CBC - Calgary (32 minutes ago)
The Alberta government has identified 32 communities across Alberta that have a high risk of wildfire. Hinton was chosen as one of nine that require more complex planning, given the amount of coniferous trees, that surround the town of 10,000 at the edge of the Rocky Mountains.
ReadCBC - Calgary (32 minutes ago)
Bears No. 122 and 136, known as The Boss and Split Lip respectively, are arguably two of the most famous grizzlies in Canada. The Boss is currently considered Banff National Park's dominant grizzly bear, while the younger Split Lip has been challenging him for the top spot.
ReadCBC - Calgary (32 minutes ago)
The United Conservative Party has launched a lawsuit against two of its former MLAs, Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair, alleging the duo and the Alberta Party have infringed on Progressive Conservative trademarks as they seek to relaunch the bygone party.
ReadCBC - Calgary (32 minutes ago)
Some Alberta pediatricians say they've got an idea to help improve routine childhood vaccination rates, but they're facing roadblocks. The doctors want the shots, including measles and whooping cough vaccines, made routinely available in pediatric hospitals.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 hours ago)
Dead last in the Eastern Conference with two wins in their previous 10 games, injured at forward and with a rookie goalie making his fourth NHL appearance, the Buffalo Sabres are as close as it gets to a free space on a bingo card. The Edmonton Oilers, unfortunately, are as close as it gets to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers were never really in this one — and this against the lowly Buffalo Sabres, the worst team in the Eastern Conference so far this year. Edmonton got trounced at even strength — something their making a bad habit of this regular season — and lost 5-1 to Buffalo Sabres. In the first […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
Steven Page, who helped form the Barenaked Ladies in Ontario in 1988, will ring in the holidays with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on Dec. 6 at the Jubilee Auditorium, playing a number of his iconic hits, holiday favourites and more. 660’s Todd Kaufman caught up with Page before the show…
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
Should city council work to reduce the 6.4% tax hike? Vote in our daily poll! I bet CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston enjoyed the MGK half-time show at the Grey Cup. MGK looked like he was wearing an NFL jersey. It certainly wasn't representing or promoting the CFL. It's just the beginning of the end for […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
Hollywood star Richard Gere received a standing ovation from Canadian politicians during a planned appearance in the House of Commons on Monday. The outspoken actor arrived in Ottawa for a parliamentary hearing where MPs delivered an official statement on the human rights situation in Tibet. "Mr. Speaker, this year we celebrate the 90th birthday of...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A man accused of assaulting a driver, stealing his SUV, and speeding through Calgary streets — at times into oncoming traffic — has now been formally charged following his arrest over the weekend. Police say the incident began around 2 a.m. Sunday, when a suspect approached a man along 32 Avenue NE near Deerfoot Trail, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
Police were called to a community centre in the city's northeast Monday afternoon after reports of a bear spray attack inside the facility. The incident happened around 4 p.m., at the Genesis Centre near Falconridge Boulevard and Saddletowne Circle NE. Witnesses reported a group of youths discharging bear spray. Three victims were found at the...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
Alberta’s minister of arts, culture and Status of Women has apologized for using an expletive in a voice message she left for a constituent. Tanya Fir, the United Conservative Party legislature member for the Calgary-Peigan riding, says the fact that she has been referred to by the same expletive in political disagreements and in recent […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
This in from Oilers hockey boss Stan Bowman, his take on the struggles of the decidedly mediocre and inconsistent Edmonton Oilers this year, Bowman suggesting a major issue is the play of the defence, not so much top goalie Stuart Skinner. Said Bowman in discussion with Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer: “I think the defense, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
The innovator of musical parody, “Weird Al” Yankovic, is bringing his “Bigger and Weirder” tour to Edmonton next September. This will be the second run of the tour, stopping in 90 cities across North America, with a performance on Sept. 1 at Rogers Place. The 2026 tour will be the second run of the “Bigger […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (9 hours ago)
Calgary police have provided an update following the discovery of human remains at Nose Hill Park last week. In an update on Monday, investigators now believe the death is non-criminal in nature. While final autopsy results are still pending, preliminary findings suggest the case is not suspicious. It was Friday morning when a pedestrian near […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
The Government of Canada has cut funding for transit agencies across the country. For all the talk of investment in the federal budget, the $3-billion annual Canada Public Transit Fund has been subsumed into the new Build Communities Strong Fund and weakened the federal government's support for public transit. Transit agencies know they cannot fund...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
Re: Standing up for the notwithstanding clause, Opinion, Nov. 13 What Ted Morton ignores is why Premier Danielle Smith used the notwithstanding clause in the first place. The UCP didn’t just legislate teachers back to work, they imposed a rejected contract that deliberately excludes the primary reason for the strike — class size and complexity....
