CityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
Calgary’s newest multi-millionaire could use the money to buy a new set of glasses. Khalid Ahmad won $7 million in the Daily Grand drawing from early April. He checked his ticket with the Lotto Spot app and then pulled out a magnifying glass to count all the zeroes to be sure what he was seeing. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (6 hours ago)
This Sunday, May 10, millions of Canadian mothers will receive flowers, candles, and cards thanking them for everything they do: The appointments that need to be booked. The forms that need to be signed. The child who is struggling but has not said it yet. You can feel it before you can name it. The […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
The transit service in my neighbourhood got cut recently. A simple reduction of frequency by only two minutes has completely shifted my routine. I was fortunate enough to purchase my first home near a frequent transit route, basing my life around its service. Now, because of these time changes, my connections are all wrong and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
A Calgary stage production is taking audiences from the theatre back to the living room. Pith, produced by Fire Exit Theatre, takes audiences on a journey through places such as New Orleans, Panama, and even the Amazon, on a quest to address grief. Virginia is a woman who has spent the last ten years frozen […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (8 hours ago)
A renewed presence of motorcycle gangs on Alberta's roads has prompted warnings from law enforcement. Alberta RCMP says Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, including Satan's Choice and the Hells Angels, are becoming more active this spring, with officers warning the public to expect more riders on highways, at gas stations, and at weekend events. The increase...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (9 hours ago)
A youth is in hospital and two other youths are in custody after a stabbing in southeast Calgary on Wednesday night. Emergency crews were called to Auburn Meadows Way SE around 5:50 p.m. for reports of an assault. Officers found a youth suffering from stab wounds. The victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (9 hours ago)
Steve Hamilton has been through the glorious high of winning a WHL championship, then a Memorial Cup with the Edmonton Oil Kings 14 years ago when Hamilton was Derek Laxdal's right-hand man, but now he's the head coach on his own journey with the junior Everett Silvertips. Hamilton, 52, took over for Laxdal, currently head […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
Mother’s Day weekend is here and Calgary has a full lineup of events to celebrate the maternal figures in your life. Visit markets, enjoy brunch, take a yoga class with baby goats and more. Here’s how to enjoy the weekend in Calgary: Inglewood Night Market View this post on Instagram The Inglewood Night Market returns […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (10 hours ago)
Supertrain, one of Canada's largest model train shows, drew more than 100 exhibitors to Calgary this year. Among them was Calgary Model Trainmen, showcasing an evolving railroad layout built over two decades. The club came hoping to win the best layout award, but for some members, this hobby means more than a trophy.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (10 hours ago)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday she was feeling far more confident about the prospects for a new pipeline following a meeting in Ottawa with Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier in the day. “This morning I said ‘if’ a deal gets signed, and afterwards I said ‘when’ a deal gets signed. So that is an […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (11 hours ago)
This past season the Edmonton Oilers operated as meat grinder, ruthlessly and relentlessly replacing under-performing players. The off-season in the summer of 2025 was busy, but the ferocious pace of change kept up through the 2025-26 regular season. Any player who failed to perform was cast aside by GM Stan Bowman and coach Kris Knoblauch. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (11 hours ago)
Two sisters. One, a divorcing diva who drinks. The other, perky and positive. Tensions emerge alongside plenty of puns when the two end up at the family summer home to plan a shotgun wedding on the cheap. Sounds like a recipe for a few laughs, and an overall pleasant evening at the theatre, right? After […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (12 hours ago)
For the first time in nearly two decades, RCMP officers who serve in a remote part of northeastern Alberta will once again be living next to the residents of the region they serve. As part of a six-month pilot project launched last month, Mounties are now living in Conklin, a hamlet located more than 150 kilometres south of Fort McMurray.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
With the return of wildfire season in Alberta and Canada, it is interesting to look back on past seasons and consider the money and time being invested in increasing the number of tourists to our forests. What happens when those tourists arrive and find the air filled with smoke? The province is purchasing more water […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
