CBC - Calgary (2 minutes ago)
After days of unseasonably balm temperatures, a new weather system is blowing into the Prairies, bringing potentially damaging winds that have turned thawed streets and highways into sheets of polished ice as temperatures begin to plunge below zero.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 minutes ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney witnessed the signing of an agreement to co-operate more with China on clean and conventional energy the first day of talks in Beijing on Thursday, after years of difficult relations between the two countries. But at this point, none of the agreements included a resolution to tariffs.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 minutes ago)
This coming weekend, Canada's bobsleigh team will compete in Altenberg, Germany for its last chance to qualify a sled at the Milano Cortina Olympics beginning Feb. 6. Kelsey Mitchell, an Olympic track cycling champion who made the switch to bobsleigh in recent months, is hoping it will be her ticket to Milano Cortina.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (4 hours ago)
When conversations turn to the benefits of a strong tourism economy in Canada's national parks, perspectives can quickly feel personal. Tourism supports communities, livelihoods and regional economies, while also carrying a responsibility to protect the places that make those experiences possible. After more than 20 years living and working in...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (4 hours ago)
Canada and Alberta have signed a sweeping memorandum of understanding on energy. It opens the door to national-interest pipelines, the world's largest carbon capture project, interprovincial grid expansion, nuclear readiness and a regulatory reset to accelerate approvals. It reads like a blueprint for becoming an energy superpower — and it is, or...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
Deep Freeze: Like you, me and everyone we know, the worst snow dumps in ages have been a headache running up to Alberta Avenue's awesome Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival. But all is well, the snow is gone, and it’s on with the two-day-and-night show! With dozens of indoor and outdoor yurt concerts, cooking […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
Q: I just noticed that some heavy snow has snapped branches on a few of my shrubs. Should I wait until spring to prune, or deal with it now?” A: Broken or torn branches should be removed as soon as you notice them. I try to remove the broken branches as soon as possible because […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (5 hours ago)
Work together Much empathy must be with the family of Mr. Sreekumar, who died while waiting in an Edmonton hospital. Let’s hope all connected with AHS will try to find ways of avoiding this tragedy in the future. However, that doesn't seem so. Not once have we heard a practical workable suggestion from health-care professionals, […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (5 hours ago)
I was feeling a bit guilty about how much I was enjoying the weather. The sun was shining, the air was calm, bees were buzzing around as I flew my little drone. The lake in front of me was frozen but there were patches of open water close to shore. The surrounding prairie was nothing […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (6 hours ago)
Re. “Disregard for parking bans riles mayor,” Jan. 10 I had to smirk a bit when I saw that Mayor Knack was “riled” about people not moving their cars for the snowplows as directed. Mayor Knack, what did you possibly think would happen when you unleashed your catastrophic increased-density scheme? Where there was one, possibly […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Ilya Sorokin showed why he’s known as one of best goalies on earth as he almost single-handedly beat the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. The Islanders won the game 1-0 but Edmonton dominated play, with Leon Draisaitl hitting the crossbar in the final minute. Tough loss against a brilliant goalie. No puck luck. But, to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
It was a tough night for the Connors. While Edmonton goalie Connor Ingram watched a solid goaltending performance go down the drain in a 1-0 loss to the New York Islanders, Oilers captain Connor McDavid saw his consecutive-game points streak end at 20 games. It could have, and probably should have, gone the other way […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (16 hours ago)
Calgarians will have to wait a little longer before water restrictions will be lifted after a catastrophic water main break a couple of weeks ago. A key water main ruptured just before New Year’s Eve, forcing the city to plug the pipe for repairs and set voluntary water-use restrictions. It’s the second fracture of the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (16 hours ago)
Fire crews battled a large structure fire east of Calgary after flames tore through a homes under construction Thursday afternoon. Rocky View County Fire Services confirmed that firefighters from Rocky View County, Chestermere and Calgary responded shortly after 3 p.m. and remain on scene throughout the afternoon working to contain the blaze in the...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (16 hours ago)
The Realtors Association of Edmonton expects a 1.3 per cent rise in housing prices in 2026. This comes as the Conference Board of Canada predicts that rising home prices will slow down the city's population growth. As CBC's Travis McEwan reports, some city councilors don't see the potential slow down as a bad thing.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (17 hours ago)
