Edmonton Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
We are hearing from people in Ontario that Albertans are whiners over the separation movement. Those people should take a long, hard look after 11 years of the Liberals at what they have done to your auto industry. Of course, you will be OK, Mark Carney will bail you out. No bailout for energy workers […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday that a group of Indigenous chiefs need to “check themselves,” after they accused her of potential treasonous activity for calling a separation vote. The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs, representing First Nations across Alberta, unanimously voted this week to ask RCMP to look into whether the province’s...
ReadCBC - Calgary (5 hours ago)
While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering money for council votes in which Chu said to "keep conversations to his personal phone” because his work phone was "subject to Freedom of Information” disclosure.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
A man was taken to hospital after he was shot while getting out of a vehicle in northwest Calgary over the weekend. Police say the shooting happened around 12:20 a.m. Saturday outside a home on Tuscany Springs Heights NW in the community of Tuscany. The victim was exiting a vehicle with another man when someone […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (6 hours ago)
Let’s face it, there's no perfect trade prescription for Darnell Nurse. Another defenceman back like Leafs' Morgan Rielly. A top-nine cheaper forward like, say, L.A.'s Trevor Moore, who has some of the same traits as Warren Foegele, when he was here, if they can backfill with a UFA defence signing. Somebody else’s veteran goalie, outside […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A man at the centre of one of Alberta's largest-ever child exploitation investigations has been rearrested after police say he breached the conditions placed on him following his initial release. Corey Airhart, 35, was taken back into custody on Wednesday after Cochrane RCMP obtained a warrant alleging he violated terms imposed earlier this month....
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
The University of Alberta Hospital is ushering in a new era of X-ray imaging with the installation of Alberta’s first photon-counting CT scanner. The new photon-counting CT (PCCT) scanner has been installed in the Suncor Energy Diagnostics Imaging Unit, the University of Alberta Hospital Foundation said in a Tuesday news release. The purchase of...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
A man who shut down a stretch of a major Alberta highway to fill potholes says he’s prepared for more civil disobedience if the province doesn’t fix all the ones remaining. Businessman Mohamed Tarrabin says potholes on Highway 63, the main artery that connects the northeastern oilsands hub of Fort McMurray to Edmonton, have never […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays‘ starting rotation has taken another hit. Max Scherzer has been placed on the 15-day injured list with back spasms, the team announced Wednesday. Chad Dallas was recalled from the triple-A Buffalo Bisons in a corresponding move. Braydon Fisher will also start on Wednesday in Scherzer’s place, according to Sportsnet’s...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
This in from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, his take that there’s a market for Oilers d-man Darnell Nurse. On the Fan Hockey Show out of Toronto today, Friedman said, “I think people would be surprised by the amount of interest. To me, it just comes down to what kind of deal you’re willing to make. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
A puppeteer, a poet and an opera singer are among 11 outstanding Alberta artists recognized Tuesday as 2026 Lieutenant Governor Emerging Artists. These artists are in the early stages of their careers and “are creating new approaches and bringing fresh perspectives to their respective arts disciplines,” said foundation chair Arlene Strom. The...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (9 hours ago)
When I agreed to moderate a panel at the Canada–China Energy Innovation and Investment Forum at this year's Global Energy Show in Calgary, 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...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (11 hours ago)
An Alberta baseball team is scheduled to play ball Wednesday in its first home game. But there won't be any fans allowed inside the stadium to witness the event. The Energy City Cactus Rats of Spruce Grove, Alta., has been given the green light to play this season's home games at the partially finished Energy City Metro Ballpark.
ReadCBC - Calgary (11 hours ago)
Canada is poised to become a key and reliable supplier of energy to the G7 after leaders meeting in France embraced this country's potential to deliver "significant additional capacity" to global markets to reduce dependence on oil and gas coming through the Strait of Hormuz.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (11 hours ago)
Calgary city council has voted to delay a final decision on The Calgary Plan, a sweeping 300‑page blueprint that aims to guide how the city grows as it approaches two million residents. Councillors voted 13–2 on Tuesday to defer debate until January, arguing the document is too significant to rush and needs more scrutiny before […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (11 hours ago)
Police say two Edmonton students have been charged after allegedly using artificial intelligence to make child sexual exploitation images of their classmates. ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit says several students were victimized. Authorities are not identifying the Edmonton junior high school at the heart of the allegations. ALERT...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
There’s been no shortage of attacks on the Edmonton Oilers out of Caglary since Edmonton was eliminated from the playoffs. It seems like Calgary sports commentators and former Flames players can’t say enough bad things about a team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals two years in a row, 2024 and 2025. The […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (14 hours ago)
Albertans could soon start seeing their prescriptions cost a little bit more. Primary Health Minister Justin Wright says the government has signed a new three-year funding agreement with pharmacists, and as part of the deal Alberta is increasing dispensing fees for the first time in a decade. Dispensing fees are what pharmacists charge their...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (15 hours ago)
A judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to temporarily halt the closures of two supervised consumption sites in Alberta, citing a similar effort to stall another shuttered site. Lawyer Avnish Nanda applied for an injunction in April to pause the closures in Calgary and in Lethbridge, as he pursues an ongoing lawsuit challenging the […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Congrats, New York! What an incredible season! Basketball fans everywhere will remember the team that embodied New York grit, never quit, and battled to the final buzzer. Congratulations to James Dolan, coach Mike Brown, captain Jalen Brunson, every member of the New York Knicks organization, and the loyal Knicks faithful who waited 53 years to...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (17 hours ago)
My friend is a vascular surgeon. Back home, his waiting list ran six months. Patients flew from three countries to see him. In Calgary, he drives a Toyota van through Ranchlands in the northwest, picking up strangers as an Uber driver between shifts at gig jobs. He is not the exception. He is the rule. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (18 hours ago)
