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Global News
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Global News
Residential parking problems arise during Edmonton summer events
Some central Edmonton residents say major events in the city are causing major problems for residential parking. People living close to festival venues in and around the city's core say they're having trouble navigating their own neighbourhoods, especially this past weekend with several events taking place. There was the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Kinsmen Park and nightly Riverhawks baseball games at the nearby Re/Max Field, and The Weeknd held a concert which drew nearly 55,000 people to Commonwealth Stadium northeast of downtown. That's all in addition to the annual K-Days at the Edmonton Expo Centre grounds, which leads to people parking in the surrounding Highlands, Virginia Park and Cromdale neighbourhoods. Virginia Park resident Lallie Loucks says each year, there is a growing number of vehicles parking on her street when events like K-Days get underway. Story continues below advertisement 'Did I say musical vehicles? I park my car and hold the spot. And then, when my daughter comes home, I move my car to the garage,' Loucks explained. Loucks said she sees empty parking lots near her, such as at Concordia University, so she questions whether it comes down to affordability. 'Maybe they need to offer more discounted parking for people, or a park and ride,' she suggested. 1:47 Edmonton city council mulling possible changes to parking enforcement While no Edmonton resident owns the street in front of their home and anyone can park there, outsiders parking in the area takes away from space residents or their own visitors might use. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Virginia Park isn't part of parking restrictions during major events like other central neighbourhoods such as ones near Commonwealth Stadium are. Loucks feel there is not enough parking enforcement by the city. Story continues below advertisement She's worried for what the neighbourhood could look like when the Edmonton Heritage Festival takes place in the nearby Borden Park next month. In the Rossdale neighbourhood, located between the downtown core and the North Saskatchewan River, Todd Paskall described his street as a zoo, as people parked there to attend either the Riverhawks game or the Great Outdoor Comedy Festival. 'We've had some cars going around, jamming both lanes. It could potentially be a problem for the firetruck at the end of the neighbourhood to get out,' he said, in reference to Edmonton Fire Station 21 at the end of 101 Street beside the river. 1:32 Great Outdoors Comedy Festival on this weekend at Kinsmen Park Paskall is a fan of the Riverhawks, and loves to see the popularity of the team grow. However, he'd like to see more communication with its patrons about respecting the surrounding neighbourhoods. Story continues below advertisement 'We're fully supportive of it. Just manage the parking a bit better. Give patrons another option. Give them more information,' Paskall said. 'On the website and on their ticket, it tells you where to park. It doesn't tell you where you can't park.' Residents living in the MacCauley neighbourhood also told Global News their roads were packed with parked vehicles on the night of The Weeknd concert at Commonwealth Stadium, making it challenging to get around. Packed roads around 90 street and 112 avenue during The Weeknd Concert at Commonwealth Stadium. The city said enforcement officers were dispatched to Rossdale andthe neighbourhoods surrounding Commonwealth over the weekend. 'While there was no parking at Commonwealth Stadium and parking restrictions in neighbourhoods around the stadium, seven dedicated parking enforcement officers issued 167 tickets and towed 30 vehicles,' a City of Edmonton spokesperson said in a statement. Story continues below advertisement Near the baseball stadium, 43 parking tickets were issued on Saturday and Sunday for the Riverhawks games. 5:18 Lots of fun at the ballpark this weekend As for K-Days, the city said it received three parking complaints from the Viriginia Park neighbourhood. 'An officer has been assigned to patrol this area for the remainder of K-Days. We ask residents or visitors in Virginia Park and other surrounding areas to continue contacting 311 using the app if there are any parking or traffic safety issues during the event,' the spokersperson said. Staff at K-Days are also reminding people that there are options to park, including paid parking lots at the EXPO Centre's East Parking Lot, Bellevue Community Centre, Concordia University, and the shuttered Coliseum arena. 'Additionally, we encourage folks to make use of the public transit options, including park & rides at the Belvedere, Clairview, Davis, Eaux Claires, Stadium and Lewis Farms Transit Centres; as well as the Coliseum LRT and bus stations,' a spokesperson for K-Days told Global News in a statement.
