Edmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers rolling into Colorado was like Rocky Balboa in his first title shot with Apollo Creed — nobody expected them to win, they just wanted to go the distance. As Balboa put it: "seeing that bell ring and I'm still standing … I'm gonna know that I weren't just another bum from the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers saved their best performance of the year until Game #65, in a statement 4-3 win over Colorado. It was a highly entertaining display between two highly skilled clubs. It was 2-2 after one period (shots 12-6 Colorado), 3-2 Oilers after two and heading into a third period Power Play (shots 11-7 Oilers). […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Should the city plan better for new neighbourhoods? Vote in our daily poll! Naheed Nenshi governed Calgary when strong leadership and long-term infrastructure planning were needed most. Instead, his administration focused on headline projects while core systems were neglected. Today, Calgarians face aging water lines, strained roads, and rising...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (9 hours ago)
Alphonso Davies covered his face with his shirt as he left the field with an injury in Bayern Munich's game against Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday in Bergamo, Italy, raising questions about the Canadian star's availability for the World Cup.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (9 hours ago)
Calgary residents kept consumption in the green zone on the first day of renewed water restrictions as crews continue critical repairs to the Bearspaw South feeder main. The city used 496 million litres of water on Monday, less than the target of 500 million litres and in the sustainable green zone. While previous shutdowns aimed […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Alberta's health-care system, like in every other province, is struggling with long wait times, overwhelmed ERs, a lack of medical technologies and a dearth of family practitioners—despite its high price tag. Recently, Premier Danielle Smith suggested that immigrants are putting pressure on the system, pointing the finger at Ottawa for some of...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (12 hours ago)
Did you hear that huge sigh of relief across Canada Wednesday morning caused by the Canadian para ice hockey team? There were a few nervous seconds caused by the Canadians, who came within a few ice chips of giving up their first goal of the Paralympic games by – are you sitting down? – scoring […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (13 hours ago)
Students and staff were evacuated from a high school south of Calgary on Tuesday afternoon as police investigated reports of a bomb threat. High River RCMP responded Tuesday afternoon to the alleged threat at Notre Dame Collegiate in High River. All students and staff were evacuated from the school for the investigation. Following an extensive...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (13 hours ago)
An Edmonton non-profit organization that works to help vulnerable youth says being able to increase service hours has helped workers reach youth they normally couldn't. Since getting a boost in funding from the City of Edmonton, iHuman Youth Society says the organization is able to reach more youth since being able to extend their working hours to...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers go up against Brett Kulak and the Colorado Avs tonight, with Kulak now officially a thorn in the side of Oilers management. Kulak is back to playing third-pairing minutes with the Avs, after playing second-paring minutes with the Pittsburgh Penguins for 27 games. He was by all accounts a strong player for […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (16 hours ago)
Alberta drivers and passengers not wearing a seatbelt are about to face a significantly higher penalty. The Alberta RCMP says the fine for anyone in a moving vehicle without a seatbelt will rise from $162 to $211 on Friday. That's an increase of 30 per cent. "Buckling up, and ensuring other occupants are safely restrained, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
"He's come a long way. But he's come that way through, I think, you've got to credit our group in Bakersfield. They've done a great job with him, the coaching staff and the development staff working with him. So, a lot of that has come through their hard work and his ability to play"
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (18 hours ago)
It’s taken a year when he was traded here, and it’s taken eight months from when he signed a new monster eight-year contract, but Trent Frederic is finally making a solid positive contribution to the Edmonton Oilers. But it’s not just Frederic, 27, who has turned the corner for the Oilers in the past 20 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (19 hours ago)
Canada’s premier detective, William Murdoch, will take centrestage to close Vertigo’s 50th anniversary season in May 2027. Murdock Mysteries has been Canada’s top TV detective series for 20 years, while Vertigo Theatre has been Canada’s leading murder mystery theatre company for 50 years. To celebrate these milestones, Vertigo and...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (20 hours ago)
Toronto police have shared an image of a suspect vehicle after as many as two male suspects opened fire at the U.S. Consulate early Tuesday morning. Officers were called to the area of University Avenue and Queen Street West around 5:29 a.m. after reports that a firearm had been discharged at the consulate building. When […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (20 hours ago)
With late pick-ups, missed appointments and inexperienced drivers, some users of specialized buses in Fort McMurray, Alta., say a change to the transit system has caused a lot of headaches. Now a disability rights advocate started a petition and is having the issue brought to council.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (21 hours ago)
CBC News heard from 6,000 teachers and other educators across the province with a nuanced view of life in Alberta classrooms. Many worry a staffing crisis is on the horizon and express little hope for substantial change. There was a lot of anger — much of it directed at the government, some at union officials, and in a few cases, against school...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (22 hours ago)
TORONTO — Defence lawyers are set to call more witnesses today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. The defence began presenting its case Monday, calling several witnesses, including the businessman’s former driver. Glenn Anderson told the court he was on call to drive Stronach to work events, meetings and...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (22 hours ago)
BRADY DESERVED BETTER Now that the dust seems to have settled and my blood is no longer boiling, I would like to address the endless bombardment that Brady Tkachuk received from reporters in this country. Wow, the guy must have been over the moon to have one an Olympic gold and to be invited to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (23 hours ago)
