CBC - Edmonton (27 minutes ago)
The Competition Bureau is advising against a merger between Calgary-based Keyera Corp. and Plains All American Pipeline L.P. at Fort Saskatchewan's natural gas liquids processing hub. After an investigation, the bureau found the transaction would harm competition.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (55 minutes ago)
The Alberta NDP is alleging two UCP members – a party executive and caucus staffer – attended a virtual meeting by The Centurion Project last month that addressed the database of personal information at the heart of the province's electoral data breach. Leader Naheed Nenshi says his party has video evidence appearing to show the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (58 minutes ago)
A 62-year-old man is in hospital and another is dead after a collision between a pickup and semi-truck west of Edmonton Monday morning. Parkland RCMP responded at around 11:04 a.m. on Monday to a report of a fatal vehicle collision between a semi-truck driving south and a pickup truck heading north near Township Road 524 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (58 minutes ago)
Hundreds of first responders and other public safety professionals are gathering in downtown Calgary this week for a two-day conference focused on improving mental health and wellness among front line workers. About 44 per cent of public safety personnel show symptoms of a mental health injury, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (An hour ago)
Illusionist Darcy Oake says there are two kinds of audience members—people who want to know, and people who don’t. “You’re either a skeptic who sits there and tries to figure out everything, or you’re on the other side of the coin, which is… just a believer,” he says. He says designing his show is about […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (An hour ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked Tuesday how he would prevent an Alberta referendum from winning after a separatist group said it had gathered more than 300,000 signatures to possibly force a vote. Carney said the government would 'continue to act as we have from the start, which is in the spirit of co-operative federalism.'
ReadCBC - Edmonton (An hour ago)
When the rare and relatively unfettered opportunity arises, it might be tempting for a prime minister to use the appointment of a governor general to do something splashy or exciting or unconventional. But this is perhaps not a moment for indulging in viceregal adventurism.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (An hour ago)
Global viral music sensation Angine de Poitrine has finally filled the Alberta-shaped hole in its touring schedule with its only date in the province so far, July 8 in the new The Tent in Ice District's Fan Park. The enigmatic Quebec microtonal duo has felt like a delightful bucking of effortless-to-reproduce AI slop with its […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 hours ago)
Ten years ago, an out-of-control wildfire swept through the Fort McMurray community in northeast Alberta. As flames breached the town, more than 80,000 people were forced into a terrifying flight to safety. It was the largest evacuation in Canadian history. Despite the bravery and heroics of firefighters, 2,400 structures were destroyed. Entire...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
While finding the officers involved in the arrest did not themselves discriminate against the men, human rights commission member Erika Ringseis found the Edmonton Police Service liable for racial discrimination due to "unconscious bias" on the part of the officers
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
Two Edmonton Oilers are on their way to Switzerland to represent Canada at the World Hockey Championships. Both Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse have been officially added to the roster. Bouchard enjoyed a Norris-quality regular season, leading NHL D-men in points with 21-74-95 in 82 games. Her added a goal and six assists in Edmonton's […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
The Competition Bureau is challenging Keyera Corp.'s proposed deal to buy the Canadian natural gas liquids business of Plains All American Pipeline LP, a move the Calgary-based energy infrastructure company opposes. The regulator said Tuesday the proposed transaction would reduce competition at Canada's most important natural gas liquids hub at...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (6 hours ago)
Mayor Jeromy Farkas engaged in some spirited traditional Hungarian dancing before dressing like a Jedi and waving around a light sabre to the Star Wars theme music on Monday night at the Jack Singer Concert Hall as part of his 2026 Celebration for the Arts. More than 900 people gathered for the event, which occasionally […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
This just in, news that a top Edmonton Oilers prospect winger, Roby Jarventie, is leaving for the Swiss League, having signed a two-year deal with Hockey Club Ambrì Piotta. The Swiss club announced: “Hockey Club Ambrì Piotta is pleased to announce that it has extended the contract of forward Michael Joly until 2028 and has […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (8 hours ago)
