Calgary Sun - Local (31 minutes ago)
Back to the good ol' days I think the city should just let Uber grow organically until there is one Uber for every citizen. That way we can just drive ourselves around for free like before! MILES KISINGER (We seem to be well on our way) Stumbling blocks I understand the reasoning behind Alberta going […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (An hour ago)
After 20 years of electing Pierre Poilievre as their member of Parliament, the citizens of Carleton selected another representative on April 28 to represent their interests. Almost immediately, the Conservative Party of Canada sought a “safe” riding for the unwanted Carleton candidate to allow Mr. Poilievre to remain in the House of Commons as...
ReadGlobal News - Edmonton (4 hours ago)
Jalon Calhoun caught a 12-yard touchdown pass, late in the fourth quarter, as the Edmonton Elks rallied to a 20-19 win over the visiting B.C. Lions, to wrap up their CFL preseason action. Elks quarterback Will McElvain entered the game late, engineering the game winning drive for the team. “I think I was just trying...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
If anyone would have suggested last summer that new Edmonton Oilers GM Stan Bowman’s four big deals — trading for Vancouver cast-away Vasily Podkolzin and Detroit cast-away Jake Walman, claiming Kasperi Kapanen on waivers, and signing chronically-injured John Klingberg — would play a massive role in powering the Oilers to the 2025 Stanley Cup...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (10 hours ago)
Mounties say a young child has been reunited with their family after the youth was found alone in Red Deer on Friday morning. Red Deer RCMP say the child was found at Hunting Hills High School near 30 Avenue and 32 Street just before 9 a.m. Officers searched the area and were unable to find […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (10 hours ago)
The 51-year-old Cull made such a positive impact — on the penalty-kill units, in particular — that he's now been named a full-time assistant on Ryan Huska's crew. The Flames are also thrilled to welcome back Larsen, a valuable sounding board for Huska since he has previous experience as both a player and a head coach at the highest level.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (12 hours ago)
Crews battling a fire in northern Alberta are now safe after losing radio contact and took shelter from a runaway wildfire that’s inching closer to the community. A spokesman for Forestry Minister Todd Loewen says two teams of firefighters are heading to Slave Lake after losing contact while they worked to battle a blaze west […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Oil Spills Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Edmonton Journal Oilers writer Gerry Moddejonge to talk about the Oilers advancing to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight season, if the team is better equipped to defeat Florida this year and how Mattias Ekholm looked in his first […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (13 hours ago)
The two Calgary lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge who'd been presiding over their court challenge of COVID-19 public health restrictions should be disbarred for their dishonourable professional conduct, argued counsel for the Law Society of Alberta on Wednesday.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (13 hours ago)
Alberta’s government says it’s extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts. Former Manitoba provincial court chief judge Raymond Wyant was expected to submit an interim report to the government today, followed by a full report next month. The...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (13 hours ago)
Several suspects have been charged following an undercover human trafficking investigation on Tsuut’ina Nation. In a release, Tsuut’ina police say investigators, in partnership with the Calgary Police Service (CPS), found out in May that people were arranging meetings to get sexual services from underage girls. The investigation was part of...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
Edmonton International Airport sustained damage in Thursday’s wind storm that briefly caused a closure of the departure area Thursday evening, but just three days before two tornadoes touched down outside of the city. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the airport said Thursday evening that it had experienced a “significant wind event” that...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (15 hours ago)
Edmonton drivers better keep an eye on the speed limit, because city police have launched their annual Project TENSOR (traffic enforcement noise/speed offence reductions) traffic initiative for summer 2025. Edmonton Police Service (EPS) said in a Friday news release that Project TENSOR targets drivers violating up to 10 different types of offences,...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (16 hours ago)
A group of teens are facing assault charges after allegedly using bear spray during a fight at a bus stop in southwest Calgary. Calgary police say two groups of teens got into a fight at the stop near 3 Street and 61 Avenue SW around 3:40 p.m. As one group tried to board a bus, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
A routine traffic stop on May 15 led Edmonton police to arrest two people and seize more than $20,000 in illegal drugs. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) said in a Friday news release that they stopped a black Dodge Ram with heavily tinted windows at 6:15 p.m. on May 15 while conducting traffic enforcement near […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
The RCMP announced on Thursday the terrorism-related arrest of a 15-year old Alberta boy. He is being charged under Section 810.011 of the Criminal Code — Fear of terrorism offence. This section of the Criminal Code states that “A person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person may commit a terrorism offence may, with […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
Public health services in Alberta are increasingly sidelined and alarmingly diminished. Today, those of us with decades of service in the field are speaking out because core elements of Alberta's public-health system are being quietly dismantled. Alberta's health restructuring has split oversight of health-care services into siloed ministries for...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (17 hours ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants Canada to become an energy superpower. That's the right goal, and now that he's in charge, it's time to back up his lofty words with real action — here's how he can prove it. Tell the world there is a business case for Canadian LNG Canadian liquefied natural […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (20 hours ago)
Do LRT cost overruns surprise you? Vote in our daily poll! Re: Edmonton police chief pleads with drivers to slow down after three fatal weekend crashes. Just after the city police concluded the Operation 24 Hours campaign, they reported issuing 695 traffic tickets and 195 speeding tickets. Unfortunately, we have also seen three fatalities, all...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (22 hours ago)
Support for separation remains steady at about 30 per cent, according to a new poll, but among that group, separatist sentiment has grown more intense. Meanwhile, the number of Albertans who feel more attached to their country than their province has increased substantially.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (22 hours ago)
In the weeks ahead, you will hear more about the Rotary International Convention coming to Calgary from June 21 to 25. Up to 20,000 Rotarians from around the world will descend on our city. Given the current times, several Rotary members thought it would be appropriate for Calgarians to learn more about a peace initiative […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (23 hours ago)
It's still May, and wildfire season across the Prairies is already off to a dangerous and fast-moving start. Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe explains how extreme heat, and gusty winds are creating a perfect storm for fire growth — with no rain in sight.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (23 hours ago)
May mornings are full of sound. That, I'm sure, is not a startling revelation to anyone who steps out into the world at around 5 in the morning. Sound carries well in the usually still, cool air and the rumble of traffic or planes flying overhead can be heard even from miles away. But at […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (23 hours ago)
Q: My husband and I have a conflict over what is suitable material to be composted for our garden. He wants to put meat and bones into the garden, where I understand it should be more vegetable matter. We agree on that part, and both of us put in coffee grounds and vegetable scraps. When […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Riding into the future Re: Bell: In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith Kicks Nenshi NDP Butt… The province of Alberta isn’t a place run purely on hot air alone. It is a Canadian province, where our natural-born leaders take it a step further down the road and turn empty words into solid actions. For four long […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
What if our courts lost their fastest, most precise record-keepers? What if live captions on TV went dark, or the CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) provider at a loved one's doctor visit vanished? That's exactly the risk from NAIT's pause on the only accredited Captioning and Court Reporting diploma program in Canada. Automated...
