CBC - Edmonton (46 minutes ago)
The Alberta government has identified 32 communities across Alberta that have a high risk of wildfire. Hinton was chosen as one of nine that require more complex planning, given the amount of coniferous trees, that surround the town of 10,000 at the edge of the Rocky Mountains.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (46 minutes ago)
Bears No. 122 and 136, known as The Boss and Split Lip respectively, are arguably two of the most famous grizzlies in Canada. The Boss is currently considered Banff National Park's dominant grizzly bear, while the younger Split Lip has been challenging him for the top spot.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (46 minutes ago)
Some Alberta pediatricians say they've got an idea to help improve routine childhood vaccination rates, but they're facing roadblocks. The doctors want the shots, including measles and whooping cough vaccines, made routinely available in pediatric hospitals.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (46 minutes ago)
This year's holiday season approaches amid soaring grocery prices, trade tensions and economic uncertainty. Given that, some people say they're planning a more modest Christmas, whether it's by spending less, giving fewer or more intentional gifts, relying more on charitable services, or scaling it all down.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (4 hours ago)
Untenable nation Why do I see Canada as we know it on the road to break-up? Because it is structured so regionalism in all its pettiness will thrive – as Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Justin Trudeau have seen to that. The constitution will further the continual strife within Canada and build different […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (11 hours ago)
Segment Review, Part 2: Games 11-20 The baddest news about the Edmonton Oilers is at last getting better. The teams very expensive and highly-ranked defensive unit, which skated like it was swamped by concrete and moved the puck like it was made of their own personal kryptonite to start the year, is finally trending up. […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (13 hours ago)
Calgary police say one man is in custody after he stole a vehicle and drove it the wrong way down Crowchild Trail and then Deerfoot Trail early Sunday morning, with his "dangerous driving behaviour" requiring the use of a helicopter and other resources to apprehend him.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (19 hours ago)
A 58-year-old woman is dead after she was struck by an SUV while walking her dog at a marked crosswalk in north Edmonton Saturday. At 8:57 a.m., a woman was walking her dog and crossing north at 153 Avenue near 82 Street when she was struck by a southbound 2024 Nissan Rogue that was turning […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
When the Alberta government legislated a swift end to October's provincial teachers' strike, it pledged to pay for 3,000 more teaching positions during the next three school years. But what wasn't made clear is that the 2025-26 provincial budget had already allocated funding for exactly this purpose.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Losing our game This Sunday will be the 112th and last Canadian Football League Championship game. The league will roll out an Americanized version of our game next season. It is so very sad that so many fans have been seduced by the NFL. The media doesn’t help. Grey Cup coverage in the Sun is […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Who will win the Grey Cup? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! CUP STILL RUNNETH? Remember when the Grey Cup had coverage coast to coast with several pages of comment? Remember when there was a Grey Cup parade on television? Remember when everyone held Grey Cup parties at home? Remember when the CFL was watched […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
The Edmonton Oilers nudged back into a playoff Saturday night with an Overtime win over Carolina. You are forgiven for feeling like the Oilers should not be that high in the standings given how the season has gone so far. But if Edmonton can right the ship on the toughest road trip of the season, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Go ahead, blame the goalie. Because this time it WAS Stuart Skinner's fault. In a game where the Edmonton Oilers spent half the night on the ropes, hanging on for dear life while the Carolina Hurricanes fired shots at them like they were clay pigeons, Skinner saved the day. He also saved 33 of 36 […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Zach Hyman came back and stole the show, breathing life into a struggling Edmonton team in the Oilers 4-3 OT win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Connor McDavid, 8. High event with some defensive lapses, but two goals. Charged in for the first Grade A of the game. Slammed home a rebound goal on the power […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
An array of fudge squares is lined in a glass container inside a neatly decorated horse stable at Spruce Meadows on a bright Saturday afternoon. More than a dozen flavours — butter beer, spicy Mexican cocoa, Irish Cream, sour Grinch, all of them non-alcoholic — invite a steady stream of customers who are greeted by […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
A crowd of a few hundred people gathered at City Hall to raise the Palestinian flag for the first time in Calgary’s history on Saturday morning. However, it could be one of the last times an event like this occurs. Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas has said on social media he plans to submit a notice […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
The door opened wide and Maxine Bradley walked in with her mischievous but lovable laugh, waving two pompoms and a sash. "Here I am,” she exclaimed. "I'm Mrs. Grey Cup.” Maybe that's the real secret of Grey Cup Sunday — not the score, not the stats, not even the halftime show with its choreography and […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
What is an appropriate speed limit for the QEII? Vote in our daily poll Raising speed limits in Alberta is a bad idea. There are already too many cars and big trucks fighting for every available inch of pavement. Most drivers are reaching the limit of their skill levels when driving at 110 km/h as […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
One person is dead after a vehicle was driven into oncoming traffic on Sarcee Trail Friday evening. A car driven by a man in his 40s was travelling north in the southbound lanes of Sarcee at around 9 p.m., and side-swiped a minivan before colliding head-on with an SUV. The driver of the minivan, a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
This in, news that the Toronto Maple Leafs have claimed veteran Oilers d-man Troy Stecher, 31, off the waiver wire. My take 1. Good luck to Stecher in Toronto. He was nothing but a warrior for the Oilers. 2. Why would a team like the Leafs grab Stecher? Because, as I wrote yesterday, he’s an […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Game Day 20: Oilers vs Hurricanes This in from Sportsnet announcer Jack Michaels, the Edmonton Oilers lines and pairings for tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, with rookie Matt Savoie still on the top line and veteran winger Andrew Mangiapane on the third line. Another veteran winger, David Tomasek, is out of the line-up....
