CBC - Calgary (24 minutes ago)
Conservative Party members are pressing their leader to adopt a number of controversial policy positions at their upcoming convention including private health care, scrapping Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies and abandoning the party's position to stay out of the abortion debate.
ReadCBC - Calgary (24 minutes ago)
When most people think of community giving, it's unlikely energy providers come to mind — but for much of Alberta, they do.These providers, known as community energy marketers, reinvest proceeds from utility bills to fund community initiatives throughout Alberta, primarily in smaller communities.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (24 minutes ago)
Only nine political prisoners appear to have been freed after Maduro regime figure Jorge Rodriguez promised on Thursday that a "significant" number would be emerging from the country's notoriously abusive prisons. The Trump administration has suggested their release is not a priority, and a growing number of anti-Maduro Venezuelans want to know...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
I have no doubt the Edmonton Oilers will have any trouble scoring enough goals to make a return visit to the Stanley Cup Final. But the jury is still out on another aspect of their game equally important to that… Preventing enough of them. That and more in this edition of… 9 Things 9. Connor […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (7 hours ago)
The Art Gallery of Alberta is channeling its creative energy to revitalize membership numbers that have struggled to recover since the COVID-19 pandemic. Enrollment bottomed out at roughly 2,800 individuals during the pandemic — a steep decline from the 10,000-member high reached when the renovated gallery reopened in 2010.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
This past fall, the federal government ran a pilot program on Cape Breton for its long-delayed firearms confiscation scheme. The six-week-long test as a colossal failure. The federal public safety department expected Cape Bretoners would turn in 200 guns during the month-and-a-half long trial. They turned in 25. Since the feds had given the Cape...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
Alberta’s new disability program, which provides lower monthly payments but fewer clawbacks if the person earns employment income, is set to launch this July. The province has stressed the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) will not replace the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program, which caters to people who are...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
The panel doesn't point to one cartoon villain who sabotaged Calgary's water system. Rather, it shows how — for at least two decades — city officials and politicians lacked clear incentives to prioritize maintenance and backup capacity for Calgary's water utility.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Sensible shift It is heartening to see the positive shift in leadership at city hall in such a short time. A more attentive council, honest transparency and an eye on the sensible priorities of the city can be credited to Mayor Farkas. Calgarians should be glad he took the same path as another famous leader […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings engaged in trench warfare of a hockey game, neither side giving up much. Edmonton dominated in OT with five Grade A shots, but failed to score. The match had to be settled in a shootout, with the Kings winning 4-3. In total, the Grade A shots were 15 […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (14 hours ago)
You can't win ’em all. Nor, if you're the Edmonton Oilers, can you win three in a row. Fans expecting to see a pair of milestones — Edmonton winning three games in a row for the first time this season and Connor McDavid extending his points streak to a career-high 18 games — went one-for-two […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (18 hours ago)
Have you ever had to wait for police or EMS? Vote in our daily poll! So, auto insurance claims a loss of over a billion dollars and blames a rate cap on good drivers. Here’s a wild thought, why not charge bad drivers more? There are certainly enough of them. Perhaps if cops pulled over […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (19 hours ago)
A new forecast from Dalhousie University shows that 7,000 restaurants went out of business across Canada last year and predicts another 4,000 could close in 2026, with Ontario expected to take a significant hit. Industry pressures are mounting on both sides of the ledger. "The supply side, of course, you have to look at input […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (19 hours ago)
"In the last six years, and in particular the last year, there's been a lot of attacks by the current government on public education," Moussa said. Those attacks, she said, include chronic underfunding, dedicating public funds to private schools, changes to policies around sexual health education, and the province's two recent enactments of the...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (20 hours ago)
This in, news that the St. Louis Blues have signed defenseman Philip Broberg, 24, to a six-year deal worth $8 million per year. Here’s some early reaction: The Athletic’s stat analyst Dom Luszczyszyn @domluszczyszyn A great deal for Philip Broberg who emerged as a legitimate top four defenseman last year and has proven himself further […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (20 hours ago)
Southern Alberta’s Blood Tribe is castigating what it sees as the province’s enabling a drift toward separatism and is vowing to join other First Nations’ legal actions against it. On Friday, the First Nation issued a statement that opposed the decision to allow the launch of a pro-independence petition and provincial legislation that appears...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