ReadGlobal News - Edmonton (A day ago)
Connor McDavid had a breakaway goal and an assist, 40-year-old Corey Perry scored again and the Edmonton Oilers are going to their second Stanley Cup Final in a row after beating the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Thursday night in Game 5 to wrap up the Western Conference final. “Some teams get really hot coming down the stretch...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Smith also voiced disappointment at the Liberal Party's election victory, telling a room full of supporters, "I know that there is a lot of concern and frankly, frustration in the room over the results of the most recent federal election. And why wouldn't Albertans be frustrated?"
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers are returning to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Edmonton Oilers galloped out of the gate Thursday night in Dallas, opening the scoring with an early Power Play goal before streaking to a 3-0 lead and chasing Jake Oettinger. The Stars punched back for two but then Edmonton did not allow a shot […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers turned their killer instinct loose on the Dallas Stars and that was the end of it. There was no escape. There almost never is when the Oilers smell blood in the water. In closing the coffin lid on Dallas Thursday with a 6-3 victory that captured a second-straight trip to the Stanley […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers are heading to the Stanley Cup Final to play the Florida Panthers in back-to-back years. The Oilers won the Western Conference Final Thursday night, defeating the Dallas Stars in five games. Corey Perry opened the scoring in Game 5 on a power play, two and a half minutes into the first period. […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Some Calgary university students are hoping to unearth some history at an archaeological dig site at a Calgary park. The students from the University of Calgary are digging at Edworthy Park, where they have found signs of a pre-contact Indigenous campsite. "Well this is actually UCalgary's archaeology field school,” says U Calgary archaeology...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Alberta is getting the lowest grade in the country when it comes to its housing policies, but both the housing industry and the province disagree with that assessment. A new report from the Task Force for Housing and Climate gave the province’s policies a D+ grade in creating affordable, low-carbon, resilient homes. According to the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Edmonton police have arrested one of two men who escaped from an Edmonton mental health facility earlier this week, while the second is still at large and considered dangerous. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) issued warrants for two men who escaped from custody at Alberta Hospital Edmonton and are considered to be unlawfully at large, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Police say a 15-year-old from the Edmonton area was arrested on a terrorism-related offence earlier this month. The teenager was arrested May 12 by Canada's national security police, the RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region's National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). Authorities say they feared the youth would commit terrorism-related offences...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in from Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now, the new lines and d-man pairings of the Edmonton Oilers for Game 5 against the Dallas Stars: The EdmontonOilers morning skate: RNH-McDavid-Perry Kane-Draisaitl-Kapanen J. Skinner-Henrique-Frederic Podkolzin-Janmark-Arvidsson Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Kulak Walman-Klingberg Skinner My take 1. It’s great news...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A fire ban has been declared for nearly all of northern Alberta after the wildfire situation in the province escalated overnight. Alberta Wildfire says the ban is in place for the northern and central parts of the Forest Protection Area. The ban means no wood fires are allowed on public or private land. Propane fire […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Calgary is set to reintroduce fluoride to its drinking water by the end of June. In a Thursday release, the city says it will start adding fluoride on June 30 after council decided to reintroduce the mineral to the drinking water system following a 2021 plebiscite during that year’s municipal election. A majority of voters, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Better late than never, Mattias Ekholm has rejoined the Edmonton Oilers on their path to a Stanley Cup Finals rematch against the Florida Panthers. The veteran Swedish defenceman was reinserted into the lineup to make his 2024-25 playoff debut Thursday in Game 5 of the Western Conference final against the Dallas Stars, at the same […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
The gym community in Airdrie has transformed Lovepreet Deo’s life, creating a supportive haven for an athlete dedicated to pushing her limits. Catch exclusive glimpses into the lives of Calgary's top athletes and sport ambassadors with the 660 NewsRadio Calgary Athlete of the Week. Nominate your star athlete or ambassador for their chance to be...
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