Paige Parsons

Radio news presenter

Paige Parsons is CBC Edmonton's morning radio news presenter and editor. Paige has reported in Alberta for nearly a decade, covering everything from crime and justice, to city hall and health stories.

Latest from Paige Parsons

A volatile supply: how organizations are responding to constantly evolving street drugs

The unregulated drug supply is now composed of more and more ingredients, making it more difficult to respond, treat and recover from addiction.
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What charging for COVID-19 vaccines means for Albertans going forward

Alberta's new path makes it an outlier in Canada, prompting questions about why the province has diverged from national recommendations on vaccines, what the timeline is for rolling out the new distribution system and whether or not the vaccine can be added to group health benefit plans.

Who killed Donald Blizzard? Long legal process ends with no answer — but many questions

As the fourth person accused in connection with Donald Blizzard's death is set to be sentenced, his mother is struggling with how the case played out.

Occupational Health and Safety investigating homicide of restaurant worker in parkade

The homicide of a 22-year-old man in a downtown Edmonton parkade is also being investigated by provincial Occupational Health and Safety officials. 

Retired Edmonton piano teacher handed prison term for sexually abusing students

An Edmonton piano teacher convicted of sexually abusing two students was handed a five-and-a-half year prison term Tuesday.

City councillor Jennifer Rice seeks court order to overturn code of conduct breaches

An Edmonton city councillor found to have violated council’s code of conduct by discriminating against and harassing an employee wants a court to intervene and toss the findings.

Edmonton man pleads guilty to targeting, sexually exploiting young girls over social media

An Edmonton man has admitted to a slew of sexual offences against eight young girls who he connected with over social media.

Alberta appeal court upgrades conviction to 1st-degree murder in fentanyl injection death

A man already serving a life sentence for the death of a Bigstone Cree Nation woman has had his conviction upgraded to first-degree murder.

Family, police still seeking leads in death and disappearance of Edmonton woman

Around 5 a.m. on the morning of July 10, 2021, Nicole Frenchman climbed out of a cab on Whyte Avenue and vanished.

Disappointment and hope: Edmonton's history-making dreams crushed in Oilers' Game 7 loss

Oilers fans who turned out for watch parties, hoping to witness a historic win Monday night were instead left heartrbroken as the Oilers fell to the Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final.