Edmonton Journal - Local (6 hours ago)
The oft-repeated motto, “Once an Oiler, Always an Oiler” hits differently just now, with the Edmonton Oilers crashing out of the 2026 playoffs, but three Edmonton Oilers alumni killing it. One of the three is likely to win a Stanley Cup in his new NHL home next month. Brett Kulak, Taylor Hall and Ryan McLeod […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Don't forget about us Someone should really remind our prime minister that he is Prime Minister of Canada, therefore Canada should be his No.-1 priority. Economically, financially … in all aspects. Instead of giving away billions of taxpayers' money to other countries for whatever causes, flying around the world, contemplating joining the...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Would you take a vacation in Jasper? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! LONG OVERDUE Re: 'We will no longer be tolerant of what is happening on our streets': Edmonton Police's new approach to crime targets hot spots (May 8). While actions ultimately matter more than words, it's still encouraging to see this new approach […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
My wonderful mother didn't want anything for Mother's Day, especially flowers, which, under how keen green-thumb pedigree, wilted by Tuesday. Her gift request? Be nice and kind to others. Present possibilities they might not have — but the world enjoy and, most certainly, deserves. So, I have an idea. But before I share my idea, […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (20 hours ago)
One hundred years after Winnie the Pooh was published, it continues to enchant. Its origins have a happy beginning in the bond between a Canadian veterinary soldier and the cub he named for his adopted hometown, but the story takes an unhappy turn as the Milnes struggled with the effects of fame.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
It was a snub, pure and simple. But leaving Evan Bouchard off the top of the Norris Trophy ballot after a season in which he scored 1021 points (regular season and playoffs) requires a little more finesse to assess than we probably feel like granting. That and more in this edition of… 9 Things 9. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Tens of thousands gathered in northeast Calgary on Saturday for Nagar Kirtan, a procession and celebration of the Sikh festival Vaisakhi. The parade, which began at 9:30 a.m. at the Dashmesh Culture Centre in Martindale, featured the singing of Sikh hymns, accompanied by martial artists. Tables and tents distributing free food lined the parade...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
When Said M’Dahoma reached out to Bhu Chana, suggesting they pool their culinary talents into a pop-up, Chana only had one answer: “Yes!” M’Dahoma has long cultivated a following online as The Pastry Nerd, where he shares approachable French pastry recipes on Instagram and TikTok, and on national television appearances. “I was shocked...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Alberta’s new police watchdog agency has selected its inaugural CEO — but one lawyers’ group says it has concerns about the pick. This week, public safety minister Mike Ellis announced the appointment of Katherine Murphy to the Police Review Commission, a provincial agency that will investigate Police Act complaints and criminal allegations...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
There are two Darnell Nurses. One of them is a pretty good NHL d-man with plenty to offer a team. The other craters his team’s chances of winning. Unfortunately, we’ve seen that second, lesser version of Nurse five years in a row in the playoffs. In the regular season, Nurse is up and down, just […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Alberta RCMP have arrested a British Columbia man suspected of defrauding a victim of over $700,000 by pretending to be an employee of JP Morgan. Harprit Singh Gill, 47, a resident of Richmond, B.C., has been charged with fraud over $5,000 and laundering the proceeds of the crime. Three Hills RCMP began investigating in February […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Did you know that the average home contains roughly 300,000 items? In my work, I often hear from Calgarians who “just need a storage solution” or that their space is not big enough. More often than not, we don’t need more space; we need less stuff. We hold on to expensive clothes because it feels […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
Residents of Rolling Hills, Alta., have purchased the trailer that houses their Canada Post outlet in hopes of keeping it viable as the Crown corporation looks to cuts with a nationwide review of facilities and service levels. Community groups raised $30,000 to buy the structure from the retired postmaster.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
This Sunday, May 10, millions of Canadian mothers will receive flowers, candles, and cards thanking them for everything they do. The appointments that need to be booked. The forms that need to be signed. The child who is struggling but has not said it yet. You can feel it before you can name it. The […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The movement to keep certain technologies out of the hands of young people is gaining steam in Canada. Manitoba has announced plans to ban those under 16 from using both social media and AI chatbots. British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma has expressed support for a ban, and Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan are considering […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
A recent media report about a threatening email sent to Muslim students at the University of Calgary is deeply unsettling — but, for many of us, not entirely surprising. The message targeted the Muslim Students' Association, leaving students shaken and questioning their safety in a space that is meant to foster learning and belonging. As […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Canadian economy has lost 112,000 jobs just since January. That's the weakest four-month stretch since the pandemic. The unemployment rate has climbed to 6.9 per cent. But a closer look at the numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada reveals two even more disturbing trends. The job losses in the first four months of 2026 […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Renewable trend The percentage of energy derived from renewable sources is increasing rapidly throughout the world even though the amount of fossil fuel usage is not significantly decreasing. This is because nations are increasing their total energy use as they become more prosperous. In many countries wind and solar are cheaper per megawatt than...