An editorial cartoonist whose work is regularly published in the Calgary Herald has received a prestigious honour. Patrick LaMontagne has been awarded third place in the 26th International Editorial Cartoon Contest, organized by World Press Freedom Canada. The award is particularly meaningful in that it comes from an organization that advocates...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (10 hours ago)
Rogers customers are on the hook for a $2,300 iPad after scammers got them to unknowingly sign up for a two-year iPad financing plan. Rogers offered some help as a goodwill gesture, but the victims are disappointed the company won't fully reverse the charges.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (10 hours ago)
Great programs do not happen by chance — they are built with intention. Our province is growing at an unprecedented rate, leaving teachers overwhelmed and stretched thin. Bottom line: help is needed. Overcrowded classrooms filled with many different complex needs is a serious problem that needs serious answers. A one-year developmental...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (10 hours ago)
Despite missed deadlines on the Alberta-Ottawa memorandum of understanding, and despite scant evidence of a government moving at a "speed and scale not seen in generations,” there is still reason for optimism when it comes to a more sensible federal approach toward the energy sector. The MOU itself is evidence of that. Last month's announcement...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (11 hours ago)
Broken system So, an illegal immigrant, arrested for being in possession of two illegal firearms, violently attacks someone, and can’t be deported because HIS life is in danger if he is? What about everyone around him? There is something seriously wrong with Canada when no one cares about us. Thank Liberal party. Ed Smith (Sending […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Re. “Permanent daylight time could kill ski industry,” Opinion, April 30 I am a lifelong skier and I worked at Sunshine Village resort for two winter seasons. I am 66 and still buy a season pass to ski each year. I have a strong dislike for the time change. It seems arbitrary and I am […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
Keep, Hold, or Fold? As The Cult of Hockey moves into our post-season coverage of the Edmonton Oilers, practically every day will bring fresh analysis as we present a series on management. On the coaching staff. And, of course, the players. Given the unsuccessful season that just wrapped and projections going forward, our assessments and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (21 hours ago)
A man charged with killing his two young children appeared briefly in a Calgary courtroom Monday, marking the first step in a case that has left a mother surrounded by grief. The 37‑year‑old father, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, appeared virtually from detention and showed no emotion. He is facing two […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
The Edmonton Journal is proud to host reviews of local high school theatrical productions, written by student reviewers through the Alberta Youth Theatre Collective. Reviews of past shows can be found here Red scrunchies and bad decisions Kornelia Teresinska Oscar Romero Catholic High School Dear Diary, from the moment the lights dimmed and the...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (22 hours ago)
Should Alberta build a new acute care hospital in Edmonton? Vote in our daily poll! When private companies who hold your personal information are "breached (i.e. broken in & stolen)”, they have been ordered to pay for credit monitoring for a specified period to all those affected. What are the odds this occurs to all […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (22 hours ago)
Colin Hough was in his work truck one summer day when, hoping to lend a hand, he pulled up to a burning vehicle on the side of a rural road and was shot to death, court heard Monday. Hough was the second person to be randomly fired upon at that spot, east of Calgary, on […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (23 hours ago)
Having just been shot and now in hiding, Matthew Andres could not stop or warn Colin Hough as the 45-year-old pulled over on a rural road after spotting a truck on fire, jurors heard in Calgary on Monday. The Crown delivered an opening statement on Day 1 of a second-degree murder trial.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (24 hours ago)
Advocates in Alberta have lost a court battle in their fight against provincial restrictions on medical treatment for transgender youth. The groups Egale and Skipping Stone had asked a judge to let them make the argument that Premier Danielle Smith's government acted outside its authority with the law. Last year, her government used the...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A woman is facing charges following a months-long investigation into a string of thefts at Calgary gym locker rooms. Police say they began investigating in March 2026 after receiving reports of wallets, bank cards, and identification stolen from lockers at City of Calgary recreation facilities. Investigators later linked two of the thefts to...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Alberta NDP is holding firm in its stance that the UCP government’s decision to overhaul the province’s electoral map is illegitimate and put forward a number of motions to increase transparency, but were blocked. A committee of MLAs tasked with overseeing the electoral boundaries held its first meeting on Monday to outline its mandate...
