Three people are dead in what police believe is a double murder-suicide in Strathcona County.

Parts of Strathcona County were dealing with a water outage late Monday afternoon and officials did not provide a timeline for when service would be restored.

RCMP were conducting an investigation Monday in Strathcona County, near Township Road 520 between Range Road 221 and Range Road 222.

Strathcona County announced Thursday that it is laying off workers and that the reduction in staff is being prompted by ongoing closures and event cancellations as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

As part of its ongoing response to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, Strathcona County is temporarily suspending transit fare collection beginning Saturday "to further ensure the safety of transit operators."

All the votes are in on the concept of a regional transit authority for Metro Edmonton. Now, 12 of 13 municipalities have agreed to move forward with just Strathcona County saying "no."

Strathcona County has moved to reject an invitation to join the Regional Transit Services Commission, which would have seen one service encompassing Edmonton and 12 of its neighbouring communities.

RCMP blocked traffic at Township Road 534 and Range Road 225 in Strathcona County due to an investigation of an unspecified incident.

The communities include Beaumont, Devon, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Leduc County, Morinville, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Strathcona County, Stony Plain and Sturgeon County.

Edmonton police have confirmed that concealed human remains found last fall were those of a missing Edmonton woman.