Edmonton Journal - Local (3 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers need to make sure that what happened to them against Las Vegas on Saturday is a one-off. And time is of the essence. That and more in this edition of… 9 Things 9. It is not just your imagination that there is a lot of noise in the Edmonton market. It has […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
Awesome journey April 1, 2026, is a very important development in the fact that this is the first manned mission to the moon since 1973 when Apollo landed on the moon so many years ago. It is so awesome that one of the astronauts is a Canadian. I do wonder if anyone remembers when Apollo […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
Will Zach Hyman be back before the playoffs? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! PRAY FOR PEACE Let's remember, it's not soldiers who start wars, it's politicians. It's Easter, please pray for peace in our troubled world. DONALD GARIEPY (That's a great suggestion.) BUCKLE UP As a professional driver with over a million kilometres of […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (7 hours ago)
Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the answer. But the scientists? Not so much.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers' season long five game winning streak came to an end Saturday, with a 5-1 loss to Vegas. A turnover gave Vegas a 1-0 lead after one despite a fairly even frame. The Golden Knights took a 3-0 lead in the second, due thanks to a couple missed Edmonton defensive assignments. A blistering […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
Oilers fans hoping to experience the joy of six went home disappointed Saturday night after Edmonton's winning streak stalled at five games. And it was almost to be expected. A team that didn't have Leon Draisaitl or Zach Hyman taking on a suddenly resurgent Vegas Golden Knights team riding a new-coach high — you can […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
Hundreds gathered in downtown Calgary on Saturday for a vibrant and joyful celebration of Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours. The springtime festival symbolizes joy, unity and the triumph of good over evil, with a celebration that includes music, dancing, food and brightly coloured powders that are thrown and smeared on festival-goers. “It’s a...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
After wearing a black sweater behind the Philadelphia Flyers bench, you may have noticed that John Tortorella is now in a tie and a suit with the Golden Knights. Nobody told Tortorella, who once trotted out a team-issue Columbus Blue Jackets' hoodie when he was under the weather and their coach in 2018, and wore […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
Alberta’s hospitals minister says a patient seeking care at a major Edmonton emergency room was taken into custody after attacking another patient on Friday. Matt Jones says in a social media post that Edmonton police and other hospital personnel quickly de-escalated the evening attack at the Royal Alexandra Hospital ER, north of Edmonton’s...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (19 hours ago)
A man faces assault charges after stabbing a patient Friday evening in an Edmonton hospital's emergency room. Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones says enhanced safety measures have already been implemented at the hospital, but that a new weapons screening program is being expedited to increase security.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) confirmed Saturday it is investigating the death of a 52-year-old male that occurred on Friday, at approximately 9:36 p.m., at a residence in west Edmonton in the area of 82 Avenue NW and 175 Street NW. The circumstances of the death are being treated as suspicious, and the case has […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
This in from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug, news that Zach Hyman will be out of the line-up tonight against Vegas: “Hyman out tonight according to (Oilers coach Kris) Knoblauch. Said if it was a playoff game he'd be in but choosing to let him rest whatever the issue is.” Said Knoblauch to reporters, “We feel it’s […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (23 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays will have to navigate the absence of their all-star catcher. Toronto announced Saturday that Alejandro Kirk has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb fracture and that rookie backstop Branon Valenzuela has been recalled from triple-A Buffalo. Kirk exited Friday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Edmonton Oilers winger Matt Savoie is on a ripper, scoring four goals in the last five games, helping push his team into first place in the Pacific Division after Anaheim’s 6-2 loss to St. Louis on Friday night. Edmonton and Anaheim are now tied after 76 games, but Edmonton holds two edges in tie-breakers to […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
