
Wallis Snowdon
Reporter
Wallis Snowdon is a journalist with CBC Edmonton focused on bringing stories to the website and the airwaves. Originally from New Brunswick, Wallis has reported in communities across Canada, from Halifax to Fort McMurray. She previously worked as a digital and current affairs producer with CBC Radio in Edmonton. Share your stories with Wallis at [email protected].
Latest from Wallis Snowdon

RCMP cleared in death of central Alberta man shot at home during mental health crisis
An RCMP officer who fatally shot a Red Deer, Alta., man who was experiencing a mental health crisis in the basement of his home has been cleared of wrongdoing in the death.
Canada -Edmonton |

Alberta premier pledges to 'clean' up any wrongdoing amid ongoing health services probe
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has seen no evidence of wrongdoing at Alberta Health Services amid allegations of conflicts of interest within the provincial health authority.
Canada -Edmonton |

Edmonton police sergeant demoted for crude, sexualized remarks against gay subordinates
Following a disciplinary proceeding, the Edmonton Police Service has detailed the sanctions against Ken Smith. Now demoted to constable, Smith was found to have engaged in insubordination and discreditable conduct.
Canada -Edmonton |
CNRL was fined $278K after hundreds of birds died in a tailings pond. Now it has launched an appeal
A major operator in Alberta's oilsands is appealing a $278,000 regulatory fine it was issued after hundreds of birds died in one of its toxic tailings ponds.
Canada -Edmonton |

Family of boy, 13, stabbed at Edmonton LRT station seeks answers in his death
Rhonda Spence said her grandson Eric Omeasoo was fatally injured in the assault late Wednesday night at MacEwan LRT station. Spence, who was Omeasoo's legal guardian, said the family is waiting for information from the Edmonton Police Service about the circumstances of his death.
Canada -Edmonton |

Pipeline construction company fined $350,000 in death of Alberta worker
An Alberta pipeline construction company has been fined $350,000 in the death of a man who was fatally injured at a work site in west-central Alberta nearly three years ago.
Canada -Edmonton |

Flood threatens to derail sale of condemned Edmonton condo building
Owners of condos in Castledowns Pointe, which was condemned months after a fire in 2023, are now contending with a flood that threatens to derail efforts to sell the structurally-flawed building.
Canada -Edmonton |

Alberta farmer convicted in deaths of Métis hunters denied full parole
Roger Bilodeau continues to deny the March 2020 killings of Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal were 'vigilante justice,' the Parole Board of Canada has found.
Canada -Edmonton |

'Fatal loss of control': Practice spin triggered deadly 2023 plane crash east of Edmonton
A small plane that crashed into a lake east of Edmonton in 2023, killing two men on board, had entered a spin at low altitude moments before impact, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has ruled.
Canada -Edmonton |
Extradition of alleged ringleader of Edmonton extortion scheme will be waiting game, experts say
The Edmonton Police Service wants to extradite the accused ringleader behind an Edmonton extortion-and-arson scheme from the United Arab Emirates. Experts say it will be a complex, time-consuming process that will leave Maninder Singh Dhaliwal's prosecution in Canada in limbo.
Canada -Edmonton |