Edmonton Journal - Local (12 minutes ago)
Notre-Dame de Paris: Alberta Ballet ends a seriously spectacular season with a high-contrast, red-tinged take on Victor Hugo's tale of bell-ringer Quasimodo and free-spirited Esmeralda in a love story that's been interpreted in film countless times, but rarely so beautiful and raw as a Akira Kurosawa fever dream as this. With music by Maurice Jarre...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 minutes ago)
One of the buzzwords on the gardening scene is xeriscaping. By definition, xeriscaping is the art of creating a landscape with the goal of reducing water usage as the goal. One of my favourite quotes about xeriscaping comes from a book by Sara Williams entitled Creating the Prairie Xeriscape. In it Sara says, "Xeriscaping is […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 minutes ago)
Premier Danielle Smith, as leader of the United Conservative Party, is riding two tigers at once. That explains (but neither forgives nor excuses) her timid reaction to the illegal release of personal information online from more than 2.9 million Albertans by a group without authorization to possess the list, much less make it public. Smith […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (12 minutes ago)
Time is now I wonder when Premier Smith's patience with the unreliable boyfriend will run out. PM Carney whispers sweet nothings, makes vague promises, Carney has shown repeatedly he can't commit to a deadline. From my viewpoint, the premier needs to put her foot down and demand constitutional changes and the repeal of the anti-development […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 minutes ago)
Justice Randall Ambrose convicted Potts of aggravated assault, rejecting his claim the intoxicated woman showed up at his home already suffering the injuries he was found to have inflicted on her. But the Peace River-based Alberta Court of Justice judge rejected calls from the Crown for a sentence in the 10- to 12-year range, in part because a...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (12 minutes ago)
A song’s power often lies in its deceptive simplicity. We find ourselves lured in by the lyrics, those rhythmic architects of the human experience, only to be levelled by the emotional resonance of a single, soaring note. It is a profound alchemy that stirs the intellect and strikes the heart, demanding a response from the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (An hour ago)
I was disturbed to read that Elections Alberta sought a court injunction over unauthorized use of the voter list and that the RCMP is investigating. Nearly 2.9 million Albertans may have had personal information exposed. We now know UCP caucus staff attended the April 16 Centurion Project meeting at the centre of this scandal. That […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
Should there be a public inquiry in the voter list leak? Vote in our daily poll! A flat tax is fairer than a progressive tax. In reality a progressive tax punishes middle class people who work more to try and get ahead while rewards people who don’t want to work. We just need governments to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Steve Hamilton has been through the glorious high of winning a WHL championship, then a Memorial Cup with the Edmonton Oil Kings 14 years ago when Hamilton was Derek Laxdal's right-hand man, but now he's the head coach on his own journey with the junior Everett Silvertips. Hamilton, 52, took over for Laxdal, currently head […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (13 hours ago)
A wave of text messages have been showing up on local phones this week, leaving some Calgarians feeling uneasy. Police and city officials confirmed this week that fraudulent texts referencing the City of Calgary have been circulating, prompting warnings to residents. Ward 11 Coun. Rob Ward shared an example of the scam online. The screenshot […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
"This is not the first year that this has been a trend that we're seeing," said Cst. Cheri-Lee Smith, public information officer with Strathcona RCMP. " Often it is youths who are in their senior year, but it's not uncommon that other youth might participate.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (14 hours ago)
Alberta's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the alleged leak of the province's entire electoral list. Diane McLeod's office is looking into allegations the Centurion Project, a pro-separatist group, published the personal information of three million Albertans in a database accessible to all. The privacy commissioner says that...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (15 hours ago)
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says reports that Alberta separatists are targeting and spreading his personal information has prompted him to alter his security but won't stop him from speaking out. "I’m not someone to live in fear,” Kenney said Thursday in a phone interview from Ottawa. "In fact, it only encourages me to double down...