A Friend Is A Friend Is A Friend By Sara O'Leary, Illustrated By QinLeng (Groundwood Books) After seeing so many kids at summer camp, a young child wonders how to make a friend. The colourful, activity-filled pages will have readers wanting to join in the laughing, sharing, climbing, running and exploring. As each child talks […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Since Hinton declared a health care crisis in June 2024, the municipality has put $1 million towards the provincial responsibility of medical services, which local leaders say is working to stablize the clinic and attract doctors to the rural Alberta town.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Alberta has always valued water. Rivers have been harnessed to build irrigation districts, power industry, support energy development and sustain communities across some of the most arid parts of Canada. But what once felt abundant is becoming scarce and less predictable. From the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the plains fed by the Bow […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Calgary's power grid is already under strain, and the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is capping new connections as data centre demand accelerates — a move that will show up in higher electricity bills for homes and businesses already dealing with volatility. For households and businesses, the next phase is obvious — higher costs driven...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
The provincial government recently tabled legislation to restrict Medical Assistance in Dying in Alberta. The reported goal is to "protect the vulnerable,” when in reality, this legislation will restrict the rights of Albertans to request a peaceful death in times of enduring and intolerable suffering. As doctors who assess and provide MAID, we...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Don Davies, the Vancouver New Democrat MP who served as his party's interim leader until the election of Avi Lewis last weekend, cautioned party members last December that if the NDP wanted to avoid another drubbing at the polls, it should focus on working people's issues instead of becoming obsessed with identity politics. The party […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Back to basics It is without amazement that the president of the teachers union, Jason Schilling, says the classroom political neutrality is offensive to teachers and the union. This group of union leaders have for years now been turning classrooms into ideological training centres of indoctrinating the youth of today. You can teach about politics...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Will Mayor Knack's trip to Asia be productive? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CHINA VACATION Andrew Knack is off again on a trip to China. What's with all the show of love for China lately? When asked by the media the difference between this trip (paid for by Edmonton Global, another taxpayer-funded group) and […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
I am a retired teacher and based my career — if not my life — on a belief in the power of far-ranging and rational discussion to promote thinking and learning. Premier Danielle Smith's government, already reducing learning opportunities through reduced educational funding, overwhelmed teachers and teaching assistants, and book-banning, has now...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Canadian food memoirs are having a moment in recent years, offering intimate glimpses into each author's family culture and lived experience. Whether family meals feature a hearty bowl of borscht or an exquisitely braised pork belly, food is a powerful way into telling stories — and these 10 Canadian books prove it.
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
An extremely dry winter has made for another challenging harvest of India's famous Darjeeling tea, with the flavour the region is renowned for at risk as quality dips. As climate change makes the weather more erratic in the Himalayan foothills, estate owners are growing ever more worried about the future of their businesses.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
On an exam night when they needed to bring their A game, they got a B- Not good enough, eh? A passing grade in, say, November, but not in April, not in the playoffs. And now the handwriting's not on the page, it's on the wall. The favoured Edmonton Oil Kings, who finished 20 points […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
The Calgary Hitmen are on to the second round of the 2026 Western Hockey League playoffs, and a big reason for that is thanks to forward Ethan Moore. Thursday night, Moore became the first player since 1996 to score four game-winning goals in a single playoff series. The 6’1″ right winger from Okotoks had five […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Immigration continues to be a divisive topic in Canada and Alberta. The provincial government tabled Bill 26, the Immigration Oversight Act, on Wednesday in the legislature. If passed, the bill would allow the province to create a registry of employers looking to hire temporary foreign workers. Employers would need to register with the province...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The Calgary Hitmen are headed to the second round of the 2026 Western Hockey League playoffs. That after sweeping out the Brandon Wheat Kings in four straight games. Again, it was Hitmen veteran Ethan Moore with the winner 11:48 into the third period of Thursday's Game 4 in Virden, Man., making him a monster star […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Albertans — and Canadians — are privileged to live in a place where free and fair elections are a given. When you go to cast your ballot, you know that your vote has meaning. It reflects your political preference as parties campaign on an even playing field. This trust in the fairness of our system […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The town of Canmore is welcoming the province’s proposed changes to property tax legislation that would exempt Alberta residents from paying higher taxes on properties occupied for less than half the year. Canmore Mayor Sean Krausert said he expected the change following conversations with Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams earlier this...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Back in November amid the fanfare of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney signing their memorandum of understanding (MOU) to get another pipeline built from Alberta to the West Coast, very few analysts paid much attention to the first deadline for more details to be worked out – April 1. That deadline […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Corb's Easter Road Trip: Country singer Corb Lund will be the first to tell you farmers aren't dumb, hence the momentum behind his Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition, making its way on a special advocacy, music and beer tour around the province this weekend. "F—ing totally exasperated” with the antics of the provincial government […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
