Karen Bartko
Online Journalist
Karen has worked at Global Edmonton since 2006, and is currently an online journalist.
She got her start as a studio assistant running the teleprompter, before becoming an ENG video editor for four years.
She then spent three years on the overnight team as a writer for Global News Morning Edmonton.
Karen joined the online team in 2014. She lives for breaking news and also enjoys the fast pace of the digital world, creating videos and crafting original content for social media.
She grew up just outside Edmonton and graduated from the Radio and Television Arts program at NAIT in 2008.
Outside of work, Karen enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, travelling the world and taking in Edmonton’s numerous summer festivals.
Karen is a pop culture geek who indulges in a long list of TV shows and can frequently be found scouring Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit.
She would also never say no to a good glass of wine.
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Video Archives
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Delayed Valley Line LRT resumes testing, express bus route launches in Terwillegar
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Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: August 16
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Taste of Edmonton gets underway in downtown Edmonton
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AHS administrator John Cowell’s contract renewed to December
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Southwest Anthony Henday Drive bridge construction in the final stretch
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Edmonton Titanic historian weighs in on the missing submersible
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Wet, heavy snow snarls traffic on Highway 40 near Grande Cache, Alta.
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Firefighters from South Africa break into song and dance as they arrive in Alberta to help
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200 more South African firefighters arrive in Edmonton
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Deadly stabbing of child, woman in Edmonton believed to be ‘completely random’
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Heat wave driving demand for air conditioners in Alberta
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Growing wildfires west of Edmonton prompt expansion of evacuation orders
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‘You will always be the love of my life’: Wife of late Alberta RCMP officer
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Young boy makes a miraculous recover with the help of Glenrose Foundation
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COVID vaccines set to expire in Canada & Umbilical cord ‘milking’ can help newborns
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Edmonton landmarks lit up in blue to honour fallen officers
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Alberta exploring 2030 Commonwealth Games bid
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Toonies for Tummies addressing food insecurity at Edmonton school
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Alberta mother survives terrifying Guillain-Barré Syndrome illness, write 2 books
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Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: February 7
Author Archives
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Alberta not reinstating masking in hospitals even as respiratory illnesses increaseAs respiratory season gets underway the Alberta government said it will not mandate masks, but an Edmonton ICU doctor said masking should be considered in select health spaces.HealthSep 29
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Man allegedly harassing women in Ritchie neighbourhood prompts Edmonton police warningIt was reported to police a man repeatedly watched a woman's home, went onto the her property, banged on the door, asked about the woman and looked into her windows.CrimeSep 29
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Sports car clocked at nearly 200 km/h on highway northeast of Edmonton: RCMPAn officer spotted a white Toyota GR86 sports car travelling at an extremely high rate of speed Thursday night on Highway 15 near the Old Fort Trail.TrafficSep 29
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8.5-year manslaughter sentence in 2021 hit and run in south Edmonton’s Rutherford areaKevin Ewen, 30, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison after he got into a fight and hit Bradley Coates with his car while leaving a house party in south Edmonton in March 2021.CrimeSep 28
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Ferraris worth $1M stolen in Ontario seized by police near EdmontonPolice in the Edmonton area have recovered two high-end Ferrari sports cars that were stolen in Ontario this summer, re-vinned and fraudulently registered in Alberta.CrimeSep 28
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Renewed calls to take down Nazi-linked Ukraine monuments in EdmontonThe fallout continued over Parliament's recognition of a man who fought for the Nazis and there are now renewed calls to remove two monuments in Edmonton with ties to the regime.CanadaSep 27
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Suspects sought after ATA Pride flag destroyed during 1 Million March for Children Edmonton protestA large Pride flag was torn down and destroyed during duelling protests drew thousands of people to the Alberta Teachers' Association building on Sept. 20.CrimeSep 27
