Edmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
Amid the sea of Connor McDavid 97s and Leon Draisaitl’s 29s that blanket the seats of Rogers Place during Edmonton Oilers home games, you’d think you’d see the odd No. 25 sprinkled about here or there. After all, the player it belongs to is the fourth-longest serving member of the current roster behind those other […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
A man is in custody after a stabbing in downtown Calgary on Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the area of 7 Avenue and 4 Street SE around 2:50 p.m. for reports of an assault Officers arrived to find a man in his 20s suffering from stab wounds. He was taken to hospital in serious […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
Police say a woman killed her seven‑year‑old son before taking her own life in a northeast Calgary home. Officers were called to a home in Temple just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday for a welfare check, where they found a woman and a young child dead. Autopsies completed on Thursday determined the boy's death was […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
What a pragmatic column by Lorne Gunter (Oil Clock Ticking June 11). What exactly has been done to get a pipeline to the coast? He rightfully states that other than smiles and handshakes and promised timelines, there’s nothing concrete at this time. I know that Danielle Smith believes that major oil companies will be lining […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 hours ago)
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Calgary on Thursday afternoon. Environment Canada issued the watch in the early afternoon, cautioning residents about developing storms that could bring hail, strong winds, and intense rainfall. Meteorologists say the threat of thunderstorms will continue into the evening. Residents are being urged to...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
Edmonton police are asking for the public’s help to identify both the driver and the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run with a pedestrian in late April. Police responded at roughly 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle in the area of Whyte Avenue and 100 […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
A new Cowboys-branded sign installed ahead of Stampede at the former Shaw Millennium Park is renewing concerns about a confidential deal that handed naming rights and major control of the public space to Penny Lane Entertainment. The 10-year sponsorship agreement, signed two years ago under former mayor Jyoti Gondek and the previous council, forced...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
Alberta’s government has filed its appeal of a judge’s decision to quash a petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. Premier Danielle Smith criticized the ruling last month, calling it “anti-democratic,” and promised to appeal. Court of King’s Bench Justice Shaina Leonard found the referendum petition shouldn’t...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
Two random, unprovoked attacks at an Old Strathcona McDonald’s last month have led police to issue an arrest warrant for an Edmonton man, a month after the incident. "It was reported to police that on May 11, 2026, at approximately 2:20 p.m. two adult males were dining in a McDonald's restaurant in the area of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
Edmonton’s Michael Monaghan was watching the news with a warm coffee on May 8 when he decided to check on some Lotto Max tickets he’d bought. He was immediately greeted with a pleasant surprise. "I scanned the very first ticket, and it said $1 million,” Monaghan said in a Thursday news release. "I was honestly […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
Darnell Nurse is officially on the block. In a report published Thursday by SportsNet's Mark Spector, it became known that Nurse had partially waived his no-move clause and asked the Oilers for a trade. It is believed this happened after a planned meeting between the Nurse camp and Oilers G.M. Stan Bowman. It is believed […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (5 hours ago)
It's still hard to imagine, even though we're now only hours from kickoff rather than months or years away. Canada was awarded co-hosting duties for this summer's World Cup in 2018. On Friday afternoon, the first game in Toronto will finally be played.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
A letter sent last fall by Edmonton police urging Alberta Crown prosecutors to scrap a plea deal in the homicide of an Indigenous child is under investigation. Alberta's police watchdog has been directed by the Police Review Commission to investigate the Sept. 8, 2025, letter that was chastised at the time by criminal trial lawyers, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is pitching the idea of using shuttle buses to move riders into the downtown core while the city continues to wrestle with where the Green Line LRT should run through the centre of the city. The proposal came Wednesday after council directed administration to look for alternative downtown alignment options, a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
The recent decision by Edmonton Public Schools to suspend all international student travel and school exchanges for the 2026–27 school year deserves much closer scrutiny. The division cites a “complex global landscape of evolving political, economic and public health challenges” and says the decision was made “out of an abundance of...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect as they continue to investigate a string of sexual assaults in Fish Creek Park. A young man is believed to have assaulted at least three women between April 20 and May 23, all in the area around Sue Higgins Bridge and Mallard Point. In each case, […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (7 hours ago)