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
Kris Knoblauch’s best quality. His calm is impressive. His tactics have often been on the mark. But the thing I keep coming back to is his great patience, how he never throws players under the bus in public, invariably has their back, and is willing to stick with a player even as he’s struggling mightily. […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (19 hours ago)
Untenable nation Why do I see Canada as we know it on the road to break-up? Because it is structured so regionalism in all its pettiness will thrive – as Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Justin Trudeau have seen to that. The constitution will further the continual strife within Canada and build different […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Segment Review, Part 2: Games 11-20 The baddest news about the Edmonton Oilers is at last getting better. The teams very expensive and highly-ranked defensive unit, which skated like it was swamped by concrete and moved the puck like it was made of their own personal kryptonite to start the year, is finally trending up. […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Calgary police say one man is in custody after he stole a vehicle and drove it the wrong way down Crowchild Trail and then Deerfoot Trail early Sunday morning, with his "dangerous driving behaviour" requiring the use of a helicopter and other resources to apprehend him.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
When the Alberta government legislated a swift end to October's provincial teachers' strike, it pledged to pay for 3,000 more teaching positions during the next three school years. But what wasn't made clear is that the 2025-26 provincial budget had already allocated funding for exactly this purpose.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Losing our game This Sunday will be the 112th and last Canadian Football League Championship game. The league will roll out an Americanized version of our game next season. It is so very sad that so many fans have been seduced by the NFL. The media doesn’t help. Grey Cup coverage in the Sun is […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Who will win the Grey Cup? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CUP STILL RUNNETH? Remember when the Grey Cup had coverage coast to coast with several pages of comment? Remember when there was a Grey Cup parade on television? Remember when everyone held Grey Cup parties at home? Remember when the CFL was watched […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers nudged back into a playoff Saturday night with an Overtime win over Carolina. You are forgiven for feeling like the Oilers should not be that high in the standings given how the season has gone so far. But if Edmonton can right the ship on the toughest road trip of the season, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Go ahead, blame the goalie. Because this time it WAS Stuart Skinner's fault. In a game where the Edmonton Oilers spent half the night on the ropes, hanging on for dear life while the Carolina Hurricanes fired shots at them like they were clay pigeons, Skinner saved the day. He also saved 33 of 36 […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Zach Hyman came back and stole the show, breathing life into a struggling Edmonton team in the Oilers 4-3 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Connor McDavid, 8. High event with some defensive lapses, but two goals. Charged in for the first Grade A of the game. Slammed home a rebound goal on the power […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
An array of fudge squares is lined in a glass container inside a neatly decorated horse stable at Spruce Meadows on a bright Saturday afternoon. More than a dozen flavours — butter beer, spicy Mexican cocoa, Irish Cream, sour Grinch, all of them non-alcoholic — invite a steady stream of customers who are greeted by […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
A crowd of a few hundred people gathered at City Hall to raise the Palestinian flag for the first time in Calgary’s history on Saturday morning. However, it could be one of the last times an event like this occurs. Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas has said on social media he plans to submit a notice […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
The door opened wide and Maxine Bradley walked in with her mischievous but lovable laugh, waving two pompoms and a sash. "Here I am,” she exclaimed. "I'm Mrs. Grey Cup.” Maybe that's the real secret of Grey Cup Sunday — not the score, not the stats, not even the halftime show with its choreography and […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
What is an appropriate speed limit for the QEII? Vote in our daily poll Raising speed limits in Alberta is a bad idea. There are already too many cars and big trucks fighting for every available inch of pavement. Most drivers are reaching the limit of their skill levels when driving at 110 km/h as […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
One person is dead after a vehicle was driven into oncoming traffic on Sarcee Trail Friday evening. A car driven by a man in his 40s was travelling north in the southbound lanes of Sarcee at around 9 p.m., and side-swiped a minivan before colliding head-on with an SUV. The driver of the minivan, a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in, news that the Toronto Maple Leafs have claimed veteran Oilers d-man Troy Stecher, 31, off the waiver wire. My take 1. Good luck to Stecher in Toronto. He was nothing but a warrior for the Oilers. 2. Why would a team like the Leafs grab Stecher? Because, as I wrote yesterday, he’s an […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Game Day 20: Oilers vs Hurricanes This in from Sportsnet announcer Jack Michaels, the Edmonton Oilers lines and pairings for tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, with rookie Matt Savoie still on the top line and veteran winger Andrew Mangiapane on the third line. Another veteran winger, David Tomasek, is out of the line-up....
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
The UCP has it wrong. K–3 literacy and numeracy testing are misguided exercises, a waste of resources and doomed to change nothing for the struggling students that the talking points claim it will help. So here is an assessment test for the UCP government. This is an essay test. Full responses, thoughtfully expressed and backed […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
The trophy-hunting minister of forestry and parks is now stating that "all options are on the table” for managing the province's grizzly bear population — including lifting the 20-year ban on hunting. Todd Loewen is in charge of what the province calls "wildlife stewardship,” which includes regulatory decisions about hunting, trapping and...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
The 2025 federal budget, branded as the Canada Strong Budget, renews Canada's commitment to infrastructure that boosts productivity, strengthens regional economies and reduces emissions. Few projects align more closely with these priorities than the proposed Calgary Airport–Banff Rail, a transformative public-private partnership linking Calgary...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Carney's real boss (Re: 'Alberta pipeline missing from Mark Carney’s major project list' & 'Feds unveil Canada’s to-do list,' Calgary Sun, Nov. 14.) On Dec. 1, 2019, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed Mark Carney as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance to implement the UN’s economy crippling 'climate agenda,' which...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Blanket rezoning was always contentious. Debate over the policy back in spring 2024 sparked the longest public hearing in Calgary's history, with many Calgarians airing concerns about potential impacts on local infrastructure, parking availability and park space — all important issues.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
With all the talk about highway-speed increases, I understand some people are uneasy about it. It is worth noting that since 2014, British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway 5 between Kamloops and Hope already has limits of 120 km/h. If you're not comfortable driving at those speeds, that's perfectly OK — maybe take the secondary highways instead,...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Zach Hyman’s return is welcome for the Oilers. He’s been the team’s most effective winger since the day he got here in the summer of 2021. He’s put up consecutive goal-scoring seasons of 27, 36, 54 and 27 goals. He was also arguably the Oil’s top-performing forward in the 2025 playoffs before he went out […]
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