CityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
A growing sinkhole in Calgary's Coach Hill neighbourhood is still causing disruption for residents nearly two weeks after a water main break. The sinkhole formed after a water main ruptured underground on May 26 along Coach Hill Road SW, flooding the street and leaving behind damage that residents say has steadily expanded as crews work […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 hours ago)
After police laid charges against a man in connection to a Sunday morning shooting in the city's northeast, officers said they had no information connecting that incident to three other shootings that occurred in a 24-hour period earlier that same weekend.
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Social media bans for under age kids won’t work. If you do believe it will work, then you would also have to believe there is no under age drinking in canada. Let’s the parents do their jobs. The government should spend more time and learn how to balance a budget. Ryan Walker (But there are […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
A garbage truck rollover in southwest Calgary caused delays for drivers during the afternoon commute on Monday. Emergency crews were called after a commercial truck flipped on its side at the intersection of Bow Trail and 26 Street SW around 3:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. The crash reduced traffic to a single westbound lane […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
An Airdrie woman is dead after falling while hiking in Kananaskis Country over the weekend. RCMP say they were called to Mount Bryant, just east of Kananaskis Village, at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The 47-year-old woman was part of a group climbing the mountain when she fell. STARS Air Ambulance was called to […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (5 hours ago)
This just in, from NHL insider Darren Dreger… The Edmonton Oilers are consulting with the NHLPA to see if there are any objections that must be resolved before potentially hiring Mike Babcock. As Dreger pointed out in a social media post, this comes "amid allegations of invading players privacy, Babcock resigned in CBJ as Head […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (6 hours ago)
Two weeks ago, the Government of Alberta made it official: Cuts to operating budgets were on the way for over a dozen women's shelters. On May 19, planned reductions of five per cent were announced for women's shelters in communities across Alberta. A combined $970,000 is set to be removed from their annual budgets. For […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A man has been charged in connection with a shooting over the weekend in northeast Calgary, and police say they are still looking for more suspects. Calgary police were called around 3 a.m. on Sunday to the Samosa House at 104 Avenue NE and Metis Trail after reports that a man had been shot. Investigators […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (7 hours ago)
One of the questions posed in the Oct. 19 referendum will deal with separation. Shouldn't all Albertans learn how a separatist entity would deal with the numerous federal institutions in our province? Here are a few that come to mind: Our national parks — Banff, Jasper, Waterton, Elk Island and Wood Buffalo; First Nations reserves (138) […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (10 hours ago)
Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum will require a lot of labour behind the scenes. Elections Alberta has begun the effort to hire least 60,000 people to help in the lead-up to election day, on the day itself, and to count ballots once the polls have closed. Positions – all paid – include election officers, count officers, […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (13 hours ago)
Not a team player Most people are familiar with the saying, 'A leopard can not change its spots.' It is an adage used to state an individual cannot modify their personality or habits. There are numerous ways to make that point by referring to something or someone who is innately unchangeable. Pierre Poilievre, the current […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (22 hours ago)
There are years when most top Edmonton Oilers either fall off the list due to trades or they trend down because of poor play. The 2025-26 season was not such a year. Indeed, it’s hard to recall a more promising year when it came to prospect development, even as the team’s list doesn’t have many […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Connor McDavis has won the NHL's Ted Lindsay Award. While the Hart Trophy has long been considered the league's premiere individual award, there is a meaningful cache attached to the Lindsay as it is voted on by members of the NHLPA. In other words: Peers, saying you are the most outstanding player. Any player and […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to call on Alberta to join forces with other provinces to demand Ottawa change policies he argues holds them back — a move that is "the practical, realistic path to a stronger Alberta within a united Canada."
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
How many horses live in the Alberta wilderness? It's the subject of much debate in Alberta: the provincial government says horse populations have skyrocketed to "unacceptable” levels that pose a threat to the environment, while the Help Alberta Wildies Society says its own aerial surveys have found considerably fewer horses.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Liberal shenanigans I should be sending this to the Toronto Sun, as everyone in Alberta already knows, but recently while reading my news I've noticed the Liberals making sure they advertise GST and 'grocery' top-ups. I feel it's ridiculous. It's a wealth-distribution scam again, just like the carbon tax Trudeau did. Our family pays taxes, […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Should Alberta pursue high-speed rail? VOTE IN OUR ONLINE POLL! DECADE OF DISASTER Carney and his Liberals are saying we can give away billions of dollars to anyone who holds their hand out, but we can't keep the Snowbirds flying. What's next, they will disband the RCMP Musical Ride, because of the high taxes they […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Sorry, Boss. I tried. My editor-in-chief, Dave Breakenridge, asked the right question. Before this column ran, he wanted to know: had I gone to the provincial government for comment? Fair. We’re talking about Alberta gutting AISH — Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped — and replacing it with the new Alberta Disabled Assistance Program....