An essential aspect of a properly functioning universal health-care system is the ability to provide patients with the care they need promptly. In other words, access to a waiting list is not access to health care. That's why Alberta's new plan is such great news: it would allow patients who have been stuck on wait […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
Notre-Dame de Paris: Alberta Ballet ends a seriously spectacular season with a high-contrast, red-tinged take on Victor Hugo's tale of bell-ringer Quasimodo and free-spirited Esmeralda in a love story that's been interpreted in film countless times, but rarely so beautiful and raw as a Akira Kurosawa fever dream as this. With music by Maurice Jarre...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
One of the buzzwords on the gardening scene is xeriscaping. By definition, xeriscaping is the art of creating a landscape with the goal of reducing water usage as the goal. One of my favourite quotes about xeriscaping comes from a book by Sara Williams entitled Creating the Prairie Xeriscape. In it Sara says, "Xeriscaping is […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
Premier Danielle Smith, as leader of the United Conservative Party, is riding two tigers at once. That explains (but neither forgives nor excuses) her timid reaction to the illegal release of personal information online from more than 2.9 million Albertans by a group without authorization to possess the list, much less make it public. Smith […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
Time is now I wonder when Premier Smith's patience with the unreliable boyfriend will run out. PM Carney whispers sweet nothings, makes vague promises, Carney has shown repeatedly he can't commit to a deadline. From my viewpoint, the premier needs to put her foot down and demand constitutional changes and the repeal of the anti-development […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (14 hours ago)
Justice Randall Ambrose convicted Potts of aggravated assault, rejecting his claim the intoxicated woman showed up at his home already suffering the injuries he was found to have inflicted on her. But the Peace River-based Alberta Court of Justice judge rejected calls from the Crown for a sentence in the 10- to 12-year range, in part because a...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (14 hours ago)
A song’s power often lies in its deceptive simplicity. We find ourselves lured in by the lyrics, those rhythmic architects of the human experience, only to be levelled by the emotional resonance of a single, soaring note. It is a profound alchemy that stirs the intellect and strikes the heart, demanding a response from the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (15 hours ago)
I was disturbed to read that Elections Alberta sought a court injunction over unauthorized use of the voter list and that the RCMP is investigating. Nearly 2.9 million Albertans may have had personal information exposed. We now know UCP caucus staff attended the April 16 Centurion Project meeting at the centre of this scandal. That […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Should there be a public inquiry in the voter list leak? Vote in our daily poll! A flat tax is fairer than a progressive tax. In reality a progressive tax punishes middle class people who work more to try and get ahead while rewards people who don’t want to work. We just need governments to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Steve Hamilton has been through the glorious high of winning a WHL championship, then a Memorial Cup with the Edmonton Oil Kings 14 years ago when Hamilton was Derek Laxdal's right-hand man, but now he's the head coach on his own journey with the junior Everett Silvertips. Hamilton, 52, took over for Laxdal, currently head […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A wave of text messages have been showing up on local phones this week, leaving some Calgarians feeling uneasy. Police and city officials confirmed this week that fraudulent texts referencing the City of Calgary have been circulating, prompting warnings to residents. Ward 11 Coun. Rob Ward shared an example of the scam online. The screenshot […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
"This is not the first year that this has been a trend that we're seeing," said Cst. Cheri-Lee Smith, public information officer with Strathcona RCMP. " Often it is youths who are in their senior year, but it's not uncommon that other youth might participate.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Alberta's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the alleged leak of the province's entire electoral list. Diane McLeod's office is looking into allegations the Centurion Project, a pro-separatist group, published the personal information of three million Albertans in a database accessible to all. The privacy commissioner says that...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says reports that Alberta separatists are targeting and spreading his personal information has prompted him to alter his security but won't stop him from speaking out. "I’m not someone to live in fear,” Kenney said Thursday in a phone interview from Ottawa. "In fact, it only encourages me to double down...