We all know that wealth doesn't guarantee wins, but usually there is a reasonably strong correlation. Except that didn't happen last fall, when the campaign that spent by far the most was defeated by a Knack campaign with less than one-sixth of the resources.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Two trends are coming together on the Edmonton Oilers to present a perplexing problem for coach Kris Knoblauch. First, after a long season of mediocre play, criticism and controversy, Knoblauch’s Botton 6 forwards on the third and fourth lines are playing excellent hockey. In fact, many of them are now outplaying the wingers on the […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Photo-op PM Carney has called for three byelections — it should have been six with the three floor-crossers included, to be judged by their constituents. To the Liberal voters in Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair's ridings, think before you mark your X. Eleven years of Liberals has seen our standard of living plummet, mass immigration, […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
The new approaches could provide an important boost to conservation in Canada and reduce the burden on Ottawa to do the work alone, but experts say if it's not done correctly, these other-conserved areas may end up existing on paper but not providing the level of protection necessary for ecosystems to thrive.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
Annual cases of invasive meningococcal disease, a rare but dangerous bacterial infection, have hit the highest level seen in Canada in more than a decade. This rapidly-progressing illness can cause meningitis, sepsis or even death, and children and young adults often bear the brunt.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers dominating the Chicago Blackhawks in almost every facet of the game to win their fifth straight game 3-1 and earn a tie for first with the Ducks of Anaheim in the Pacific Division. Chicago made it close with a third period goal but the Oilers were clearly the better team, with the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Calgary's mayor is escalating his public criticism of the Alberta government after the province's steep increase to its share of property taxes pushed bills sharply higher for homeowners. Calgary city council approved the 2026 property tax rates this week, confirming that the average single‑family homeowner, assessed at roughly $706,000, will pay...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
A woman attacked in her northeast Calgary home earlier this week has died from her injuries, and police now confirm the accused is her teenage grandson. Emergency crews were called to a residence in the community of Pineridge around 7 p.m. on Sunday for reports of an altercation. They arrived to find a woman in […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
In this week's Pause for Pets, we introduce you to a joyful dog looking for a forever home. But we caution you, it's not only your heart that needs room to accommodate this two-year-old canine. That's because Dolly is a big girl, weighing in at nearly 53 kgs. Dolly is a Great Pyrenees mix, with […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that Tristan Jarry will start in net for the team tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks, with Trent Frederic back in the line-up after being out with a concussion and Zach Hyman a game-time decision. Tonight’s projected line-up: Podkolzin - McDavid - Savoie Hyman - Nugent-Hopkins - Roslovic Frederic […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
On the ice, the Harndens are a heavy force … Canada's front-enders can make a rock dance with the impressive friction they put on the pebbled ice. But away from the game? The 'Broom Brothers' — second E.J. Harnden and lead Ryan Harnden — are all about keeping it light, helping to keep tight the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Calgary will become the folk mecca of Canada next week when the Canadian Folk Music Awards are handed out over four days. The awards are returning to the city for the third time, after being held here in 2013 and 2018, says awards spokesman Graham Lindsey. “It’s a big thing for us to come back […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
The title of the opening track on Rae Spoon’s new album had been milling around their head for a few years. Country Music Breaks My Heart is an autobiographical song that starts by tracing Spoon’s trajectory as a trans, non-binary songwriter who began singing about Jesus at the age of 12 — “because that’s all […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