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Toronto-based start-up Aurmada is designing AI-enhanced clothing that it hopes will help those wearing it monitor everything from their gait to how close someone is standing, part of a budding wearable-technology industry that is experimenting with making clothes more interactive.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
How does one convince a veteran NHL head coach to audition for a job his prospective employer may ultimately give to someone else? That and more in this edition of… 9 Things 9. I admired what Adam Henrique brought to the Oilers. However, there is no escaping that his footspeed became an issue this year. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
For the first time in six seasons, the Edmonton Elks won their season opener, 29-21 over the Ottawa Redblacks at TD Place Stadium on Saturday. Cody Fajardo completed 23 of 34 passes for 266 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions, while Justin Rankin had 102 yards on 13 rushes and a touchdown, along with five […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
Calgary police are investigating three separate shootings reported in different parts of the city during a 24-hour period. The shootings happened in the southeast and southwest quadrants, and while no suspects are in custody yet, police say there is no risk to the public after the incidents.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The man charged with torching infill construction sites in south Edmonton was on parole for a previous string of arsons and told police he “just liked the area” when asked why he was near the scene of one of the fires an hour past his curfew. Peter Terence Jones was charged last week with 27 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Every year, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra must decide how to end its season. The general drill here is that "a high note” is a good thing: it encourages patrons to exit with happy faces and to return in the fall. As a rule, some blockbusters are saved for last. But there are only so many […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (2 days ago)
The RCMP is using AI to help write police reports on everything from traffic tickets to serious offences — except major crimes including murder — in Alberta and British Columbia. The pilot project ends in August. Critics worry how the technology will impact the justice system.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
What started as a pandemic project in Grade 6 became a cool nature app for Albertans, leading to a prestigious $100,000 scholarship for Edmonton high school senior Josh Kirsch. From small acorns, mighty oaks grow, and for Kirsch, his own growth rings started from a childhood fascination with the natural world. "I’ve always been really […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
West Coast Wild Seashore Hide and Seek Written By Deborah Hodge, Illustrated By Karen Reczuch (Groundwood Books) This board book is the perfect size for tiny hands. Within the life-like illustrations, children will be able to explore the colourful creatures and plants of the seashore that are hidden until low tide exposes them. Animals that […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Calgary has never been a city that got stronger by pretending risks were smaller than it is. We build for winter. We build for floods. We build for growth, drought, hail, wildfire smoke, aging infrastructure and the uncomfortable reality that tomorrow's city will face harder tests than yesterday's. City council has now voted to end […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
An Alberta King's bench judge's decision that a proposed referendum question supporting separation is unconstitutional because the province had a duty to consult First Nations has implications for the referendum question and for the Alberta-Canada MOU proposing a pipeline to the Pacific Coast. On the referendum, the result is a wordy and confusing...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
On Monday, Premier Danielle Smith had a laundry list of things that would need to be figured out if Alberta separated from Canada — our share of the national debt, defence funding and infrastructure, administration and funding for Old Age Security, the child benefit and CPP, a postal service, regulations for banking, border control and […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This Tuesday, after several days of dodging questions about the "technical” recession Canada is in (which is kind of like claiming a woman is "technically” pregnant), Prime Minister Mark Carney finally admitted the country's economy was a bit patchy. The word he used is "bumpy.” But Carney had an explanation. The recession wasn't the...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
No need to panic I was born and raised in Alberta. While I have not lived there since the early 90’s, most of my family are there. Now that this issue is finally getting attention all the various talking heads are spouting their truth. Everyone seems to think that once Alberta votes to separate immediately […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
A poll suggests that a significant number of Albertans would leave if Alberta voted to separate. This is not surprising; many are repulsed by the thinly disguised racism involved in the acceptance of the replacement conspiracy, and the Mitch Sylvestre promise that many people will be leaving. Then there is the xenophobic assertion that only […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
As I was driving downtown to pick up my son from his day program, I stopped at a light and noticed a brand-new Calgary Fire Department vehicle idling beside me. Having just paid my property taxes the day before, I imagined what part of that vehicle I paid for. Perhaps a hinge on the side […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
It’s no easy matter to build a Stanley Cup-winning team, especially in this era of enforced competitive balance, with a hard salary cap making it difficult for top teams to hold their own talent, let alone pay for new talent under the cap. To succeed, it takes a GM who knows when to hold onto […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Edmonton city council only seems to have one mission and that how can we squeeze more money out of people. I have not heard anything about reducing spending, we need to get rid of these jokers that think they know how to run city efficiently. Gary Malick (We’ll have to wait another three years.) No […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Come From Away is now onstage at Theatre Calgary, and demand for tickets is so strong it has already added an extra performance. And with that comes a warning about third-party ticket resellers listing seats at inflated prices. The company says resale activity is rare for Theatre Calgary, but not unexpected for a Broadway-name musical with […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (3 days ago)
Calgary's Mount Royal University is seeking to appeal a recent decision from the Alberta Labour Relations Board tied to the termination and potential reinstatement of a former tenured professor. Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was fired from the university in 2021.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
A new City of Calgary update shows strong resistance from downtown businesses and property owners to the province's preferred above‑ground Green Line LRT alignment, even as overall public sentiment citywide remains more positive. The report that will head to council's Executive Committee on Tuesday outlines the latest engagement results as...
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