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Charges laid after Warburg woman killed in crash during string of rural break-ins near Stony PlainA 59-year-old from Warburg was killed in an overnight collision last year on Highway 770 and now, a man from a nearby community in Parkland County has been charged in her death.CrimeSep 26
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Former Parkland School Division teacher charged with sex crimesCatherine Valiquette, 30, of Spruce Grove was charged with sexual assault and sexual interference after police began an investigation earlier in the summer.CrimeSep 26
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Boyle Street temporarily moving social services across 5 central Edmonton locationsBoyle Street Community Services has released a plan to continue offering supports to Edmonton's vulnerable while itself is without a permanent home for the next year and a half.CanadaSep 25
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More charges laid in death of 8-year-old Edmonton girl whose body was found in MaskwacisTwo more people have been charged with accessory to murder and indignity to a dead body after an Edmonton girl's body was found with blunt impact injuries in Maskwacis.CrimeSep 22
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Circumstances still unclear in suspicious death of senior in northwest EdmontonFred Kolybaba, 69, was found dead by firefighters inside a home near 132 Street and 133 Avenue on Friday, Sept. 1.CrimeSep 20
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Cover your plants: Much of Alberta under frost advisory as temperature set to reach freezingEnvironment Canada issues frost advisories when temperatures are expected to reach zero during the growing season, leading to potential damage or destruction of plants and crops.WeatherSep 20
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Alberta judge recommends RCMP evaluate deaths after man hit by police truck near Fort McMurrayTracey Janvier, 41, had been at a wedding and ended up walking on an unlit part of a highway leading to his hometown of Janvier, south of Fort McMurray, when he was struck.TrafficSep 19
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Dallas police chief shares crime reduction success story at Edmonton conference'None of us are going to arrest our way into the safer cities,' Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said after his keynote speech on innovative approaches to community safety.CrimeSep 19
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Safety of Our Cities Conference addresses policing issues like drugs, gangs, addictionsThe Safety of Our Cities Conference explores topics such as data analysis, guns and gangs, substance use, homelessness, and crimes against vulnerable people such as trafficking.CrimeSep 18
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Teenage homicide victim found near lake south of Fort McMurrayKeelin Kortzman, 17, was found dead on the shore of Gregoire Lake, about 30 kilometres south of Fort McMurray, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.CrimeSep 18
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Town of Devon residents fed up with engine retarder brake noise on Highway 60People living near Highway 60 in Devon are demanding something be done to stop the noise that comes from semi-truck drivers using their engine retarder brakes.TrafficSep 15
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Man dies after being hit by dump truck in south Edmonton’s Pleasantview neighbourhoodThe crash happened Friday afternoon near 105th Street and 53rd Avenue, Edmonton police said.TrafficSep 15
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Calgary E. coli outbreak shines a light on daycare food safety, experts sayIn provinces where there's no requirement that child-care centres supply food, such as Alberta, experts say there aren't robust regulations around food handling.HealthSep 15
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Dozens of feral cats fixed at Edmonton Humane Society’s 1st solo trap-neuter-return clinic'This tends to be a really humane way of providing medical care and location management to a cat that doesn't want to be a human's best friend.'LifestyleSep 14
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Man maimed by Edmonton police kick to head seeking private prosecutionThe lawyer for Pacey Dumas is trying to circumvent Alberta's Crown prosecution service and get the Edmonton Police Service officer charged with aggravated assault.CrimeSep 12
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Man fatally shot at apartment in Old Strathcona, autopsy confirms homicideAt 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, officers responded to a weapons complaint inside an apartment building near 83rd Avenue and 101st Street.CrimeSep 12
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Edmonton Oilers baby boom: Kane, Nugent-Hopkins and Nurse welcome kids over the summer'When I first came in, it was a majority of young guys and then some older guys with older kids. Now, it's a lot of babies and toddlers running around,' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said.LifestyleSep 11
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Prominent Edmonton developer linked to Castle Downs condo at risk of collapseThe residents of Castledowns Pointe have many questions, including who built the Edmonton property engineers say could collapse and what happens next?ConsumerSep 6