When I agreed to moderate a panel at the Canada–China Energy Innovation & Investment Forum at this year's Global Energy Show, I expected a standard industry gathering, perhaps 50 to 80 attendees exchanging polite nods over lukewarm coffee. Instead, I found myself standing before a completely packed conference hall of over 400 people, shoulder to...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
An Alberta youth was convicted in a violent extremism case this spring. RCMP Federal Policing say the young person was using Roblox to roleplay school shootings, and they created games where players took on the role of a gunman. Police say the youth was getting advice from an online user on Discord to create those […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
Calgary's tourism, airline, airport, and hotel sectors have launched a new initiative designed to turn quick layovers into longer visits, offering international travellers the chance to spend up to a week in the city at no extra flight cost. The Calgary Stopover Program, a collaboration between WestJet, the Calgary Airport, Tourism Calgary, and the...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
Authorities in Alberta are looking to identify a child who was allegedly sexually assaulted in the Edmonton area by a man who was charged last year. The alleged offender is 40-year-old Simon Lacoursiere, who was charged with child sexual exploitation offences by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit last October. Lacoursiere has been in police...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
It seems like a bold statement, but Banff World Media Festival executive Jenn Kuzmyk says, “there is not a Canadian series you can name that Banff didn’t play a role in.” Kuzmyk acknowledges this isn’t always easy to track. There are famous examples of projects that had their first glimmers of life in meetings at […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
Early on in its existence, clipping. was a band in search of a scene. According to William Hutson, the adventurous 13-year trajectory of Los Angeles-based experimental hip-hop trio has largely been about trying to find a community. This is not to say they were lost or lonely, but the band’s unique makeup initially made them […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
In late May, an author in Romania and another in Montana both received emails from someone introducing herself as Naomi K. Lewis, acquiring editor for Freehand Books. The emails were personalized, suggesting the sender had done some deep research into the authors’ body of work and careers. The novels were named, as were plot details […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
Jared Kichula didn't intentionally set out to build a restaurant empire. But, as a guy who loves restaurants and is full of good ideas, one restaurant turned into another and then another. Before they knew it, he and his wife Aja found themselves running a collection of restaurants, including the very popular "Block” family of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
What exactly has been done to get a new pipeline built to the West Coast? There's been a lot of agreement signing and handshaking. Plenty of photos of a smiling Premier Danielle Smith and a smiling Prime Minister Mark Carney standing side by side facing the cameras expressing their willingness to work together. But so […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
Since May 2021, when the UCP government first announced it would close Calgary's sole supervised consumption site (SCS) run by Safeworks, the service has responded to thousands of drug poisonings, none of which were fatal. In fact, there have been no deaths at any Alberta consumption sites — ever. As a physician, I consider SCS […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
When mainstream national media columns begin casually debating the logistics of passport use after a potential Alberta separation, it is clear that Canada's conversation over domestic unity has veered dangerously off course. For frustrated federalists inside Alberta alone, this rhetoric is exhausting. It treats separation like an inevitability...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Anyone else? Was I the only one in the southwest to see about a 5-7 second bright white flash, travelling from west to east on Sunday at 11:55 p.m.? It happened so quickly, and it simply amazed me. Too bad my husband missed seeing it, because it was such an unusual and phenomenal sight! It […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (15 hours ago)
Waste, on a monumental scale, as only the UCP could contemplate. Why? Why hold this stupid, pointless, costly vote? Smith has already stated that the results will be non-binding, meaning she will do whatever the hell she wants, regardless of the spoken wishes of Albertans. For example, 75 per cent of Albertans, according to polling, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (15 hours ago)
TORONTO — As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that there are key measures in place to help keep them safe. They have spent months preparing for possible threats — from mass-casualty events […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Few Edmonton Oilers are move beloved than Ryan Nugent Hopkins, the 33-year-old centre/winger who has been with the team since 2011-12. This year in October, with any luck, RNH will take over the lead for most regular season games played in an Edmonton Oilers uniform from Hall-of-Fame d-man Kevin Lowe. Lowe is at 1037, RNH […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (24 hours ago)