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Calgary Transit is considering Uber-like surge pricing that could see riders pay higher fares at certain times of the day, as well as pay more to travel farther across the city. The agency will consult riders in the months ahead, before submitting a new fare strategy for approval early next year.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
How does change happen? It begins with setting out a clear intention. Next week, Edmonton will be hosting the first Prairie-focused Affordable Housing Summit. I'll be part of a fireside chat talking about city building with former Toronto mayor David Miller and former Journal columnist Sen. Paula Simons. It's a bit of a full-circle moment. […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A teen girl has been identified as the victim of a fatal early morning attack in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood. Emergency crews were called to the area of 24 Street and Woodview Drive SW in the community of Woodlands around 5:40 a.m. for reports of a stabbing. Police say a teen girl had been involved […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
In 1976, writers Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence and David Young founded the Writers’ Trust of Canada. At the time, there were significant challenges when it came to making a living as a writer. There was plenty of talk about the nature of Canadian literature and the struggle to differentiate it from […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
In Canadian director Jacinta Gaspar’s short film Part of the Band, a lonely young man becomes obsessed with the lead singer of a Toronto band and his life is turned upside down when he realizes the vocalist is trans. My Dear Watson, by American director Jacob McKee, centres on a teenage version of Sherlock Holmes […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
It was a scary situation for some downtown Calgary residents on Wednesday night. Calgary Fire were called to a highrise apartment building on 5 Avenue SW between 9 and 10 Streets just after 8 p.m. Crews arrived to find smoke billowing from a third-story balcony. The fire department tells CityNews apartment building fires can be particularly...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A rural Alberta MLA who has been serving as an independent since being booted from the United Conservative Party last year is returning to the UCP caucus. Scott Sinclair, the MLA for Lesser Slave Lake, northwest of Edmonton, was welcomed back into Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP caucus on Thursday. It comes one day after Sinclair […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Cease-and-desist letters have been sent to more than 500 Albertans who accessed a searchable database containing the personal information of millions of voters, while a new investigation into the breach has been announced by Alberta's privacy commissioner.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
For decades, downtowns have served as the economic, cultural, and civic heart of our cities. They are where businesses grow, industries connect, talent gathers, and communities come together. Despite changing workplace patterns and economic uncertainty in recent years, downtowns remain one of our most important economic assets. But sustaining...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Hot Topics, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Postmedia Calgary Flames writer Danny Austin about his mock draft for the 2026 NHL Draft, who the Flames could take with the sixth overall pick and what the offseason ahead looks like for GM Craig Conroy.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A long‑standing Calgary transit perk could soon disappear, as city officials move closer to changing how people travel through the downtown core. On Thursday, the Infrastructure and Planning Committee passed a notice of motion from Councillor Mike Jamieson directing administration to end the Free Fare Zone along 7 Avenue starting Aug. 1. The...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A close call with a bear on a popular Kananaskis trail has prompted officials to issue new safety measures for hikers. A grizzly bear charged a hiker on Monday near the Sunburst Trail in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, coming within four feet before stopping, according to Alberta Parks. The incident led officials to issue […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A confidential memo from the Calgary Police Commission sparked major tension at city hall Wednesday, exposing sharp divisions among councillors over the city's proposed safety and well-being strategy. What began as a routine discussion on public safety at the Community Development Committee quickly turned tense after details of the memo surfaced,...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Three Canadians with connections to a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise are self-isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, the federal government says. Two Canadian passengers disembarked on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena almost two weeks ago, according to Dutch-based Oceanwide Expeditions. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said...
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Sunshine Village says an exceptionally snowy winter is allowing the resort to extend ski season into the summer. The resort plans to operate one lift and several ski runs from June 20 to July 5. This is the second time in nearly 35 years it has offered summer skiing.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
When Marc Stevens was five or six years old, he visited a cousin’s house over the Christmas holidays in southeast England. Stevens’ family did not own a television, so he was understandably intrigued when his cousin introduced him to the 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope, which happened to be airing on British TV […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
This Mother's Day, countless families will flood higher-end restaurants for lavish brunch services, marked by seafood bars, quiche, and flower-garnished mimosas. Me? I'd rather celebrate with my family at a good ol' fashioned diner. What exactly separates a diner from a standard breakfast joint? Plenty of places have the word "diner” in their...
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to hold a referendum in October and ask several questions about immigration. To get an early sense of how Albertans are feeling, CBC News included two related questions in a poll by Janet Brown Opinion Research last month.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
It's rare to see a judge call out a human rights commission as completely as Court of King's Bench Justice John Little chastised the Alberta Human Rights Commission on Monday. Little so completely overturned the commission's 2024 ruling of racism against the Edmonton Police Service that there will be no re-hearing of the complaint. In […]
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