Opioid-related deaths are trending down across Alberta, but emergency room visits and Emergency Medical Services responses to substance-related events are nearing all-time highs. According to Alberta’s substance use dashboard, EMS responses to opioid-related events from January to September 2025 far exceeded the totals from the previous year. The...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that they have sent down veteran pro d-man Riley Sillman to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. Andrew Mangiapane will also be sitting again for the Oilers in tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Kings. Mangiapane is on the trading block. My take 1. Stillman played safe hockey […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
As the Edmonton Oilers geared up to salute Leon Draisaitl Saturday night after joining Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier and Connor McDavid as their fifth 1,000th-point player in team history, Draisaitl knows he has come a very long way from that first NHL season 11 years ago when he had nine points. There was […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
For three years running the Edmonton Oilers have started out their seasons in awful slumps. For three years running those slumps ended in November, with the team finding a way to turn things around. But in only one of those years did the Oilers head coach lose his job. In 2023-24, Jay Woodcroft was fired […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Dr. Paul Parks, the president-elect of the section of emergency medicine of the Alberta Medical Association, said he is calling for drastic action from the provincial government at the urging of physicians from across the province and across hospital divisions.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
On Dec. 24, Premier Danielle Smith wrote on her social media account: “This Christmas Eve, I'm thankful for the incredible non-profits supporting Albertans. Our UCP caucus had the chance to give back last week, ahead of the busy holiday season, by packing potatoes at the Calgary Food Bank @calgaryfoodbank. It's not too late to support a […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
My dentist is a great guy, and I trust him completely with my teeth. But my face? A posting on his Instagram feed asks, "Did you know you can get your Botox done during your regular scheduled dental appointments?” In 2013, Alberta became the first province to approve and regulate the use of Botulinum toxin […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Losing proposition Anyone who claims the U.S. invasion of Venezuela is to capture the oil is being silly. Venezuelan oil is low-quality, requires much more processing than WTI Crude oil, is being drilled on dilapidated infrastructure, and is located in a politically unstable country. Oil companies in the U.S.A. have plenty of reserves and licences,...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Another day reading further factless complaints about city services. The wave of complaints about snow clearing demonstrate just how out of touch these people are to the cost of providing public services. Everyone seems to have forgotten that we just experienced a record snowfall, four times more snow than the 30-year average. Expecting snow to...
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
An independent review of the 2024 catastrophic break of the Bearspaw feeder main recommended a series of changes to the city's water system, including to introduce a dedicated water utility department that could become a municipally owned corporation, similar to Enmax.
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Are you worried about the state of health care? Vote in our daily poll! Re: LILLEY: Gun buyback pilot nothing short of failure after netting 25 weapons (January 9). The situation is, at the very least, embarrassing and a misuse of public funds. Are policymakers truly convinced that someone roaming the streets, firing at homes […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A Calgary city councillor is preparing to introduce a motion next week that would support closing the Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site and replacing it with an in‑person, on‑demand opioid treatment centre. The proposal comes as debate continues over the future of harm‑reduction services in the Beltline and across the city. The...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Calgary police are investigating a death in northwest Calgary on Friday afternoon. The investigation began after officers were called to Edgemont Road NW in the community of Edgemont around 4:15 p.m. Police are only calling the death “undetermined” at this point and have not disclosed the circumstances or whether foul play is suspected. The...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A photo taken at a northwest Calgary car wash, intended to "roast” drivers for washing their vehicles during the city's ongoing water restrictions, has sparked online debate, including criticism of a City of Calgary vehicle seen in the lineup. The image, widely shared on Facebook, questioned why Calgarians were still using car washes despite...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
Some emergency departments across Canada report that the rapid spread of influenza has contributed to overcrowding, as some children and adults face long-lasting fevers, with the latest federal report showing a slight declining picture of flu activity across the country.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
A Parkland County man who stored a cache of handguns in a shipping container has been handed a $1,500 fine after one of the weapons was stolen and used in a mass shooting. Russell Lawrence Streeter, 33, pleaded guilty to a single count of careless storage of a firearm in Edmonton Court of King’s Bench […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A new pipe is in place along the Bearspaw South Feeder main after a major rupture last week, but the city says it will still be days before the pipe returns to service — continuing calls for residents to conserve water. The renewed warning comes as Calgary continues to grapple with the aftermath of the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