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The UCP has it wrong. K–3 literacy and numeracy testing are misguided exercises, a waste of resources and doomed to change nothing for the struggling students that the talking points claim it will help. So here is an assessment test for the UCP government. This is an essay test. Full responses, thoughtfully expressed and backed […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The trophy-hunting minister of forestry and parks is now stating that "all options are on the table” for managing the province's grizzly bear population — including lifting the 20-year ban on hunting. Todd Loewen is in charge of what the province calls "wildlife stewardship,” which includes regulatory decisions about hunting, trapping and...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The 2025 federal budget, branded as the Canada Strong Budget, renews Canada's commitment to infrastructure that boosts productivity, strengthens regional economies and reduces emissions. Few projects align more closely with these priorities than the proposed Calgary Airport–Banff Rail, a transformative public-private partnership linking Calgary...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Carney's real boss (Re: 'Alberta pipeline missing from Mark Carney’s major project list' & 'Feds unveil Canada’s to-do list,' Calgary Sun, Nov. 14.) On Dec. 1, 2019, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed Mark Carney as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance to implement the UN’s economy crippling 'climate agenda,' which...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Blanket rezoning was always contentious. Debate over the policy back in spring 2024 sparked the longest public hearing in Calgary's history, with many Calgarians airing concerns about potential impacts on local infrastructure, parking availability and park space — all important issues.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
With all the talk about highway-speed increases, I understand some people are uneasy about it. It is worth noting that since 2014, British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway 5 between Kamloops and Hope already has limits of 120 km/h. If you're not comfortable driving at those speeds, that's perfectly OK — maybe take the secondary highways instead,...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Zach Hyman’s return is welcome for the Oilers. He’s been the team’s most effective winger since the day he got here in the summer of 2021. He’s put up consecutive goal-scoring seasons of 27, 36, 54 and 27 goals. He was also arguably the Oil’s top-performing forward in the 2025 playoffs before he went out […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
What is an appropriate speed limit for the QEII? Vote in our daily poll Raising speed limits in Alberta is a bad idea. There are already too many cars and big trucks fighting for every available inch of pavement. Most drivers are reaching the limit of their skill levels when driving at 110 km/h as […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Once when I was a young reporter, I had occasion to interview the head of the Montana Highway Patrol. The state had just given up its unlimited ("reasonable and prudent”) speed limit and adopted the 55-m.p.h. limit demanded by Washington in return for $400 million annually in highway construction funds. I asked about enforcement. His […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Some 22,000 Alberta health and medical workers, including paramedics, are set to vote on a new mediator recommended contract after bargaining resumed this week. The Health Sciences Association of Alberta says the mediator’s recommendations are based on a previous tentative agreement that workers rejected in September, though a number of...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
AutoCanada Inc.’s revenues have dropped sharply — by nearly 15 per cent — from a lack of activity in its new and used vehicle sales, but collision repairs and the ongoing sale of its dealerships in the United States are cushioning the blow. With revenues from sales slumping, interim chief executive Sam Cochrane said the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that they are putting veteran d-man Troy Stecher on waivers and sending down forward Ike Howard to the minors. Howard does not have to clear waivers due to his rookie status. The moves are being made to free up roster and cap space for the return of star […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
What's happened to Calvin Pickard, who wrote that stuff-of-dreams story in the NHL playoffs last spring? Stu Skinner's safety net is digging pucks out of the cage right now, a few months after the loyal soldier won six straight early playoff games last spring and finished 7-1. He was the all-heart battler bailing out the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
When 49 women come forward saying they were assaulted at one of Canada's most popular spas, something is seriously wrong. Since then, more than 100 complainants have joined the proposed class-action sexual assault lawsuit against Le Nordik Spa in Chelsea, Que. This case is a chilling reminder of what can happen when a profession built on […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Hot Topics, Postmedia’s Rob Wong speaks with Postmedia Calgary Flames writers Wes Gilbertson and Danny Austin about the latest trade rumblings involving defenceman Rasmus Andersson and the Toronto Maple Leafs, what the expectations should be for Rory Kerins and if Yegor Sharangovich deserves to be a healthy...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
As a doctor, protecting human health sits at the heart of what I do. This commitment extends beyond hospital walls to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the communities we build. Today, I’m concerned about a growing threat to health: the rush to build gas-powered AI data centres across Alberta. Alberta’s government […]
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