Fallen officers Travis Jordan, Brett Ryan to be honoured with Edmonton bridge names
Global News
The southwest Anthony Henday Drive bridges will be renamed after Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan — the two Edmonton Police Service officers who were killed on the job a year ago.
Hundreds of thousands of drivers each day cross over two southwest bridges that have been renamed after two Edmonton Police Service officers who were killed on the job a year ago.
Const. Travis Jordan, 35, and Const. Brett Ryan, 30, were killed at an apartment building near Westmount Mall on March 16, 2023.
On Monday, Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen announced two bridges on the southwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive have been renamed, effectively immediately, after the officers.
On the recently widened bridge between the Cameron Heights and Terwillegar areas, the eastbound span will be named after Jordan, who was born out east in Digby, Nova Scotia.
The westbound span will be named after Ryan, who was born in Edmonton and lived in Spruce Grove.
Memorial signs with the fallen officers’ names will be posted at the ends of each bridge.
The officers were fatally shot when responding to a family domestic violence call at Baywood Apartments — a large complex of three-storey red-brick walk-ups at 114th Avenue and 132nd Street, just off Groat Road in the Inglewood neighbourhood.
The situation was described as an ambush.
Police say an 81-year-old woman is dead following a dog attack involving three dogs who attacked her inside her own residence, in Northern Ontario.
King was a prominent figure in the demonstration that rolled into the national capital in 2022, which saw protesters entrench themselves in downtown Ottawa for three weeks.
Dermo, which has been detected in Canada for the first time, has spread from oyster to oyster in New Brunswick.
The latest draft negotiating text released Friday pledged $250 billion by 2035, less than a quarter of what developing countries requested.
The officials say Ottawa will be chipping in $108.5 million over the next three years to Ontario’s existing Student Nutrition Program and First Nations Student Nutrition Program.
A mother who was struck by a vehicle, along with the father and three other children, has now died from her injuries in hospital just over a month after the collision.
Erin McQueen believes her tools were stolen on Nov.16 while her truck was parked in Kelowna near Ellis Street and Clement Avenue.
"I am fighting for my daughter." How one Regina family is looking to the community to help raise money for a potentially live saving trip to the United States.
Kingston hosts the 59th Vanier Cup, featuring Laval vs. Laurier, promising excitement, economic impact, and family-friendly events. Full details on the big game.
Saskatchewan has been battling an increase in overdoses for many years. But based on recent data, Saskatchewan’s response to drug toxicity may be working.
A council representing Montreal and the suburban municipalities will vote on whether to stop the practice in the six West Island suburbs that treat their water with fluoride.