CBC - Edmonton (12 minutes ago)
Researchers say the health-care system needs to be more aware of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a condition characterized by cyclic vomiting episodes in long-term, frequent cannabis users. A class action lawsuit was recently brought against a Canadian company, citing its alleged negligence in warning consumers about CHS risk.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (19 minutes ago)
If the NHL regular season started tomorrow, how would Edmonton Oilers Head Coach Kris Knoblauch deploy his lineup? I am getting a bit ahead of myself. Lots of Summer remains. Training camp will decide a few things. And that stretch from the start of the regular season through American Thanksgiving will really separate the wheat […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
Calgary police are still looking for a 31-year-old woman who went missing from the city’s southeast last month. In an update Thusday, police now say the missing woman Deeanna was last on Friday, June 6 around 9 p.m. near the Value Village in the Shawnessy Town Centre shopping plaza. Police would like to speak with […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
In an effort to convert the G7 attention Alberta just received into cold hard cash, there is plenty of economic optimism for Calgary as the 2025 edition of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth arrives. Calgary Stampede officials and the event’s supporters are once again optimistic about this year’s event. That optimism is fuelled by […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
Police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a fight between a man and a woman in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood on Canada Day. Calgary police say officers were called to the intersection of 8 Street SW and 13 Avenue SW around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday for reports of an altercation between a man and […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
Laned homes, townhomes and front-drive garage-styled homes are all part of a collection of six new show homes recently unveiled in the southwest community of Vermilion Hill in Calgary’s southwest. The new show home openings coincide with the launch of the community's fourth phase of development. "The launch of Phase 4 is an exciting step […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (9 hours ago)
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has given the all clear to swim again at a pond west of Calgary. Last week, the health agency put a water quality advisory in place for the Tim Horton Children’s Ranch swim pond in Kananaskis Country. The advisory was put in place due to high levels of fecal bacteria found […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
Alberta is the only province or territory in Canada that is poised to claw back the $200 Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) from provincial disability income support (known in Alberta as AISH) recipients. That's one out of 13. Back in March, Alberta's Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, Jason Nixon, announced this decision in this...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
Oily: on fandom: Taking a look at the question "What is Edmonton without hockey?” this six-artist, Latitude 53 group show looks at fandom and a unified sense of identity, but also the stranglehold the NHL team has here. As the show's statement puts it, "Whether a fan of the sport and the local team or […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (10 hours ago)
Three Alberta emissions reduction projects — a heat recovery system, improved natural gas boiler efficiency, and a small-scale biogenic carbon capture and storage project fuelled by manure — are getting a $6.4 million boost from the federal government.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
Across Canada’s oil and gas sector, a promising young industry is preparing to embrace an economic opportunity: preventing the release of methane, a major climate pollutant that also happens to be the main chemical in natural gas. Methane is an odourless and colourless gas that can be 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It's […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
You will not find Stan Bowman’s name on any major list of NHL July 1 free agent frenzy winners. This is no surprise or any injustice. Bowman had limited cap space to work with. He cleared out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane’s contracts and said good-bye to Corey Perry, Connor Brown, Jeff Skinner and John […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
A days-long stunt by viral YouTube pranksters the Nelk Boys shut down part of a Calgary golf course for more than 50 hours, as the group pursued a single goal: to sink a hole-in-one. Around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, the group posted to social media that Nelk Boys co-founder Kyle Forgeard had made the magical […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
While it may seem counter-intuitive, there is a certain lightning-in-a-bottle quality to the album Live at the Ironwood by Fox Big Band featuring Benny Benack III. Counter-intuitive because big band music is notoriously difficult and expensive to capture. Even in live recordings, the process to seamlessly mix performances of nearly 20 artists is a...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (12 hours ago)
Eyes on McMahon Stadium for the inaugural Stampede Bowl, as the Calgary Stampeders host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to kick off the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. And the Bowl isn’t the only first. The two-and-one Stamps are facing a West Division opponent for the first time this Canadian Football League campaign. The Bombers are […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
What to see: Tenille Townes at Nashville North The pride of Grand Prairie, Tenille Townes has been a going concern since moving to Nashville 12 years ago, where she played sets at the iconic Bluebird Cafe and began participating in writing sessions with Music City songsmiths. She was only 17 when she received her first […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
The restaurant world can be a fickle industry, and Calgarians seem to be particularly guilty of constantly chasing what's trendy and new in terms of places to eat. Which is great for restaurants when they're on the receiving end of the buzz, but what's a hotspot to do when it starts to feel less hot? […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (17 hours ago)
