Edmonton Sun - Local (26 minutes ago)
Edmonton city council only seems to have one mission and that how can we squeeze more money out of people. I have not heard anything about reducing spending, we need to get rid of these jokers that think they know how to run city efficiently. Gary Malick (We’ll have to wait another three years.) No […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
A pedestrian is in life-threatening condition after being struck by a vehicle in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Bow Trail and 37 Street SW around 3:45 p.m. for reports someone was struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian was rushed to Foothills hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 hours ago)
Come From Away is now onstage at Theatre Calgary, and demand for tickets is so strong it has already added an extra performance. And with that comes a warning about third-party ticket resellers listing seats at inflated prices. The company says resale activity is rare for Theatre Calgary, but not unexpected for a Broadway-name musical with […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (4 hours ago)
Calgary's Mount Royal University is seeking to appeal a recent decision from the Alberta Labour Relations Board tied to the termination and potential reinstatement of a former tenured professor. Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was fired from the university in 2021.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
A new City of Calgary update shows strong resistance from downtown businesses and property owners to the province's preferred above‑ground Green Line LRT alignment, even as overall public sentiment citywide remains more positive. The report that will head to council's Executive Committee on Tuesday outlines the latest engagement results as...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A Cochrane man had his tires stolen early Thursday morning and got them back just hours later. Bryce Hardy says he woke up around 6:50 a.m. and walked outside to find his vehicle sitting on blocks with the tires missing. Unable to get to work, he contacted RCMP to report the theft and figure out […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
A 30-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault of a minor, say Edmonton city police, encouraging others who may have been victimized to come forward. A man arrested June 2 used the dating app Grindr to meet minors, often hosting vulnerable youth from the community at his northeast Edmonton home, police said in a […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A judge has sentenced an Alberta man convicted of maiming and killing rabbits to eight years in prison. Nicholas Weseen was found guilty on 10 counts of killing or injuring rabbits by causing several of the animals unnecessary pain, injury or suffering, and of failing to provide adequate food, water, shelter or care. The offences […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
A man was found with gunshot wounds early Friday after seeking help at a home in southeast Calgary. Calgary police say the shooting was reported around 6:15 a.m., when an injured man was discovered on 44 Street SE, across the street from Forest Lawn High School. He went to a nearby home for assistance, and […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (11 hours ago)
The increase in jobs was driven by a growth in full-time roles, with the construction, information and culture, and transportation sectors leading the way. May's job additions are the first significant employment gain since November 2025, Statistics Canada said.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (11 hours ago)
The first country song Brettyn Rose learned to perform was Stupid by Kacey Musgraves. It’s not a vulgar tune, but it is a cynical take on relationships that delivers a classic “that-man-done-me-wrong” vibe that has echoed throughout the long history of female-sung, country-pop songs. It’s a catchy crowd-pleaser that the singer mastered more...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
The people of Alberta need a new children's hospital. They got American urology clinics instead. The Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton desperately needs a new building, likely to cost more than $1 billion. Edmontonians are fundraising for that hospital. We have more than enough public money to build it, but instead we invested in a […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (12 hours ago)
The Calgary Stampeders are looking to build on their 2025 turnaround when they kick off their 2026 campaign versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night. Calgary is hosting this year's Grey Cup, and the team has its sights set on winning the title at home. To do so, they'll be without mainstay René Paredes to start the season.
