Karen Bartko is an Online Journalist at various esteemed outlets including 91.5 The Beat and Global News. She covers a diverse range of topics with a focus on health and wellness, climate change, and real estate, blending regional interest with world news. Her work has been featured in notable publications such as Richmond News and CDC Gaming Reports.
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Karen Bartko’s reporting primarily focuses on local crime and safety issues in Edmonton, Alberta. She covers evolving stories, breaking news, and government announcements related to crime and safety.
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By: Karen Bartko
The Alberta government is ordering the City of Edmonton to revert to its old rules for infill housing development.
Treason. No to the nine. Not your land. Those are just some of the words spray-painted this week on several Alberta referendum political signs placed throughout Fort McMurray.
By: Joel Gotlib, Karen Bartko
Tensions ramped up between the City of Edmonton and the Alberta government after the province ordered the municipality to roll back zoning rules aimed at encouraging higher-density housing in established neighbourhoods.
Three people are dead and at least 10 others were injured in what police said was a vehicle fire involving a City of Calgary bus in the northeast.
By: Karen Bartko
Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting at a trades college in the city's northwest end Friday, that may also linked to a RCMP scene west of the city in Parkland County.
Do we stay or go? At the crux of it, that's the question Albertans have been grappling with for much of 2026 and soon, they will learn how their friends and neighbours feel.
Most of the province of Alberta has rejected a formal referendum on separatism and would rather remain part of Canada.
By: Karen Bartko
Alberta will remain in Canada following Monday's historic referendum result , despite hundreds of thousands of votes cast in favour of asking the provincial government to begin the process of separating.
By: Karen Bartko
Three men have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man outside a trades college in west Edmonton
By: Karen Bartko
One day after Alberta voters rejected the idea of pursuing separation from Canada, Premier Danielle Smith said the turnout was a historic and a powerful testimony of the passion Albertans feel for the country and province.