Mayor Andrew Knack's comments about blaming the province for pulling photo radar from our streets are disingenuous to the point of outright dishonesty. He takes no responsibility for past previous councils (of which he was on) and city administration who so abused photo radar by converting it from a socially acceptable safety device into a […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (20 hours ago)
Prominent tech businesses pushing to use AI intensively have been stung by sky high AI costs, especially for agentic chain-of-thought purposes. Now, they're looking at getting beyond experimentation to tokenomics: really breaking down the return on investment for big AI spending.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Keep, Hold or Fold We continue out series of Edmonton Oilers management, coaches, and players: How they fared in 2025-26, and how they fit in (if at all) in the Oilers' plans for the upcoming season and beyond. Today… Veteran Center Adam Henrique Henrique was acquired by the Edmonton Oilers on March 6, 2024, in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Last week NHL insider Frank Seravalli reported that the Edmonton Oilers might get some bad new about prospective coach Mike Babcock’s past. “If Oilers elect to continue down the path with Mike Babcock, sources say the NHLPA is in receipt of ‘significant’ additional claims from their own investigation with players that were not publicly...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
A statutory planning document that would guide Calgary's long-term growth needs to go back to the drawing board, council agreed Tuesday. At a day-long strategic meeting devoted to the Calgary Plan, council voted 13-2 to direct administration to return in January with a ‘what we heard’ report, prior to a final phase of public engagement […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi's "pound sand” comment is tone deaf at best. I'm not a separatist, but I find that quip to be inflammatory and designed foment feelings of ill will. After an extended period of mismanagement by a federal government supported by your federal counterparts/partners, a number of separatist gripes are legitimate. You didn't...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Brian Byrne has been the on again off again lead singer for Canadian rockers I, Mother Earth since 1997, replacing original lead singer Edwin. He recorded two albums with the band, 1999’s, ‘Blue Green Orange’ and ‘The Quicksilver Meat Dream’ in 2003. Byrne says he and good friend Emre Cords will be playing a mix […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
"When someone vandalizes and puts intimidating graffiti next to a daycare or a school, the intent is pretty clear, and that's to ensure that Muslim families and children don't feel safe,” says a spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims.This story includes an image that shows graffiti depicting racist, hateful sentiments.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Why? I keep asking myself that same question: Why are hundreds of public health inspectors and support staff from Alberta Health Services (AHS) being transferred to become direct employees of the Government of Alberta? It makes no sense. Their work is a vital part of our health-care system. They're responsible for protecting all of us […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A home in Okotoks has seen escalating vandalism after online posts have connected the address to a man accused in a major child-exploitation case. Neighbours say social media posts have circulated linking the house in the town’s Sheep River area to 35‑year‑old Corey Airhart, a man charged earlier this month in a case involving more […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police are investigating reports that a man exposed himself to children outside a southwest Calgary elementary school on Tuesday. Calgary police say officers were called to Braeside School around 10 a.m. after a man reportedly exposed himself to a group of students outside the building. The students told school staff, who then contacted police....
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A woman is facing charges after police found a large amount of stolen merchandise, drugs and cash inside a northeast Calgary home. Police say the investigation began when officers went to a residence on Herron Mews NE in the community of Livingston on May 20 for a routine curfew check. The woman living there didn't […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Fires and tigers and pirates, oh my! You wouldn't be mistaken noticing a skull-and-crossbones theme to this year's North Country Fair – more than the usual Jolly Roger ship in the playground and hirsute volunteers with tricorn hats staying up till dawn. You see, 2026 is the year Celtic-punk Captain Tractor, with its famous cover […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A severe thunderstorm watch has been lifted for Calgary after parts of the city was hit with damaging winds on Tuesday. Environment Canada issued the watch Tuesday morning, noting that conditions were favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could bring heavy rain, wind, and hail. The agency also warned o a slight chance of […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
An 11‑year‑old boy is dead in a suspected drowning at a Medicine Hat park on Monday afternoon. The child was reported missing from Echo Dale Regional Park around 2:15 p.m., triggering a search involving police and emergency crews. He was found just after 3:30 p.m. and taken to hospital. City officials confirmed the death on […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in from hockey writer Maxime Truman of the Montreal sports publication DanslesCoulisses.com, his report that the Edmonton Oilers are interested in Montreal Canadiens goalie Samuel Montembeault. Writes Truman, “I’ve learned that the Oilers have a strong interest in Samuel Montembeault . They aren’t the only ones, and Montembeault isn’t...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
The City of Edmonton's Beyond Belonging: The 2SLGBTQIA+ Safe Spaces Action Plan will go before city council on Tuesday. The plan looks at how to create more safety for 2SLGBTQ+ Edmontonians amid reports to Edmonton Police Service of hate-motivated crimes and incidents toward the community.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Rights are rights Some are insisting that immigrants should be deported if found they committed a crime. Landed immigrants have the full rights of all Canadians under Canadian law and the Charter of Rights. Those pesky Charter of Rights, eh? Always getting in the way of authoritarian-lusting governments and less than noble human intentions. KEITH...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Like it or not, we are now in the most important political campaign in Alberta’s history. Amid all the hysterics of politicians and commentators, what follows attempts to put our feet back on the ground. First, it is hard to understand the discontent with the separation referendum question. Surely, the "stay” followers of Thomas Lukaszuk […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Earlier this year, all NDP MLAs publicly declared they oppose separation. UCP MLAs were asked to publicly declare their position as well. To date, only 10 have made such a declaration, with all 10 declaring they will vote to remain in Canada. As for the remaining 36 UCP MLAs, they have made no such declaration […]
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