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Should Evan Bouchard be a Norris finalist? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! WEAKNESS SHOWN The Pretender, namely PM Carney, with a manufactured majority until 2029. This former banker got elected with bold promises for Canada not one fulfilled in over a year. Ignoring Trump and America to eliminate tariffs for important manufacturing sectors in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Bill 28 is being presented as "modernization,” but Albertans should look closely at what it would change. The bill grants significant new authority to the minister of Municipal Affairs while reducing the independence of local institutions that help keep communities democratic, transparent, and responsive. It also expands the minister's ability...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in from Edmonton Oilers Bob Stauffer, host of Oilers Now, his salary estimates for key Edmonton free agents Connor Ingram, Connor Murphy, Jason Dickinson, Kasperi Kapanen, and Jack Roslovic Stauffer, a top NHL insider, started out by saying he expects the Oilers to retain restricted free agents Colton Dach and Spencer Stastney, estimating the...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Calgary’s newest multi-millionaire could use the money to buy a new set of glasses. Khalid Ahmad won $7 million in the Daily Grand drawing from early April. He checked his ticket with the Lotto Spot app and then pulled out a magnifying glass to count all the zeroes to be sure what he was seeing. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This Sunday, May 10, millions of Canadian mothers will receive flowers, candles, and cards thanking them for everything they do: The appointments that need to be booked. The forms that need to be signed. The child who is struggling but has not said it yet. You can feel it before you can name it. The […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The transit service in my neighbourhood got cut recently. A simple reduction of frequency by only two minutes has completely shifted my routine. I was fortunate enough to purchase my first home near a frequent transit route, basing my life around its service. Now, because of these time changes, my connections are all wrong and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A Calgary stage production is taking audiences from the theatre back to the living room. Pith, produced by Fire Exit Theatre, takes audiences on a journey through places such as New Orleans, Panama, and even the Amazon, on a quest to address grief. Virginia is a woman who has spent the last ten years frozen […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A renewed presence of motorcycle gangs on Alberta's roads has prompted warnings from law enforcement. Alberta RCMP says Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, including Satan's Choice and the Hells Angels, are becoming more active this spring, with officers warning the public to expect more riders on highways, at gas stations, and at weekend events. The increase...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A youth is in hospital and two other youths are in custody after a stabbing in southeast Calgary on Wednesday night. Emergency crews were called to Auburn Meadows Way SE around 5:50 p.m. for reports of an assault. Officers found a youth suffering from stab wounds. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days 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 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Mother’s Day weekend is here and Calgary has a full lineup of events to celebrate the maternal figures in your life. Visit markets, enjoy brunch, take a yoga class with baby goats and more. Here’s how to enjoy the weekend in Calgary: Inglewood Night Market View this post on Instagram The Inglewood Night Market returns […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (3 days ago)
Supertrain, one of Canada's largest model train shows, drew more than 100 exhibitors to Calgary this year. Among them was Calgary Model Trainmen, showcasing an evolving railroad layout built over two decades. The club came hoping to win the best layout award, but for some members, this hobby means more than a trophy.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she was feeling far more confident about the prospects for a new pipeline following a meeting in Ottawa with Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier in the day. “This morning I said ‘if’ a deal gets signed, and afterwards I said ‘when’ a deal gets signed. So that is an […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This past season the Edmonton Oilers operated as meat grinder, ruthlessly and relentlessly replacing under-performing players. The off-season in the summer of 2025 was busy, but the ferocious pace of change kept up through the 2025-26 regular season. Any player who failed to perform was cast aside by GM Stan Bowman and coach Kris Knoblauch. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Two sisters. One, a divorcing diva who drinks. The other, perky and positive. Tensions emerge alongside plenty of puns when the two end up at the family summer home to plan a shotgun wedding on the cheap. Sounds like a recipe for a few laughs, and an overall pleasant evening at the theatre, right? After […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
For the first time in nearly two decades, RCMP officers who serve in a remote part of northeastern Alberta will once again be living next to the residents of the region they serve. As part of a six-month pilot project launched last month, Mounties are now living in Conklin, a hamlet located more than 150 kilometres south of Fort McMurray.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
With the return of wildfire season in Alberta and Canada, it is interesting to look back on past seasons and consider the money and time being invested in increasing the number of tourists to our forests. What happens when those tourists arrive and find the air filled with smoke? The province is purchasing more water […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
An essential aspect of a properly functioning universal health-care system is the ability to provide patients with the care they need promptly. In other words, access to a waiting list is not access to health care. That's why Alberta's new plan is such great news: it would allow patients who have been stuck on wait […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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 (3 days 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...
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