A man who police say was killed in self-defence in northwest Calgary last week had a history of violent allegations, according to court records. Calgary police say a violent confrontation inside an Edgemont home last week, one that left a 48‑year‑old man dead and a woman injured, was an act of self‑defence. But as more […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Are you following the separation debate? Vote in our daily poll! I wish the mayor and the city would not use taxpayer money to bring events to Edmonton, and say that there would be a positive economic impact on the city. Only specific business owners (hotels and restaurants) will see huge economic gains from these […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (18 hours ago)
'As a critical, large-diameter, high-pressure transmission main, steel is the preferred material for installation and future maintenance practicality, ease, efficiency, pressure durability, and longevity,' said City of Calgary communications strategist Anna Blaxley
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (18 hours ago)
After weeks of warning from frontline doctors, the province acknowledged that major hospitals in Alberta are operating above 100 per cent capacity while announcing new measures to address overcrowding. A triage liaison physician will be added to six of the busiest hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary. Alberta will launch dashboards with surgical,...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
Traffic was disrupted early Thursday afternoon after a crash left a vehicle flipped onto its roof in southeast Calgary. Emergency crews were called to the northbound lanes of Blackfoot Trail and 85 Avenue SE around 1:13 p.m. after an SUV and a sedan collided. The crash left the SUV flipped onto its roof. Images from […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
Winnipeg police say eight people, including three from Calgary, are facing charges in connection with a drug and firearm investigation in the King Edward neighbourhood. WPS says in December 2025, officers began an investigation into drug trafficking that was believed to be happening at a residence near Rutland Street and Ness Avenue. Over the...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (19 hours ago)
New York Islanders' rookie Matthew Schaefer is already a franchise NHL player at 18, and when is that last time we could say that about a defenceman? Heck, maybe you turn back the clock 50 years when Ray Bourque was the same age in Boston. The first-overall pick in last June's draft only turned 18 […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (20 hours ago)
Mounties say a five-year-old girl was killed and three others sent to hospital after a crash involving a stolen pickup truck in northeast Alberta. RCMP Supt. Anthony Hanson says the crash happened Tuesday night near Cold Lake, 300 kilometres east of Edmonton. He says the girl was in a minivan with her 27-year-old mother, a […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (21 hours ago)
The Alberta government has announced a public fatality inquiry into the death of a father in an Edmonton hospital emergency room last month after he waited eight hours to see a doctor. Prashant Sreekumar, who was 44, died in the ER of Edmonton's Grey Nuns Hospital on Dec. 22, 2025. He was waiting to be […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (21 hours ago)
For many survivors of domestic violence, the most dangerous moment is not the assault itself but the attempt to leave. Police are often the first — and sometimes only — point of contact during that critical window. Yet officers are still asked to manage these encounters with training that does not reflect the reality they […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Alberta wants a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. The widely celebrated, historic memorandum of understanding Premier Danielle Smith signed with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Nov. 27, advances this aim. Now, Smith says her government will apply for a pipeline by June 1, and Ottawa needs to approve it by this fall. Fair […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (22 hours ago)
Add some burlesque to Mexican masked wrestling and you have Miss Rita’s Lucha VaVoom. For almost 20 years, this combination of showgirls, masked wrestlers and comedians has been delighting audiences around the world. In 2023, the company took over the Nuit Blanche Festival in Paris, playing to more than 35,000 people, but it is VaVoom’s […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (23 hours ago)
This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, the lines and pairings for the Edmonton Oilers heading into Thursday night’s game against the New York Islanders, with veteran winger Andrew Mangiapane again a healthy scratch and centre Curtis Lazar back in the line-up, and Connor Ingram to start in net. RNH - McDavid - Hyman […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
This in from top Edmonton Oilers insider Bob Stauffer, the plugged in host of Oilers Now, his message that Edmonton may not be able to trade for a third line centre, but will likely have to eventually move Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to third line centre. "I don’t know if the Oilers can trade for a third-line […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Each week, we check in with our readers on social media and e-mail to see what’s on top of their mind, explore the hot topics of conversation and answer hard-hitting questions about the Edmonton Oilers. Here are some of the hot topics from the past week: Something inside me is saying that Trent Frederic is […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Befitting Winterruption's name, it’ll be cold outside and hot inside for the Jan. 21-25 annual music fest. Kicking off a year of incredible bookings in Edmonton, New York rapper Talib Kweli, legendary L.A. punk band FEAR and North Carolina indie folk band Hiss Golden Messenger are all hitting Edmonton next week for the powerhouse...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Two pieces of art by the mother-son collective Tina Guyani are on display at the new Contemporary Calgary exhibit Entwined. Both address the serious topic of Indigenous displacement, but have very different tones. Dunazitsi (be quiet) includes an image of artist Glenna Cardinal’s great-grandmother, Winnie Bull, holding her daughter, Elsie, as a...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