There were times on the Canadian set of The Testaments when the co-stars of Scottish actress Lucy Halliday would try to throw her off character. Or at least one did. Halliday plays Daisy, a Canadian teen and new arrival at a severe preparatory school for future wives in Gilead, an oppressive theocratic society. The role […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Patrick Radden Keefe was working on a television series in London when he first heard the stranger-than-fiction tale of Zac Brettler. Keefe, an award-winning American author and staff writer at the New Yorker, had a chance encounter with a lawyer on the London set in the summer of 2023. This casual chat led to the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
The Canada Border Services Agency announced Thursday almost 87 kilograms of suspected cocaine was seized in February at the Coutts border crossing. On Feb. 15, CBSA officers examined a commercial truck carrying a load declared as produce headed to Calgary. But while searching the truck's cab, the officers allegedly found 70 bricks of suspected...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
It could just be coincidence, in this case a repeated coincidence. Or it could be the annual late season imperative to buckle down in preparation for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Or it could be that the defencemen on the Edmonton Oilers are all now relatively healthy for the first time this year. But what we’re […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers still have the NHL's No. 1 power play with Leon Draisaitl out with his suspected damaged knee, still at 30.2 per cent, and they've won five of seven games without No. 29. But, reality has set in. They've got one power-play goal since Draisaitl's been absent. He’s in the building, but not […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
In January, I was invited to visit the residence of the Japanese Consulate-General for a celebration of local Japanese restaurants. I looked around the packed room and saw chefs and restaurateurs representing well-known Japanese spots like Shokunin, Ryuko and Kinjo, but there were also many faces that were less familiar to me. I figured if […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Albertans love their mountains, which also attract millions of visitors each year. Yet, tourism should also drive more land protection. Clean water, healthy wildlife and intact landscapes aren’t just nice to have. They’re the foundation of Alberta and our tourism brand, key to maintaining a stronger economy and a better quality of...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
It took five people to raise me. My parents were augmented by my dad's three sisters, who never married and lived together their entire lives. The family called them "the girls,” and when my last aunt died at 91 (the first born out of seven and the last to die), they were still "the girls” […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
There is a common theme among a handful of city issues, council and administration are so blinkered by their ideological biases they don't listen to Edmontonians. Both council and the administration get fixated on fashionable, lefty theories about urban planning until there is no point in trying to convince them otherwise. They know better than...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
We are divided Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau gave notice he would retire this coming fall. He chose to do this after taking so much grief for not offering his condolences in both official languages. Most of the ugly criticism came from politicians, including our Prime Minister, from all parties. The fact Mr. Rousseau is […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
The federal Liberals are once again putting lipstick on a pig by capping alcohol tax increases rather than scrapping them altogether. Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to extend the Trudeau government's cap on alcohol tax increases at 2% until 2028. The cap, introduced by former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, was originally...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Do you travel to eat at Downtown restaurants? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! FLY ME TO THE MOON And back hopefully. These are the rallying words of the Artemis 2 crew set to launch their moon mission on April 1st with a Canadian astronaut on board. Godspeed all of you. There hasn't been a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
So Danielle Smith wants education to not be politically ideological. Something drastically must have changed since the days I attended school in Alberta that this needs declaring. Two sides to issues need to be taught, so that all sides can have their say and students can make up their own minds on subjects. I think […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Nobody who was at the Saddledome on Wednesday night could have left the rink with any doubt that Calgarians would come out in droves if the city had its own women's professional hockey team. There were 16,150 fans in the stands at the Dome for the PWHL Takeover Tour matchup between the Ottawa Charge and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
Easter weekend is approaching and many places in Calgary will have different hours or be closed during the holidays. If you're planning to run errands or head out with family, it's helpful to know what's open before you go. Here's a list of what's open and closed this Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
Calgary's mayor is taking aim at the province over the loss of photo radar revenue, arguing it's worsening pressure on emergency services as they prepare for major budget requests. The city’s emergency services say they are straining under the demands of a rapidly growing city, with both police and fire officials signalling they will be […]
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