Calgary Herald - Local (35 minutes ago)
Thanks to Chris Nelson for his column on the ease of obtaining a driver’s licence. I’m sure there’s a majority of us who think this way. I came to Calgary 44 years ago from an Eastern European country. To obtain a driver’s licence there, you had to take a mandatory two-week course (a few hours […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
Alberta’s University of Calgary has roared into the Guinness World Records’ roster. Campus community members shattered the Guinness record for the largest gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs on Saturday. “The record was 468. We broke it so we are record holders with 682 people dressed in dinosaur costumes,” said Verity Turpin,...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
Voters head to the polls today in three federal byelections widely expected to grant Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority government. Two are Liberal strongholds in Toronto, while the third is a tight race in the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne between the Bloc Québécois and the governing party. The byelections were called to replace Liberal […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (6 hours ago)
No democratic majority Carney obtaining a majority by enticing five MPs to cancel the votes of 100,000 Canadians for their own self interests is an affront to Canada's very democracy! Democracy is thought to mean government by the people, of the people and for the people. Power-hungry Carney enticing floor-crossers to reward him with unfettered...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (10 hours ago)
A new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers fresh modelling that shows cancer cases and deaths will remain at high levels in the year ahead — including "concerning trends" showing a projected rise in multiple types of cancer.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
If you’ve been waiting for a signal that at long last the Edmonton Oilers are ready to do some damage in the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs, I do believe one is shining forth brightly just now. In the last ten games, the Oilers have won six games and tied one, doing so on the back […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (20 hours ago)
TORONTO — Max Scherzer kept his head down as he walked off the Rogers Centre mound and into the dugout. After passing pitching coach Pete Walker, the Toronto Blue Jays' right-hander stopped at the water cooler to grab a drink and then stood by himself, presumably collecting his thoughts. To say Sunday's outing was a rough […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (24 hours ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers news they have recalled Ike Howard from the Bakersfield Condors: “The Oilers have recalled forward Isaac Howard from the Condors. The first-year pro has scored 22 goals & 25 assists in 45 games with Bakersfield this season.” The call-up comes as rising power forward Max Jones was injured in […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Rayanne Boychuk was 21 when Graves' disease didn't arrive quietly — it stormed in. Now, every meal is a calculation, every bite a potential risk. Boychuk carefully tracks her triggers, fighting for the quiet moments with her husband and young son. Not the exhaustion. Not the relentless walls of an Alberta medical system that fails […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
He is the biggest, baddest grizzly in the Rockies, a pawed, clawed colossus stronger than a speeding locomotive, adored by groupies, immortalized in merchandise, siring offspring like a pine tree sheds needles. "The Boss” has emerged from hibernation to continue his quarter-century reign as "King of the Rockies,” but a challenge looms as one...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
An Alberta man is facing second-degree murder charges in connection with a death in Valleyview. On Thursday, at around 11:39 p.m., Alberta RCMP officers responded to reports of a man lying in the middle of the street near 3802 Highway St., police said in a Saturday news release. Police identified the man as 38-year-old Valleyview […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Throughout several weeks of public hearings on blanket rezoning in Calgary's city hall, councillors were expected to remain open to persuasion. But most councillors had already publicly committed to repealing the policy in last fall's municipal election.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Canada’s watching I watched Artemis II take Canada's astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, on a historic 695-million mile journey around the moon and back to Earth. Such incredible transmissions from space as astronauts showed the far side of a pitted planet and described the incredible beauty of Earth. I hope Canadians felt a special pride watching Star...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Will the Oilers finish first in the Pacific Division? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! LISTEN TO RESIDENTS Re: City admits it 'missed' windrow removal on 132 Avenue redesign (April 9). All those folks along 132 Ave. went to meetings, beseeched city hall and even brought in their MLA to try and get their concerns […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
The recent cancelling of a horror novelist's book demonstrates the conundrum that literary professionals face as they comb through every pitch, query letter and manuscript lobbed their way: how do you separate the proverbial wheat from the AI-generated chaff, and what happens if you get it wrong?