ReadCBC - Calgary (13 hours ago)
A housing group is calling on Calgary to create a maximum temperature bylaw that would cap the allowable indoor temperature in rental suites at 26 C. It comes as New Westminster, B.C., passed a similar bylaw in the face of rising temperatures across the country.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
Despite facing public resistance to its handling of health care, affordability and Alberta separation, the United Conservatives remain clearly in the lead in provincial polling conducted by Leger at the end of last month and the early days of this month. What I like about Leger's provincial polling is that they contact 1,000 or more […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
A gardening book arrived the other day for me to review, and I have to say I was impressed and wanted to share it with you. The title is Ultimate Guide Small Space Gardens by Nina Koziol. With urban lot sizes shrinking and more people living in condos or townhomes, gardening in small spaces becomes […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
Danger of AI I saw our PM on TV expounding the virtues of AI, along with Evan Solomon, who was a TV reporter a short time ago and who now is an AI honcho. Go figure! They were almost gushing, talking about all the new jobs this technology will create but evaded the subject of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
Re. “All-in-one driver’s licence, health card to debut July 2,” June 4 This is just another tax grab from those Albertans who don’t drive (and therefore don’t need to pay for a driver’s licence) and don’t need an Alberta ID card (and therefore don’t need to pay for one) but whose free Alberta Health Care […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Calgary police are sounding the alarm after three separate collisions involving suspected impaired drivers occurred within a three‑hour span Wednesday evening. The crashes all resulted in arrests and are renewing calls from police for Calgarians to report unsafe drivers. Police say the first crash happened around 7 p.m. on southbound Deerfoot...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
It would be nice to see something creative done with the High Level Bridge. Instead of a tear-down, keep it for foot and bike connector between Downtown and Whyte Avenue Give a nice paint job and let food wagons and buskers set up. Maybe let the waterfall flow and flood it in winter. Ed Kehn […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
How long is Darnell Nurse for the Edmonton Oilers? A published story projecting Nurse's future broke Thursday afternoon from Sportsnet writer and Oilers beat reporter Mark Spector. Nurse has one more season before his 10-team trade list is to be submitted. But in his piece, Spector reports that Oilers General Manager Stan Bowman "will be […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
The Calgary Stampeders are champing at the bit to get going. They're certainly feeling it — and who can blame them? — after a turnaround campaign in 2025 and a Grey Cup game to be played on their home turf in November. And so the bid to become hometown champs begins with their opener of […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Residents are being urged to stand down from any vigilante response following charges against an Okotoks man accused of possessing a large amount of child sexual‑abuse materials. RCMP say they have received reports of threats and people “taking matters into their own hands” after it was announced on Wednesday that investigators found more...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
About 20 years ago, veteran bluesman T Model Ford summoned me across a Calgary hotel lobby to emphatically declare that he puts his foot "through the floor.” It was a little puzzling at the time, but I knew exactly what he meant. I'm pretty sure that The Black Keys, who played Rogers Place on Wednesday […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A man has critical and life-altering injuries after what police are calling a “brazen” daylight shooting in a downtown park on Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to Connaught Park, near 14 Avenue and 11 Street SW, around 3:55 p.m. for reports of gunfire. Officers arrived to find a man in his 30s suffering from gunshot […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The African Savannah elephant, largest recorded, a 6,000-kilogram pachyderm, resides in the Edmonton Oilers dressing room, as we all know. The goaltending. There are trunkloads of questions, starting and ending with a net partner for Tristan Jarry, who not only lives in Ardrossan but, more importantly, lives in the heads of all in Oilers Nation...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Lethbridge police have seized more than 30 firearms from a 59-year-old man’s residence following his arrest Wednesday for the alleged criminal harassment of a B.C. woman. The police investigation began in British Columbia, where police in Saanich, on Vancouver Island, responded to a report that a woman had received almost 60 “concerning”...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Alberta childcare facilities must now post on-site notices when a high-risk incident is reported at their programs. As of June 1 all licensed child-care facilities must post an on-site notice in a highly visible area within one business day after a potentially criminal incident is reported. The notice will also be posted on the government […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Authorities are trying to determine why a man sped through an intersection and slammed his van into the wall of a daycare west of Edmonton on Thursday morning, but they specify he is not in police custody. Parkland RCMP say there is no indication the man in his 30s intended to hit the Young Champions […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Edmontonians love their neighbourhoods. For generations, neighbourhoods have been the fundamental building block of our city. It is in neighbourhoods where we experience much of what is important to living a rich life. The neighbourhood playground, community league hall, community garden, outdoor rink, parks, tree canopy, pathways and local shops...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A months-long RCMP investigation that began with suspected drug runs between Calgary and Canmore has resulted in four arrests and nearly half a million dollars in drugs and weapons seized. Cochrane RCMP began investigating a man suspected of trafficking drugs between Calgary and Canmore in March 2026. Officers later confirmed he was transporting...