Re. “Social programs should not be ‘overly generous,’ Smith says,” March 6 Cindy Tran's excellent reporting of Premier Danielle Smith's most recent benefits caper begins with a doozy of a quotation: "One of the reasons why we knew we had to bring AISH payments in alignment with other jurisdictions (is) because we had heard that […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A chaotic scene on Deerfoot Trail on Monday afternoon left one driver injured and briefly shut down a stretch of the highway in southeast Calgary. Just before 5 p.m., emergency crews were called to a multi‑vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Deerfoot near the Calf Robe Bridge. Firefighters arrived to find one vehicle fully […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Boris Rybalka knows a party when he sees one. On Saturday the head coach of the Canadian Para hockey team said that, this year's Paralympics was the coming out party for rookie defenceman Auren Halbert, who scored a goal in Canada's 8-0 over Slovakia, clocking a plus four rating. "I've seen what he's all about, […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Building infrastructure is key The best advice I can give is to build infrastructure even when it does not make economic sense. Infrastructure will always pay dividends for many decades to come. It is OK to borrow to build infrastructure. Most importantly are transit and trains, especially a potential train between Edmonton and Calgary. — […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Are lodging houses acceptable as infill? Vote in our daily poll! With the recent publication of senators spending on frivolous items, liquor and mini putt, how can anyone be surprised when you install a personal buddy with a pat on the back and a wink, give them an exorbitant amount of money with multiple perks […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police are searching for a suspect after someone was shot by a pellet gun in southwest Calgary on Monday afternoon. Police were called around 2:47 p.m. to 17 Avenue and 29 Street SW following reports that a person had been shot with what was later confirmed to be a pellet gun. One male victim sustained […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
When Edmonton Oilers GM Stan Bowman took a flier on Vasily Podkolzin in August of 2024, a few weeks after officially joining the team, giving up a stocking stuffer fourth-round draft pick to Vancouver, a lot of people went "yeah, whatever.” Podkolzin was spinning his wheels with the Canucks, unable to gain much traction with […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
This in from NHL hockey columnist David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period, news that for the second time in eight months the Edmonton Oilers have dug into trading Darnell Nurse. In a column in the Fourth Period, Pagnotta wrote: “Don't shoot the messenger, but the Edmonton Oilers discussed the possibility of moving Darnell Nurse. I […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A suspect wanted Canada-wide who's been evading capture for several years, and another wanted in Alberta on an assault with a weapon charge are among the 49 fugitives arrested by police during a three-day operation last week. Authorities say 118 arrest warrants were executed across 34 communities during the March 2-4 operation led by the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A home is destroyed after a fire in southwest Airdrie on Monday morning tore through a garage and upper-floor residence. Airdrie Fire Chief Mike Pirie said crews arrived around 8:27 a.m. to find a “significant structure fire” on Channelside Drive, with a garage and second-floor home already heavily engulfed and threatening nearby homes and...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Edmonton will see 10 new school projects funded by Alberta’s Budget 2026. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced on Monday Edmonton will be home to 10 of the 40 school projects promised in the budget. The city now has a total of 37 school projects underway in various stages. “The Schools Now initiative that we began […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
When Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the 2026 Alberta Budget, the headlines focused on a $9.4-billion deficit and a bold plan to double tourism spending to $25 billion by 2035. To bridge the gap, the government introduced a six-per-cent tax on rental cars and hiked the tourism levy on hotel rooms by 50 per cent. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Many Edmontonians have been rightly frustrated at city council's hefty hikes to municipal property taxes in recent years, but keep in mind none of those increases hit the 10 per cent threshold, and the city also didn't run massive deficits at the same time.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The prospect of the revival of Keystone XL may be of acute interest to Herald readers. The concept is that Alberta delivers our product to the U.S. border and the U.S. builds the required pipeline infrastructure through various states to deliver the product to refining locations. This approach will off-load much of the regulatory and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
The defence is expected to start making its case today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach. Prosecutors finished presenting their evidence last week after calling all seven complainants and a friend of the final complainant as witnesses. On Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy suggested Stronach...
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Ten billion dollars for transit. Nearly $9 billion to fix crumbling roads and pathways. It all adds up to a very costly decade ahead for Calgary, with $49 billion needed to replace or maintain roads, bridges, rail lines and water mains, according to a new city report.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Automatic vote Most Canadians reportedly support holding a byelection immediately when an MP switches parties. This would be a meaningful step toward addressing the democratic gap that arises when elected representatives change party affiliation without consulting the constituents who elected them. When such a significant decision is made...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
At a time when every single point matters, and could mean the difference between survival and a season that crashes on the rocks in April, the Edmonton Oilers taking two from Vegas wasn't the biggest deal Sunday. It's how they did it. A team that's been dying for some defence, and dying because they haven't […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The grinders and the goalie led the way, an unusual but welcome narrative for an Edmonton win, as the Oilers topped VGK 4-2 in a critical Pacific Divison win. Grinders Trent Frederic, Vasily Podkolzin and Kasperi Kapanen all scored and Connor Ingram came up big in the Edmonton net. It was Edmonton’s best defensive effort […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
LETHBRIDGE – Nick Tetz of Calgary, Alberta continued to ride in unstoppable form in Lethbridge, Alberta, this past weekend, delivering a flawless 2-for-2 performance to win his historic sixth consecutive PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Cup Series event inside VisitLethbridge.com Arena, victorious at the sold-out, record-setting South...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
QUEBEC CITY — A dominant fourth-quarter performance from Kourtney Oss helped the University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball team finish off this year’s Final 8 run on a strong note, claiming a 66-59 win over host Laval to earn this year’s U SPORTS team bronze medal. A close game throughout, Calgary used a 13-0 run […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
The Alberta NDP announced first set of candidates for the next provincial election Sunday. All five candidates named are current MLAs in Edmonton and Calgary areas: In a press release releasing the first slate of candidates, party leader Naheed Nenshi, said, “The Alberta NDP is ready for the next campaign.” The party criticized the Danielle...
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