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
The Iran war appears to have ended (if it has ended) with a settlement that neither fully opens the Strait of Hormuz nor keeps it fully closed. The lingering doubts about the Persian Gulf as a source of energy for Europe and Asia, especially if Iran succeeds in its goal of charging tolls for passage, could be good news for Canadian oil and gas —...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Is "just get in” really the right approach for the 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers? We would all feel better after two unsuccessful Stanley Cup Finals bids had this edition of the Oilers pranced all the way to a President's Trophy. Some are not big fans of "just get in”, or as Connor McDavid described it recently, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
It's not you, it's me. The old breakup line made famous by people who really mean YOU are the reason they don't want to stay together was kind of the theme Saturday night in Los Angeles. The Kings scored on their second shot of the game and then nursed that tenuous 1-0 lead all the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The CEO of Calgary Public Library says she is worried about the implications of the province’s potential age-based restrictions on material with visual depictions of sexual acts for free access to information, privacy and administration efficiency as the UCP government seeks to add more bureaucratic requirements without additional funding. “We...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The University of Calgary broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs on Saturday, in honour of its 60th anniversary. Hundreds gathered outside the Taylor Family Digital Library in costume in support of the milestone, as part of a full-day celebration at the university’s campus. The record to beat...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Los Angeles Kings goalie Anton Forsberg out-battled Edmonton Oilers goalie Connor Ingram, as the King won 1-0 in a boring, but hard fought game that picked up some steam as it went along. The Grade A shots were 18 to 9 for the Edmonton, with the subset of most dangerous 5-alarm shots to seven each. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Hundreds of Grade 5-12 students gathered at the Olympic Oval on Saturday for the final day of the Calgary Youth Science Fair, which named 17 finalists, who will compete in the national fair next month. The fair drew 900 participants, who were evaluated by a team of 500 volunteer judges over the course of two […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Dozens of Calgarians gathered at SAIT on Saturday, circling a group of drummers who filled the hall at its Stan Grad Centre with music as part of the college’s annual Indigenous celebrations. People from various Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities joined the Round Dance, a celebration of unity and connection to one’s ancestors — common...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
The Injury bug continues to bite the Toronto Blue Jays. Designated hitter George Springer was removed from Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins with a left big toe fracture, the team announced. Springer fouled a ball off his foot in the third inning but completed his at-bat, grounding out to third base. It was Springer’s second […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The latest version of the city's water efficiency plan dropped recently to barely any reporting and no analysis. However, be assured, the steady bureaucratic march is alive and well. The executive summary quickly defers to "climate change” as the source of our water problems. The authors seem not to have noticed that the "end is […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
If you're old enough to remember the actors Peter Lorre and Elizabeth Taylor, there's a chance you caught their 1960 feature film called Scent of Mystery. It was the first and only Hollywood movie to employ Smell-O-Vision technology. Scents like pipe tobacco, roses and gunpowder were pumped into the movie theatre by a clunky machine […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
On Thursday, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre called on the Liberal government to take action to protect private property rights in B.C. and across Canada. He was absolutely right to do so. Poilievre explained that Canadians need the federal government, to "make it clear that the federal government's position is that fee-simple property...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Right move Thank you, 'mayor-and-most-of-council,' for respecting the majority of Calgarians who spoke during the public hearing. Blanket rezoning has been repealed; it is most unfortunate that it needed to be. Had the previous mayor-and-council followed the wishes of Calgarians, communities like Bowness would not have been subjected to two years...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The international goods-movement system is experiencing immense pressure. From capacity bottlenecks and geopolitical uncertainty to increasing competition for market access and investment, it's a challenge to turn on the news these days and not hear a story about supply chain fragility or trade disruptions. For Canada, this moment is a challenge....
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
As global energy markets grow more volatile, energy security is being reshaped in real time. For Canada, and Alberta in particular, this moment carries significance. In June this year, Calgary will host the World Geothermal Congress, bringing global attention to a resource that could play a significant role in the province's energy future. At a...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The drought-stricken Oldman River is dying. Here in the fractured heart and soul of the river’s headwaters, taxpayers have spent billions to transform world-renowned land into mud, stumps, rutted roads and clearcuts. The government, incongruously, stands in defence of this false picture of progress. It does this by demanding we continue to pay...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Before most of us have had our first coffee, we are already surrounded and supported by steel. The frame of our homes, our appliances and furnaces. The rebar in our schools and hospitals. The bridges we cross, the vehicles we drive, the wind turbines rising on the prairie horizon. Steel is so woven into daily […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Democracy does not disappear in a single act. It prefers a quiet retirement — one institution at a time, each exit carefully framed as "modernization.” In Alberta, courts have been politely informed that their opinions are noted and disregarded. Unions have been thanked for their service and shown the door. Elected health boards have been […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
Edmonton city council's audit committee will get a confidential memo from administration to detail what steps they took to mitigate the impact of $65,000 lost in fraudulent transactions from a faulty transit machine. Over 300 suspicious Arc cards were identified and blocked with about $20,000 remaining on them, which the city was able to recover.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