CTV News
14-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Reds select Riverhawks pitcher in MLB Draft
Carson Latimer is now major-league property. The hard-throwing pitcher for the Edmonton Riverhawks saw his name called in the 12th round, 354th overall, of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday by the Cincinnati Reds. The 21-year-old right-hander who attends Sacramento State University is in the Riverhawks' starting rotation. The 6-foot-3, 210-lb. native of Delta, B.C., who is 2-0 with a 0.85 earned-run average and 21 strikeouts in four starts for the West Coast League (WCL) club, threw the fastest pitch recorded in the four years of Riverhawks history. He threw a fastball clocked at 99 miles per hour on July 1 during the team's sold-out Canada Day game against the Port Angeles Lefties. Latimer played the U.S. college spring season for Sacramento State, going 2-3 in 15 appearances for the Hornets, seven of them starts. He finished the spring campaign with a 6.14 ERA, striking out 28 and walking 26 in 36.2 innings of work. The Riverhawks are 6-3, good for second in second-half play in the league's North Division, 2-12 games behind the Victoria HarbourCats. The summer collegiate squad placed third in the first half of the season with a 14-12 record, 3-1/2 games behind the first-place Bellingham Bulls. Edmonton returns to WCL action on Friday (7:05 p.m.) at ReMax Field to begin a three-game set against the visiting Kamloops NorthPaws.
CTV News
01-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Riverhawks get ready for Canada Day
Staff and players with the Edmonton Riverhawks baseball team are preparing to host the annual Canada Day game. Connor Hogg has the details.
Edmonton Journal
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Edmonton Journal
Saturday's letters: Public services are priority, not books
Article content The baseball game was action-packed and the extra events that were ongoing throughout the game were very entertaining. We saw a mascot race, cool science experiments and an agility dog show. We would recommend a Riverhawks baseball game this summer. Let's go, Riverhawks! Kathleen Eistetter's Grade 5 students, St. Mary School Separatists should move to U.S. Re. 'Alberta, join team Canada,' Mike Harcourt, May 24 I am a proud Albertan, or at least I was. I am sickened whenever the UCP announces another ridiculous proposal without sufficient assessment or backing from the majority of Albertans or without weighing the actual costs or potential results of these escapades.
CTV News
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
‘A real coming together': Re/Max Field and Riverhawks host 3rd annual School Spirit Day
Students hold a sign that reads "Let's go Riverhawks" at the third annual School Spirit Day at Edmonton's Re/Max Field on June 4, 2025. (Galen McDougall / CTV News Edmonton) Most of Re/Max Field was filled by students for the Edmonton Riverhawks' second game of the season Wednesday morning. The second match of the Riverhawks' three-game set against the Victoria HarbourCats was the third annual School Spirit Day. Some 7,000 students and 2,000 regular spectators attended. 'We wanted the kids to have an opportunity to see the game, to cheer on the Riverhawks, and to just really have an authentically Edmonton moment nearing the end of the school year to celebrate all of their hard work,' said St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School principal Lauren Hawes. 'They're so excited. They have been cheering, they've been loving the mascots.' Re/Max Field Riverhawks School Spirit Day 2025 Students flock to meet the Edmonton Riverhawks' mascot River at the third annual School Spirit Day at Re/Max Field on June 4, 2025. (Galen McDougall / CTV News Edmonton) The school brought more than 300 students between Kindergarten and Grade 6, plus 70 adults. Most of the students had never been to Re/Max Field or a baseball game, which is one of the reasons the club hosts School Spirit Day, according to its fun director, Steve Hogle. 'They get to see what a gorgeous setting it is, how much fun these games are, and they learn in the process. We put on a science show, they learn about dogs through this dog agility show … the mascots are all sorts of fun. So it's a real coming together with the community,' he told CTV News Edmonton. In their first game, the Riverhawks beat the HarbourCats 13-3. 'We played last night. We played this morning. It's a really tight turnaround, but everybody's going on the energy that these kids bring to the stadium. It's electric and we love it,' Hogle said. The two teams will play again on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Miriam Valdes-Carletti