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Trevor Mercredi, the grand chief of the Treaty 8 First Nations, said comments made by Alberta's premier suggest the province is shirking its duty to consult with First Nations about separation, putting Alberta 'on a course towards direct constitutional conflict' with Treaty 8 nations.
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta hold a news conference to discuss their open letter to Premier Danielle Smith, uging the provincial government to abandon efforts to advance separation proceedings, despite the potential impact on Indigenous and treaty rights.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
With just a month to go before more than a million people flood into the Calgary Stampede, many Calgarians are already thinking about how to stretch their dollars at the 10‑day festival. As the cost of living continues to squeeze household budgets, some attendees say planning ahead is becoming just as important as choosing which […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Canadian Football League season is starting five weeks earlier for Cody Fajardo this year. The Edmonton Elks got off to a 1-4 start with him on the sidelines after arriving as a free agent a year ago, relegated to the backup role while his new team so desperately wanted another failed Tre Ford experiment […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
One Calgary teen is proving there are no limits to what’s possible. Kanen McLellan recently set the under-16 boys wheelchair distance World Flying Disc Federation record. 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...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
A new report spotlights the experiences of Black queer Edmontonians, in hopes that its findings will guide policymakers to create better community supports. The report documented experiences across important facets of daily life, such as housing and employment.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Inside a new but average-looking warehouse on the outskirts of Airdrie, David and Kirstin Barchard are growing a whole lot of flavour. The couple's Micro Acres indoor farm features racks of trays stacked with little plants boasting tiny green, red and purple leaves. As I walk around the quiet building, Kristin snips greens from the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Rideau-Roxboro has been one community since 1928. However, the city has a curious tendency to split it into two communities when it suits its needs, as in the recent West Elbow Local Area Plan. Creating the non-existent Rideau Park and Roxboro set us up at a disadvantage right from the start. We can’t speak for […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
For Canada's sake My dad's family moved from England to Canada and three brothers served Canada in WW1. My Uncle Robert's name is inscribed on the Calgary War Memorial. They loved this country, proud of its accomplishments and respect given it worldwide. We're all Canadians, from the Atlantic to our Pacific shores southward to the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Re. “Former justice to lead electoral boundaries panel,” June 3 Any normal, decent person would want to be able to point to a fair and honest process that resulted in them winning a game, getting an award, being offered a job or getting elected to office. The premier and her followers in the legislature are […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Almost $400 billion of transitional costs, plus somewhere in the neighbourhood of $25 billion to $50 billion in annual costs. That was Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's early estimate of the price tag facing her province should it separate from Canada.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Banff Sunshine Village got a fresh dump of snow in recent days as it gets set to offer summer skiing later this month. The resort says 25 centimetres fell over the weekend, and another 18 centimetres were expected to touch the ground on Monday and Tuesday.T The snowfall comes as they get ready to reopen […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A man was rushed to hospital in serious condition after a shooting in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Connaught Park on 14 Avenue SW near 11 Street around 3:55 p.m. for reports of gunfire. A man was found injured at the scene. He was taken to hospital with serious […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Bigger and better … The Calgary Stampeders hope those two words go hand and hand with their special-teams units in the 2026 Canadian Football League season. In an effort to help them net more yards on return and coverage teams, Dave Dickenson and his right-hand men deliberately signed and drafted players to help improve their […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Let's have a referendum ASAP in Alberta. This will clear up a lot of the uncertainty of investment in the province. The sooner this is cleared up the better. Even in chaos we learn lessons. Ken Glasser (Sounds like that's the direction we're headed.) For Canada's sake My dad's family moved from England to Canada […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Most Albertans believe political parties in the province must be better at protecting their voter information, according to a new poll. Two-thirds of Albertans say political parties should have a legal duty to protect that information against unauthorized access or misuse; and to notify affected individuals and the appropriate regulator when voter...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
As Al Hamilton's son Steve, the fine Everett Silvertips' coach, said after losing the Memorial Cup final to Kitchener: "We rode the train until the very last stop.” Now we wait to see if his defenceman Landon DuPont, who will go in the top five of the 2027 NHL draft, will get off that train […]
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