A lawyer says about 50 people have joined a class-action lawsuit filed by former students of a Calgary junior high school who alleged abuse against two teachers. There are two weeks left to make a claim in the suit. In November, the Calgary Board of Education reached an agreement with the complainants, who said they […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Police confirm the death of an elderly woman in southwest Calgary is now being investigated as a homicide. Officers were called to a home on Canterbury Gardens SW around 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, after a woman in her 80s was found dead inside. An autopsy conducted on Friday has determined the woman's death to be […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
A southern Alberta RCMP officer and his wife face multiple fraud charges, Alberta RCMP said Friday. In May 2024, Alberta RCMP said they were alerted to a possible fraud by a serving RCMP officer and his wife. After what the Mounties said was an extensive investigation, Pincher Creek residents Grant Shade, a 42-year-old Piikani RCMP […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Hot Topics, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Postmedia Calgary Flames writers Wes Gilbertson and Danny Austin about how the Flames should use rookie defenceman Zayne Parekh one he is ready to return from an upper-body injury and what has gone wrong for the Flames during their recent four-game […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Alberta's hospitals are facing a crisis that extends far beyond the walls of the emergency department. General internal medicine (GIM) divisions and emergency departments (EDs) are routinely operating well over capacity. In practical terms, this means patients are cared for in non-medical spaces, including hallways, ED waiting rooms, EMS offload...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in from Pittsburgh, much love for former Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner, who is as hot as lava in net for the Penguins just now. Skinner led the Penguins to a 4-1 win over New Jersey. After a rough start in Pittsburgh, where he lost his first three games and had an .831 save […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
As Calgarians, we have lived through a stark reminder of what it means to rely on a single, fragile lifeline. Now, we have been reminded twice. The rupture of the Bearspaw South feeder main in June 2024 forced citywide water restrictions for nearly four months. The City of Calgary only narrowly managed to meet the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Alberta needs some straight talk about the global oil market. The rapid global rise of electric vehicles (EVs) is a warning sign for anyone who cares about Alberta's future. For decades, predictions of oil's decline have come and gone, making it tempting to dismiss EVs as another false alarm. This time, the threat is different […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
I received an Alberta Federation of Labour email asking me to sign a petition for the recall of Rebecca Schulz, MLA for Calgary-Shaw. In addition to discussing logistics, the note argued such petitions were an important participatory tool to demonstrate — among other things — opposition to using the notwithstanding clause to override...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Chance for independence Many adults have faced the realization they are in a toxic relationship that needs to end. But when? How? Bills still need to be paid, kids still need to be looked after, and the ties built with extended family are hard to sever. You try to fix the damage, but your partner […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
When I see something so completely unexpected and downright shocking, certain words spring spontaneously into my mind. Gotta admit they are pretty much always scatological, blasphemous and procreational so I won't repeat them here but they are as automatic as the surge of adrenaline and the extension of my right arm toward the camera on […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Q: Once again, I’m calling on you to help me with a couple of problems with my yard. Firstly, I have a volunteer maple tree and it just started to grow in my yard. It is now about three meters tall and looks like a big bush. My question is, what is the best time […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
At the start of each new year, I often like to pick a quote that can serve as a mantra for the 365 days ahead. For 2026, I finally landed on a line from early 20th century author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who lived through the upheaval of the 1920s and ’30s. "The test of a first-rate intelligence […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – In Concert: While increasing talk of real wars isn't calming anyone down much, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Peter Jackson's popcorn masterpiece might help, especially the way it's being presented this weekend. As they did so wonderfully with Return of the Jedi just a few weeks...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Now that public pressure has forced the city to come to its senses and institute residential snow clearing we need to hope for appropriate execution of this task. Past experience in our area has seen the application of various ineffective techniques for managing the snowpack. Typically, the first pass is made by a blade truck […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers overcame an iffy first period abnd some iffy goaltending, but charged back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3. Edmonton took over the game from the second period on, the Jets wilting under the pressure of a now 11-game losing streak. 1️⃣7️⃣ for 9️⃣7️⃣‼️ pic.twitter.com/OZjjUI3nIp —...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Police are investigating a suspicious death after an older woman was found dead in a southwest Calgary home Thursday morning. Officers were called to a home on Canterbury Gardens SW in the community of Canyon Meadows around 10:50 a.m. after getting reports that a woman in her 80s had been found dead inside. No details […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
The Alberta Medical Association is calling on the province to help with what it calls a state of emergency in Edmonton's emergency rooms. It comes as the province is investigating the death of a man whose family says he died while waiting for emergency care.
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