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Amber Beach had just been shot in the back, and the gunman was still in the backseat of her boyfriend's truck, when she opened her passenger door, rolled onto the ground, crawled away and called 911 as she hid under a parked car, jurors heard Monday in a Calgary courtroom. Beach's incredible story of survival emerged on Day 1 of Paulos Berhe's...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
A 58-year-old man and 62-year-old woman are dead after a head-on-collision south of Slave Lake on Sunday afternoon. At roughly 3 p.m. officers in Slave Lake responded to a fatal collision on Highway 2, just south of the town, said Alberta RCMP in a Monday news release. Upon arrival, they found a 58-year-old man and […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
When people think about health care, they often think about emergency rooms, surgeries or access to a family doctor. But for patients and families facing the final stages of life, compassionate hospice palliative care is just as important. While governments are rightly focusing on improving primary and acute care, one aspect of the health system...
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Star Wars Day — May 4 — is a pseudo holiday for fans like Kel Spoering, especially when she may be able to thank Star Wars for her existence. "May the 4th" has been calendared as Star Wars Day because of its punny reference to the science fiction franchise's iconic phrase, "May the Force be with you."
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The Alberta government says it’s well positioned to tackle this year’s wildfire season, with hundreds of firefighters already hired, money available to support municipalities, and a fire service training grant. Alberta says more than 550 seasonal firefighters have already been hired, with hundreds more available through contracts and mutual aid...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Four Canadians are confirmed to be onboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean where a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus has killed three passengers and left at least three other people seriously ill. The operator of the cruise, Oceanwide Expeditions, wrote in a press release Monday that it is still dealing with a […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
It is now customary that, every so often, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra goes to Edmonton, and that the Edmonton Symphony comes to Calgary. Aside from the obvious civic bonhomie (surely a good thing), these events allow both orchestras to lay it all out: to revel in the sonic glory of 120 musicians sawing, blowing, and […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
So, Elections Alberta is taking seriously the unauthorized use of the Republican Party of Alberta's copy of the electors list by the Centurion Project Ltd. The Centurion Project’s mission statement is “to recruit, equip and mobilize a team of community leaders across the province of Alberta to take on the task of winning Alberta’s...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
The World Health Organization said on Monday that as of May 4, seven cases of hantavirus have been identified after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly British, American and Spanish passengers, along with four Canadians.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Dust off those lightsabers. It’s May 4 — “May the fourth be with you” day, also known as Star Wars Day. For those who aren’t in the know — perhaps living in a galaxy far, far away — there’s a powerful phrase and expression of luck that was uttered in the first Star Wars movie: […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Alberta's separatist movement has reached a new milestone as organizers delivered what they say are more than 301,000 signatures calling for a provincial vote on leaving Canada. Petitioner Mitch Sylvestre, head of the group “Stay Free Alberta,” greeted some 300 flag-waiving supporters as boxes of signatures arrived at Elections Alberta on...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
An Edmonton city councillor says he and his team are helping a woman facing intimate partner violence relocate with her children after a separatist project released an online database built from an electoral list that contained personal information of millions of Albertans.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
TORONTO — The Ontario Court of Appeal is set to hear Peter Nygard’s appeal of his sexual assault convictions and prison sentence today, with his lawyers arguing the Toronto trial judge made errors including admitting the testimony of an expert on trauma. The former fashion mogul was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
There is already one coach with Stanley Cup-pedigree on the market, defensive specialist Bruce Cassidy, recently fired from the Vegas Golden Knights. Could there soon be another now that Tampa Bay has lost to Montreal? It seems unlikely, given that Jon Cooper is an institution in Tampa. He’s coached there 14 straight years, by far […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Gymnastics Diaries Beam Queen By Laura Siveking, Illustrated by Amanda Erb (Scholastic Canada Ltd.) The first book in this new series introduces us to Georgia. She loves gymnastics and her dream is to become an international star. She also loves training with her best friend, Bri, but must make an important decision when she is […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
The abundance of what Alberta's government calls "feral horses" has reached "unacceptable" population levels, according to the province's horse management strategy. Results from the province's annual feral horse survey released in April found the highest free-roaming horse numbers ever counted along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Don’t blame me OK, Mark Carney, you have managed to cobble together a majority. I hope you're happy. Canada's problems are now entirely yours. You can't blame the opposition for holding up anything. Legislation can be bulldozed through with great haste. Therefore, when things are not built, it's on you. When fuel and groceries are […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
It's been 10 years since more than 2,500 homes were destroyed in the 2016 Horse River Wildfire. The community has rebuilt and fire officials have invested millions of dollars into fire prevention and planning. Many residents are ready to move on, while others still feel they are in survival mode.
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