CBC - Calgary (37 minutes ago)
Four years after unveiling plans for a limit on all oil and natural gas industry emissions in Canada, the federal government is, in all likelihood, scrapping the cap. It's the latest move by Prime Minister Mark Carney to put more emphasis on economic growth and less attention on climate action.
ReadCBC - Calgary (37 minutes ago)
On the heels of the Alberta government's decision to use the Charter's notwithstanding clause to force striking teachers back to work, the provincial labour movement is flirting with a tactic that its leaders say would be "big and bold and unprecedented" — but they're still not quite ready to flip the switch.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
After enduring years of hardship, including a global pandemic and devastating wildfires, Jasper's beloved dessert café Wafflato is turning a new page—this time in Calgary. Wafflato Café and Bar is officially opening its doors in downtown Calgary at the corner of 9 Street and 10 Avenue SW, marking a significant milestone for owner Suhas Sawant...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Do you support voter recall? Vote in our daily poll! What a farce the mainstream media is in their headlines about the budget. The headlines should read “Near record 76 billion dollar deficit. Youth future mortgaged.” Curtis Radcliffe (The media has not ignored the deficit. Nor should Canadians.) Wasted Words Carney’s Minority Liberals have a...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (11 hours ago)
An Alberta man has been charged with multiple sex offences following an investigation by RCMP into allegations involving a youth victim. On Monday, Mounties in Carstairs launched an investigation after receiving reports of sexual crimes against a youth. With support from the Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre in Calgary, investigators determined...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Many readers will be aware of a recent spate of activist rulings from federal judges in Canada, like the July ruling by a Toronto judge that there exists a heretofore unknown Charter right to bike lanes. Justice Paul Schabas created this right out of thin air because he wanted to prevent Ontario's Conservative government from […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
It was June of 2022 and Dampy Brar was in the stands for one of the biggest moments of Nazem Kadri's career. Kadri had returned to the Colorado Avalanche after missing a couple weeks with a broken thumb and marked the occasion in the most dramatic of fashions, sniping an overtime winner to put his […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
The Government of Alberta just announced legislation to allow anyone to purchase any diagnostic screening and testing services they wish, including MRIs, CT scans, full-body scans, and blood work, without a doctor's order. On the surface, the plan "increases choice.” In reality, it will drain critical staff from hospitals, widen existing massive...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
The report on Edmonton police governance prepared by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice William Hourigan has been released. He was appointed earlier this year by the province to investigate the relationship between city council, the Edmonton Police Commission and city police The scope of Hourigan’s probe encompassed Section 30 of the Police Act....
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, his assessment that the Edmonton Oilers will be forced to make roster moves in coming days, with players moved out due to the return to the line-up of injured players such as Alec Regula (back last night vs Dallas), Zach Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen and Mattias Janmark. Said Friedman to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (17 hours ago)
Edmonton police are hoping to find the people who intervened after a woman was sexually assaulted near Whyte Avenue in August. On Aug. 22, a woman was walking near Whyte Avenue and 107 Street between 11:15 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. when she was attacked from behind and sexually assaulted, police said in a Tuesday news […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (20 hours ago)
Out of the spotlight and away from controversies over a teachers' strike and Alberta's energy development, Premier Danielle Smith's government is dealing with another significant issue: medical assistance in dying (MAID). The premier's recent mandate letter to the justice minister prioritizes the creation of "appropriate safeguards” for MAID...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (21 hours ago)