While debate continues over how the long-delayed Green Line will travel through the city's downtown, Jeromy Farkas suggested the city could consider partnering solely with Ottawa to build the project's downtown segment, or build out the rest of the line and use buses to bridge the gap between the north and south legs.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Musician and rancher Corb Lund says more than 200,000 Albertans signed his petition demanding the province prohibit all new coal mining and exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, including the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A stabbing in downtown Calgary on Wednesday afternoon sent a man to hospital with serious injuries. Emergency crews were called to the area of 4 Street and 7 Avenue SE around 3 p.m.for reports of an assault. Police arrived to find a man suffering from stab wounds. He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
The rumors of Mike Babcock being considered for the Oilers next coach are very disturbing. This is a man who hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 2008, which was 18 years ago. Hockey has changed dramatically since then and his rumoured methods in Toronto, asking Marner to rate his fellow players and then exposing them […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police are investigating after a woman and a young child were found dead inside a northeast Calgary home on Wednesday afternoon. Calgary police were called to the home in the community of Temple just after 2 p.m. on June 10 for a welfare check. Officers entered the home and found the bodies of a woman […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Two decades ago, Fernando Pisani was today's Brett Howden. Everything Pisani touched for the Oilers during that 2006 playoff to the Cup final against Carolina, seemed to go in. OK, it wasn't quite like that — he had 14 goals on 49 shots — but five of the playoff goals were game winners, including the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Alberta’s police watchdog has cleared an Edmonton police officer who used a baton launcher to shoot a man in the groin while arresting him for threatening the chief of police. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released a brief report Wednesday explaining its decision not to pursue charges against the officer who fired the […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
In a season devoid of a World Athletics Championships and Olympics, Cooper Lutkenhaus is demonstrating he's the man to beat over 800 metres outdoors after capturing a world indoor title in March. The 17-year-old American won his second race in three days, defeating 2024 Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and silver medallist Marco Arop.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
An arrest warrant has been issued and remains outstanding after Edmonton police charged a man in connection with multiple fraudulent online marketplace transactions. Police say the suspect used a scheme in which he contacted people selling valuable items such as phones, jewelry, or watches. They would meet up, then he would convince sellers he had...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Edmonton police are investigating a suspicious death outside of a Westmount-area home Wednesday morning. Police responded at roughly 4 a.m. to the report of a man in medical distress outside of a home near 124 Street and 109 Avenue in the Westmount neighbourhood, police said in a Wednesday news release. They arrived to find a […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A man allegedly hurled racial slurs at a neighbour for weeks before stabbing him in the face in southwest Calgary last month. Calgary police were called to Woodview Drive near 17 Street SW in the community of Woodlands around 9:30 p.m. on May 22, after a man was attacked outside his home. Investigators say the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A Lethbridge man is dead after a highway crash at a rural intersection southeast of the city on Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to Highway 4 near Range Road 210 around 8:10 p.m. for reports of two-vehicle crash. RCMP say a Volkswagen Jetta and Mitsubshi Outlander collided. The driver of the Jetta, a 72-year-old Lethbridge […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Glenn Saunders is helping keep hockey alive for hundreds of adult players across Calgary. 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 featured here.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Every winter, we care for babies struggling to breathe. As pediatricians, we see infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whose tiny chests heave with every breath, whose ribs pull inward as they fight for air, and whose exhausted parents sit helplessly at their bedside. Some of these babies spend days in hospital. Some spend weeks […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police have laid a new charge against a Calgary woman after linking her to the gun used in the 2025 domestic killing of a young woman. Madisson Cobb, 23, was shot in the parkade at the Shops at Heritage in southwest Calgary on July 19, 2025, and died at the scene. Two days later, officers […]
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