ReadCBC - Calgary (15 hours ago)
Calgary Transit is considering Uber-like surge pricing that could see riders pay higher fares at certain times of the day, as well as pay more to travel farther across the city. The agency will consult riders in the months ahead, before submitting a new fare strategy for approval early next year.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
How does change happen? It begins with setting out a clear intention. Next week, Edmonton will be hosting the first Prairie-focused Affordable Housing Summit. I'll be part of a fireside chat talking about city building with former Toronto mayor David Miller and former Journal columnist Sen. Paula Simons. It's a bit of a full-circle moment. […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (16 hours ago)
A teen girl has been identified as the victim of a fatal early morning attack in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood. Emergency crews were called to the area of 24 Street and Woodview Drive SW in the community of Woodlands around 5:40 a.m. for reports of a stabbing. Police say a teen girl had been involved […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
In 1976, writers Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence and David Young founded the Writers’ Trust of Canada. At the time, there were significant challenges when it came to making a living as a writer. There was plenty of talk about the nature of Canadian literature and the struggle to differentiate it from […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (17 hours ago)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made the case for his continuing leadership to party faithful Thursday, saying he will keep fighting the Liberals even after party turbulence on his watch helped deliver Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority government.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (17 hours ago)
In Canadian director Jacinta Gaspar’s short film Part of the Band, a lonely young man becomes obsessed with the lead singer of a Toronto band and his life is turned upside down when he realizes the vocalist is trans. My Dear Watson, by American director Jacob McKee, centres on a teenage version of Sherlock Holmes […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (17 hours ago)
It was a scary situation for some downtown Calgary residents on Wednesday night. Calgary Fire were called to a highrise apartment building on 5 Avenue SW between 9 and 10 Streets just after 8 p.m. Crews arrived to find smoke billowing from a third-story balcony. The fire department tells CityNews apartment building fires can be particularly...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (17 hours ago)
A rural Alberta MLA who has been serving as an independent since being booted from the United Conservative Party last year is returning to the UCP caucus. Scott Sinclair, the MLA for Lesser Slave Lake, northwest of Edmonton, was welcomed back into Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP caucus on Thursday. It comes one day after Sinclair […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (17 hours ago)
Cease-and-desist letters have been sent to more than 500 Albertans who accessed a searchable database containing the personal information of millions of voters, while a new investigation into the breach has been announced by Alberta's privacy commissioner.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
For decades, downtowns have served as the economic, cultural, and civic heart of our cities. They are where businesses grow, industries connect, talent gathers, and communities come together. Despite changing workplace patterns and economic uncertainty in recent years, downtowns remain one of our most important economic assets. But sustaining...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (17 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Hot Topics, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Postmedia Calgary Flames writer Danny Austin about his mock draft for the 2026 NHL Draft, who the Flames could take with the sixth overall pick and what the offseason ahead looks like for GM Craig Conroy.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (18 hours ago)
A long‑standing Calgary transit perk could soon disappear, as city officials move closer to changing how people travel through the downtown core. On Thursday, the Infrastructure and Planning Committee passed a notice of motion from Councillor Mike Jamieson directing administration to end the Free Fare Zone along 7 Avenue starting Aug. 1. The...
ReadCBC - Calgary (18 hours ago)
In testing over the past three months, University of Calgary researchers have found a wider variety of substances mixed together in the city's illicit drugs, which comes as several front-line agencies are responding to an increase in drug poisonings.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
A close call with a bear on a popular Kananaskis trail has prompted officials to issue new safety measures for hikers. A grizzly bear charged a hiker on Monday near the Sunburst Trail in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, coming within four feet before stopping, according to Alberta Parks. The incident led officials to issue […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
A confidential memo from the Calgary Police Commission sparked major tension at city hall Wednesday, exposing sharp divisions among councillors over the city's proposed safety and well-being strategy. What began as a routine discussion on public safety at the Community Development Committee quickly turned tense after details of the memo surfaced,...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (20 hours ago)
Three Canadians with connections to a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise are self-isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, the federal government says. Two Canadian passengers disembarked on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena almost two weeks ago, according to Dutch-based Oceanwide Expeditions. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said...
ReadCBC - Calgary (22 hours ago)
Sunshine Village says an exceptionally snowy winter is allowing the resort to extend ski season into the summer. The resort plans to operate one lift and several ski runs from June 20 to July 5. This is the second time in nearly 35 years it has offered summer skiing.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (22 hours ago)
When Marc Stevens was five or six years old, he visited a cousin’s house over the Christmas holidays in southeast England. Stevens’ family did not own a television, so he was understandably intrigued when his cousin introduced him to the 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope, which happened to be airing on British TV […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (23 hours ago)
This Mother's Day, countless families will flood higher-end restaurants for lavish brunch services, marked by seafood bars, quiche, and flower-garnished mimosas. Me? I'd rather celebrate with my family at a good ol' fashioned diner. What exactly separates a diner from a standard breakfast joint? Plenty of places have the word "diner” in their...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to hold a referendum in October and ask several questions about immigration. To get an early sense of how Albertans are feeling, CBC News included two related questions in a poll by Janet Brown Opinion Research last month.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