She’s alive! She’s alive! Monstress, the gothic horror play that opens at Vertigo Theatre on Jan. 17, is the story of a disgraced doctor who is given a chance to revive her career and reputation. A wealthy, powerful and respected man asks her to resurrect his daughter who was killed in a riding accident. “Yes […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Re. “Disregard for parking bans riles mayor,” Jan. 14 I find it interesting that our mayor is riled over people disobeying parking bans. Does he not realize that he had a part in creating the problem by allowing a flood of development without any concern for parking? Many of these new infills have very little […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
In case you were unaware, Calgary has a reputation as a serious coffee city. Last year around this time (January puts me in the mood for a caffeine buzz), I wrote about some of the bigger players in Calgary's coffee scene — Fratello, Phil and Sebastian, Monogram, Rosso and the like — but since the,n […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Calgary city council seems poised to turn its back on young people and the very housing strategy we proudly spoke up for over the past few years. If they do, it will be because of pressure from an older generation that expresses contempt for Calgary's youth. I wasn't surprised by the malicious things that anti-fifteen-minute-city […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Missed our chance This (David) Duckworth character must have used all of his nine lives by now. Once again, we are letting them all off the hook. Things will not change and we will be doing this all over again next year and the year after and so on. The culture at the city is […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A growing number of Bridgeland businesses report feeling the strain after a series of break‑ins and acts of vandalism that have hit the neighbourhood in recent months, with some owners now investing heavily in security and others turning to community programs for help. Doodle Dogs is the latest shop to be targeted, after a break‑in […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
With so much snowfall this winter, the state of Edmonton's roads has been a hot topic of discussion. But are they so bad that you would be willing to pay more in property taxes to have them cleared sooner? One city councillor says that might be a topic we have to address.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Calgary officials say progress on the Bearspaw feeder main break has reached a turning point, with 16 Avenue NW fully reopened to traffic after repair crews completed their work early Wednesday. Despite the roadway reopening, the city cautions residents that an increased presence of emergency crews and first responders will remain in the area until...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Police are investigating after a family allegedly walked out of a northeast Calgary salon without paying for more than $800 worth of services. Calgary Police say an online report was filed on Monday detailing a fraud incident that occurred on Dec. 19, at Harvest Salon and Spa, near Harvest Hills Boulevard and 96 Avenue NE. […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Do you support expanded online gambling? Vote in our daily poll! When are the premier and prime Minister going to realize that there’s never going to be a pipeline built to the B.C. coast. They could start building a pipeline going east within a year someone needs to smarten up. Gary Malick (Washington State isn’t […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Two teenagers are facing charges in connection with a pair of violent robberies linked to Facebook Marketplace late last year. Calgary police say the first incident happened on Nov. 1, when a man arranged to sell an Apple iPhone from his home in the northwest community of Ambleton. When two males arrived at the residence, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
As the Edmonton Oilers get ready to see the teenage phenom, prohibitive rookie of the year Matthew Schaefer and his New York Islanders Thursday, here's a few local observations as the dads leave their Oilers sons after their recent road trip. (1) Connor Ingram has clearly won over the coaching staff and is higher in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
A fallout of the recent Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) strike in October has been a laser-focus target on independent schools in Alberta. It begs the question of whether the ATA is directing the public's attention away from deficiencies within their own public system by blaming independent schools for the scarcity they feel. Let's get the...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
It was more than 25 years ago when Jason McCoy penned the song Rocket Girl. He gave it to the band Doc Walker and watched it become a hit. It’s a reminder that the singer-songwriter had a career in country music long before he began fronting the Road Hammers. The trio formed in 2004, three […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
"I'm opening the doors to transformation,” says Kimberley Cooper. Her new Decidedly Jazz Danceworks work, Rare Beauties, premieres Thursday as part of the 40th annual One Yellow Rabbit High Performance Rodeo. She calls it "lights and costumes and props and high drama, high theatre.” Cooper is the artistic director of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Calgary's hot streak was extinguished when the calendar flipped. With just one win in 2026 so far, the Flames are back down amongst the league's basement dwellers with just 36 games left to play. The Olympic break is fast approaching and, soon after that, the trade deadline. That means a trade involving Rasmus Andersson likely […]
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