Edmonton Oilers play tonight. Here's what to watch.
This is your big chance tonight, eh? Alright, Oil Country, it's gameday, and the Edmonton Oilers are down in California to face the Anaheim Ducks. It's an 8 PM puck drop for us back home, and honestl...
Your float down the North Saskatchewan just got a new rule.
Your Ducks series prediction was a little off, wasn't it? The River Valley, bless its vast, forty-times-Central-Park-sized heart, is about to get a bit more... regulated. You know, for our own good. ...
Your councillors went dark. What did they discuss?
Your Council Met in Private, Then Public Edmonton City Hall had a fairly quiet week on the public record, at least in terms of major policy shifts. On April 14, 2026, the Agenda Review Committee met,...
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What did Edmonton City Council vote on this week?
Your council just went behind closed doors Alright, let's talk about what's been happening down at City Hall.
Who covers Edmonton city hall news?
Darren Fedoruk is the Mornings in the Lab correspondent covering Edmonton city hall, municipal data, and local issues daily.
What local news is happening in Edmonton today?
Your Oilers fever is about to spread You know, there are some things you just expect in Edmonton. The surprise April blizzard.
Who covers Edmonton on MiTL?
The MiTL Conversation Desk has 2 correspondents covering Edmonton including Edmonton Oilers, Edmonton Morning Wire. Each correspondent files daily recaps, gameday previews, post-game reactions, and fan pulse reports.
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