It's rare to see a judge call out a human rights commission as completely as Court of King's Bench Justice John Little chastised the Alberta Human Rights Commission on Monday. Little so completely overturned the commission's 2024 ruling of racism against the Edmonton Police Service that there will be no re-hearing of the complaint. In […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Keep Canadians safe There are 195 countries on earth, but the editor thinks keeping two violent gun toting immigrants in Canada to keep them from harm in their home country supercedes Canadians safety. How about deporting them to a country with inverse population growth, like the ones losing their population to war or mass migration? […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Canada’s appointment of Louise Arbour as Governor General arrives at precisely the right moment. Arbour’s record is exceptional by any measure. As a Supreme Court justice, she helped shape Canada’s constitutional framework. As chief prosecutor for the Rwanda and Yugoslav war crimes tribunals, she pursued accountability for atrocities —...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
The federal government will pay $8.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of Canadians whose sensitive information was compromised or stolen when hackers got into their accounts on government websites, including the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) portal.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Keep, Hold, or Fold? The Cult of Hockey continues with our post-season coverage of the Edmonton Oilers, with practically every day bringing fresh analysis. It is a series on management. On the coaching staff. And, of course, the players. Today? Veteran Center… Jason Dickinson On March 4, 2026, the Edmonton Oilers acquired Center Jason Dickinson...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The family of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in Calgary's Mahogany Lake this week laid him to rest on Wednesday. Damilola Khalid Afolabi's father, Jubreel Babatunde Afolabi, had to be consoled throughout the service as he recounted the family's recent move from Ghana in March It was a move he said his son had embraced […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The Calgary Flames ownership group is asking Calgarians to help shape the fan experience at the city's next arena. Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) is circulating a new survey aimed at gathering public input on what Flames fans want to see, feel, and experience when the team moves into the under‑construction Scotia Place arena...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
The Alberta government says a $2-million expansion of the Strathcona Community Hospital will benefit Edmonton area health-care demands. Some health critics say extra beds are welcome, but the cancellation of a planned hospital in south Edmonton has led to a demand that hasn't been addressed.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A longtime Calgary summer tradition is set to shift locations. After 23 years at Elliston Park in southeast Calgary, Globalfest is officially relocating to Spruce Meadows in the city’s deep south. Festival organizers say they've outgrown the Forest Lawn site, which has hosted the fireworks and cultural celebration since 2003 and typically draws...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
Nearly three million Albertans had their personal information uploaded to a publicly accessible database last month. As new details emerge about how an Alberta separatist group used the data, Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi questions how much Premier Danielle Smith knew about the leak — considering one of her caucus staff attended the meeting...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Does Canada need tighter AI rules? Vote in our daily poll! The new policy of one-bag, one/visitor policy is a knee-jerk reaction to one unfortunate incident. With this new policy now not even two parents of a child in the Stollery cannot visit at the same time? Or a young sibling can't visit their long-stay, […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
A parasitic outbreak connected to Butterfield Acres, a popular Calgary petting farm, is growing. A dozen more people have tested positive for cryptosporidium since the outbreak was first announced on April 28, bringing the total to 17 confirmed cases.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
The alleged leak of Alberta's entire electoral list – the personal information of three million Albertans – on a separatist app made public to all was the focus of Wednesday's legislative session. The governing United Conservative Party and Opposition NDP passed the blame in a heated game of political dodgeball. "He should have told us,”...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A man is fighting for his life in hospital following a motorcycle crash in northwest Calgary. Emergency crews were called to Shriners Road NW around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a single-vehicle collision. Calgary police say a man in his 20s was riding a Yamaha motorcycle and was thrown from the bike when it […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Max Scherzer hoped he'd be ramping back up towards the big-league roster by now, but a “confusing” battle with forearm tendinitis still has him searching for answers. After playing catch at Tropicana Field on Wednesday morning, he spoke to a few reporters about his progress and next steps. "I can still tell there’s something off […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
It's unknown how many people may have been able to access an online database with the personal information of millions of Albertans. The CEO of a domestic violence organization in Calgary calls the situation "disturbing" and says it puts victims at risk.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
After a kitchen fire last month, Bottlescrew Bill’s pub had to get creative in order to continue to serve its full menu while the kitchen is rebuilt. Rather than shutting down its food service, the pub brought in a food truck to serve as a temporary kitchen during the renovations. “For us, it didn’t really […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
A male senior citizen is dead and two other people were taken to hospital following a motor vehicle collision near Chestermere Wednesday morning. Police were called to the scene of a serious collision involving a Honda Ridgeline truck and a Mercedes sedan east of Chestermere at Highway 1 and Range Road 281 at around 8 […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Alberta’s police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing after a teen was bit by a police dog more than two years ago. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) said the case stems from a Nov. 16, 2023 arrest attempt at a Calgary home, where officers were looking for a teenage suspect wanted in connection […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A man in his 70s is dead following a highway crash east of Calgary on Wednesday morning Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Highway 1 and Range Road 281, just east of Chestermere, around 8 a.m., for reports of a two-vehicle crash. RCMP say a 73-year-old man who was the driver of one […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Another U.S. president, another pipeline permit. Last week, Donald Trump signed an order authorizing a new cross-border oil pipeline from Canada to Wyoming — a project echoing the long-debated Keystone XL. For Alberta's oil sector, it's welcome news. But for Canada, it should be a sobering reminder of a dangerous cycle we've seen before: America...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
An Edmonton man who strangled a sex trade worker until she passed out, then robbed her, has been sentenced to three years in prison. With credit for time in pre-trial custody, Christopher Walter has just over three months left to serve. Walter, 24, was sentenced in Edmonton Court of King’s Bench Wednesday after Justice James […]
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