Edmonton is coming off a strong year for luxury home sales, providing plenty of optimism for the segment heading into 2025. “People can move from Toronto to Edmonton and upgrade their home quite substantially,

While the data shows crime is down in Edmonton, EPS say perceptions have not caught up and concerns over disorder and safety persist, especially downtown and on transit.

The Garden: Elsa Robinson’s sculptures, full-sized figures and a beckoning quilted cave to lie in are all part of her show surrounding a massive fabric tree, hand-stitched by the artist and her family.

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Maple Leafs look to stop a three-game skid with a win against the Edmonton Oilers. Edmonton is 18-8-2 in home games and 32-15-4 overall. The Oilers are 17-5-3 in games their opponents commit more penalties.

The improvement in scoring at five-on-five (by far the largest game state) represents a major positive shift for the Oilers in 2024-25. The coaching staff is trying to suppress opposition offence while making certain the elite talent on the Oilers can wheel.

First Period_1, Edmonton, Draisaitl 36 (McDavid, Bouchard), 6:49 (pp). 2, Edmonton, J.Skinner 9 (Henrique, Hyman), 10:29. Second Period_3, Detroit, Rasmussen 8 (Soderblom, Berggren), 9:59. 4, Detroit, Larkin 22 (Kasper), 11:47.

In the pursuit of smaller, measured deals, these players could help the Oilers organization now and into the future.

The Edmonton Oilers were the expected from runners to sign free agent forward Brandon Saad, but according to new reports from NHL insider Frank Seravalli, the Oilers are not among the interested teams.

According to NHL insider Andy Strickland, the Edmonton Oilers are among the favourites to sign star forward Mikko Rantanen if he leaves the Carolina Hurricanes in free agency.

Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl earned No. 1 status on the strength of an outstanding first four months of the season after signing an eight-year, $14-million AAV extension that will almost certainly make him the highest-paid player in 2025-26.

On Tuesday, Thompson and Peterka became the first Sabres teammates with hat tricks in the same game since Derek Roy and Drew Stafford on Jan. 18, 2008. They finished the night with plus-six ratings, a feat no Sabres skater had accomplished since Richard Smehlik on Feb. 2, 1998.