Poppy poll amazement I had to laugh at the poll taken in Sunday’s Sun. The question was: 'Do you wear a poppy every November,' and to my amazement 96% said yes. I was wondering if this poll was taken in a diverse area of population in the city of Calgary, because the math doesn’t add […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Once again, Malcolm Mayes’ stunning narrowness of vision and political biases are on display in his Friday, Oct. 31 cartoon. He identifies the Carney budget, the Liberal deficits, and the U.S. tariffs as the monsters which make the couple too afraid to open their door. I suggest an addition to the monster lineup: a witch […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers are their own worst enemies, it seems, finding ways to lose games where they’re ahead, Tuesday night a 4-3 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars. The Oilers gave up a lead for the eighth time in 15 games, the fourth game in a row, this time a two-goal lead that evaporated in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The way things have been going this year, the Edmonton Oilers trying to protect a two-goal lead is the equivalent of a waitress trying to balance a tray of martinis in an earthquake. In their first 14 games this season the Oilers blew five different two-goal leads, losing three of those games and managing to […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left two pedestrians hurt Tuesday afternoon in the city's southwest. The collision happened around 3:55 p.m. at the intersection of Shannon Avenue SW and James McKevitt Road SW. According to police, a vehicle struck two pedestrians and fled the scene without stopping. Emergency crews responded and...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
It's raining concert announcements! Better than snowing, at least … But Diana Krall, July Talk and The Sheepdogs have each just declared separate 2026 dates in Edmonton — so let's jump into those details, shall we? Canadian contralto singer and jazz pianist icon Krall is playing the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on April 20. With […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Who should pay for shelter spaces? Vote in our daily poll! It appears the NDP are going to take the easy way out in regards to the budget. They are going to abstain, which is the same as voting for the Liberals, and that will pass the budget. I guess they think Canadians will say, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
What was once a striking red-and-white landmark in Calgary's East Village now stands charred and blackened. The city's upside-down church sculpture, officially titled Device to Root Out Evil, has been vandalized—leaving some residents upset and looking for answers. The sculpture, a public art installation, was discovered damaged on Oct. 29 after...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Police have laid multiple charges and seized a large quantity of drugs and cash following a drug trafficking investigation in southwest Calgary. In August 2025, officers launched an investigation into a woman suspected of drug trafficking. The probe resulted in a search warrant executed on Oct. 17 at a home on 23 Avenue near 1 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
From rock n roll to jazz and roots to rap, Calgary music lovers have a lot to look forward to in the next few months. Several bands and artists have announced tours that will bring them to the city, including MGK, George Thorogood and Diana Krall. First up is Calgary-based soulful roots singer-songwriter JJ Shiplett, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers have given up leads in half their games this year, seven out of 14. They’ve gone on to lose four of those games, to Calgary, the New York Islanders, the New York Rangers and, on Monday night, the St. Louis Blues. It was the third game in a row that the team […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Familiarity often breeds contempt, but sometimes there's content, too. So, when Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins see Glen Gulutzan Tuesday night in Dallas, now behind the Stars bench as head coach after seven years running the Edmonton Oilers' forwards and the best power play in the league, there will undoubtedly be some hugs....
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Manager asleep at switch If you want to know whose fault it is that the Jays lost the last game and others, look no further than the manager. Anyone who has any baseball knowledge knows if you're down one run in extra innings and you have players on first and third base with one out, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP government have certainly managed to make things extremely difficult for Albertans to be able to get COVID vaccines this year as the extremely few pharmacies that have been delegated to give them apparently can't get them. As seniors, my husband who is 80 with heart and cancer issues and […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Booms and busts are nothing new to Alberta workers, but are we ready for a bust without a boom? It's been a painful year for oil and gas workers in Alberta, and for the families who rely on those jobs to pay the mortgage and put food on the table. On Sept. 29, Imperial Oil […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Three grizzly bear cubs have been found near the site of a mauling that left a hunter injured and the attacking grizzly dead south of Cochrane last Thursday. Those cubs will be left alone by Alberta Fish and Wildlife and allowed to hibernate, the province says.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
You think the Oilers have had some bad starts? The last-place St. Louis Blues were in a full-on nose-dive heading into Monday's game with Edmonton — 3-7-2 on the season and 0-5-2 in their previous seven games. It's been so rough that if you spotted them the first three moves in a game of tic-tac-toe, […]
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