In an important time for international relations, it wasn’t the G7, United Nations or NATO summits emulating peaceful fellowship among an overwhelming contingent of global representatives (140 countries to be exact). At least, not in the way the Rotary International Convention did last week in Calgary. Rotary is a global network of more than 1.2...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Will Andrew Mangiapane be a good fit for the Oilers? Vote in our daily poll! I think maybe the referendum on separation should be divided into southern Alberta and northern Alberta. If both choose to separate, they can form a United Alberta. Southern Albertans should be able to vote for separation without having to worry […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (19 hours ago)
Canada's hands tied Here we go again. Donald Trump snaps his fingers, and Canada backs down. When are we going to learn? Trump has no respect for Canada now, and he’s not going to develop any if we keep putting the ball in his court. Why aren’t we cutting off the electricity the U.S.A. is […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (19 hours ago)
The dangerous offender tag is usually reserved for the most violent of criminals, usually serial sex offenders who can't resist their urges to violate victims for their own perverse gratification. But as (the judge) noted, a dangerous offender finding is not restricted to those who commit repeated acts of physical violence
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (19 hours ago)
I have been a lifelong Conservative and have supported the Conservative ideology while living in Ontario and for the last 30-plus years since moving to Alberta. I have just completed the Alberta Next online survey and I am greatly disappointed and frustrated that there is no option to say “no” to the first two questions […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers have already done much this summer, signing star d-man Evan Bouchard, moving out Viktor Arvidsson and Evander Kane for cap space, and signing forwards Andrew Mangianpane and Curtis Lazar. But they’re still in pursuit of that most valuable of all assets in the modern NHL: cap space. At least it’s the most […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The Calgary Stampede brings with it many things — a parade, rodeo, midway rides, concerts — and an insane amount of pancakes. Here’s a comprehensive list of (almost) every free pancake breakfast in the city before and during the Stampede, which runs July 4-13. Thursday, July 3 Friday, July 4 Saturday, July 5 Sunday, July […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Stephen Avenue business owners are threatening legal action against the City of Calgary unless it puts the brakes on planned redevelopment in the area. The owners of businesses along 8 Avenue in the downtown core are citing a recent $75 million class-action lawsuit put forward by business owners in Marda Loop over the city’s main […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
The reimagined Eau Claire Plaza in downtown Calgary is now open. The new plaza officially opened to the public on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included food trucks, live music, and a self-guided tour through the redeveloped area. The $47 million redesign includes a sandy beach, picnic lawns, water misters, and an urban plaza […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Edmonton’s population growth helped attract a flurry of investments in commercial real estate with the multifamily home and retail real estate categories leading the charge. “It was looking pretty bleak for multifamily for quite some time, because there wasn’t any rental growth. So the last couple years have been a long time coming,” said...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that they have brought back grinding forward Curtis Lazar, former star cente on the Edmonton Oil Kings. The team has reported: “Return of the King‼️ Former Edmonton Oil Kings star Curtis Lazar is coming back to Edmonton as the #Oilers have signed the forward to a one-year contract […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
What’s old can be new in Alberta politics. Two former UCP MLAs are hoping to bring back the party that governed the province for more than four decades. Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair say they are petitioning to re-register the Progressive Conservative Party brand in Alberta. The two independent MLAs, who were kicked out of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The reviews are in of Edmonton Oilers GMs both present and past for the July 1 free agency, and while Edmonton’s new hockey boss Stan Bowman appears to be doing OK, Edmonton’s old GM Ken Holland, now GM of the Los Angeles Kings, is taking a beating for what most hockey commentators and fans see […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Infill isn't just my business, it's my life. I'm a residential infill builder specializing in multi-family housing. My family lives in the top half of a stacked duplex in Garneau. When the city's new zoning bylaw went into effect 18 months ago, I saw a huge upside for Edmonton. As the months have gone by, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
It used to be that the twain never met in the hated Battle of Alberta, where the motto was Once an Oiler, Always an Oiler and Go Flames Go, but now it's pretty routine that players wear both jerseys at some time in their career. Mike Smith, Derek Ryan, Brett Kulak, of recent vintage. And […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Thank you to George Brookman for his uncomfortable, yet accurate, description of our city. His concluding sentence about tolerance and compassion only lasting so long and wearing thin is a good starting point for formulating solutions. Tolerance, as pointed out by G. K. Chesterson, is the virtue of the man without convictions. We tolerate the […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Three new hotels are coming to Calgary’s Culture and Entertainment district in the next five years, and two of them will be the among the country’s tallest residential towers. Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) announced Wednesday that Truman has signed a deal with Marriott International to build three new buildings, W Calgary, JW...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers news they have signed forward Andrew Mangiapane as a free agent., “The Oilers have signed forward Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $3.6 million.” David Pagnotta @TheFourthPeriod reported: “Mangiapane's 2-year, $7.2M deal with Edmonton ($3.6M AAV) includes a full NTC in...
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