It appears the Calgary Dinos’ days at McMahon Stadium are numbered, and if Calgary gets a new CFL stadium, the Dinos won’t be part of it. The University of Calgary has made a call for architectural designs to build a new home for the Dinos athletic teams. The proposed Dinos facility would be just west […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
The National Music Centre has officially launched its 10th‑anniversary celebrations. The venue in downtown Calgary kicked off a full year of events on Thursday with a special performance featuring acclaimed Canadian singer‑songwriter Ron Sexsmith, folk artist Andrina Turenne, and drum group Eya‑Hey Nakoda. Looking back on the Centre's first...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Critics of Alberta's proposed rule changes to public libraries say the true danger lies in the fact they give the province power to dictate access and potentially snoop on Albertans to see exactly which books they are checking out. And James Turk, director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University, said the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Oilers forward Kasperi Kapanen put it terms a simpleton could understand: If you don't think Connor McDavid is the most valuable player in the NHL, you need your head examined. Asked about voter fatigue being a reason that one of the top four players of all time, who is having the second best season of […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Have you had a run-in with a pothole this year? Vote in our daily poll! With voter turnout in the last federal election at approximately 69%, the Conservatives received about 42% while the Liberals received about 44%. I can’t understand why Conservatives would cross the floor when the numbers are that close. It has to […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
An incident involving a train and pedestrian at a rural road crossing north of Calgary prompted an emergency response on Friday afternoon. RCMP say police and fire crews responded to a “train and pedestrian incident” north of Crossfield, at Township Road 290 east of Range Road 12. Rocky View County posted about the incident online […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Mounties are looking for suspects after two Calgary-area businesses were hit by nearly identical late‑night break‑ins a week apart. Airdrie RCMP say officers were called around 1:30 a.m. on March 29 after a business near 1 Street SW and Centre Avenue was broken into. Video footage shows two suspects removing a large laser device before […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
Following a guilty plea to manslaughter, Keyannah Rose Redbear has been sentenced to six years in prison in the death of Winter-Star Dion. With credit for time already served, she has just over two years remaining on her sentence, along with a lifetime weapons ban.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
A Calgary man says he's had even better luck than sinking a hole‑in‑one after discovering he won $2 million in the March 28 Lotto 6/49 draw. Ray Born, an avid golfer with a 2:30 a.m. daily routine of watching sports and checking his lottery tickets, learned he'd hit the jackpot during one of those early‑morning […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from Sportsnet play-by-play man Jack Michaels, Edmonton forward lines from El Segundo today, with grinding forward Max Jones boosted to the second line, and Jason Dickinson, who left the San Jose game after taking a hard shot to the leg, not on the ice. The defence pairings remain the same for the Oilers, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Later this year, city council will wrestle with setting the city's budget for the next four years. I urge my fellow city councillors to consider a paraphrased version of the 1988 campaign pledge from none other than President George H.W. Bush: “Read my lips: no new roads.” As you bump along spring potholes, surely you […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
"The MOU will build a pipeline.” This was the statement made by the prime minister in the House of Commons on Jan. 27. The prime minister was, of course, referring to the memorandum of understanding signed by the governments of Canada and Alberta in November. The MOU states that it will "enable the export of bitumen […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
We’ve had 17 games to watch new Edmonton Oilers d-man Connor Murphy, enough to get a good sense of the good and the bad of his game and to assess his true talent as a player. What I see is new and improved version of Darnell Nurse’s old d-man partner Cody Ceci. Like Ceci, Murphy […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
Sunday marks Cavalry FC's home opener for 2026 as the club welcomes Atlético Ottawa to Spruce Meadows, and the game will look different for fans this year. 660's Sandra Prusina sat down with Canadian Premier League Commissioner James Johnson for an in-depth conversation about a major rule change that has the global soccer world watching the...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
A former Junior hockey player has been identified as the victim in a fatal triple shooting early Friday morning at a campus bar at Lambton College in Sarnia. Sarnia police said they were called to the Lions Den pub on campus for a report of a shooting just before 1 a.m., where they found three […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Justice Minister Mickey Amery cast doubt on whether the final report of Alberta's independent Electoral Boundaries Commission will be adopted in full, saying the government is “looking at all options” in response to a competing minority report. That final report reflects months of public hearings and submissions from Albertans. The minority...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Jonathan Huberdeau is the Calgary Flames' nominee for the 2026 King Clancy Memorial Trophy. The nominees for every team around the NHL were announced Friday morning, with the Flames announcing that the 32-year-old winger was their choice for the award, which goes to the player who "best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Dreamspeakers: Looking ahead to Wednesday so we don't miss it, the 2026 Dreamspeakers International Film Festival is running under the banner "Itêh kâpêh isi kîwêmakahkihk acimôwinah The place where stories come home.” This year's fest has 30 shorts, features, docs and animations, with most in-person screenings at Landmark in City Centre...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
A civilian employee of the Calgary Police Service is facing charges after allegedly using internal police databases to look up people for non-police matters. It is believed the employee was accessing police databases to seek information on individuals she has had, or sought to have, personal relationships with, say police. “An investigation began...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's mayor and council approved $1.64 million for homeless programs after the provincial government changed how it funds those programs. The province says funding remains stable, but local non-profits report shortfalls and service gaps since the change took effect last year.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
American-style politics has arrived in Alberta. For proof, take a look at the recent history of Alberta's Electoral Boundaries Commission. In October 2025, after extensive public engagement, the five members of the commission released a unanimous interim report, recommending the addition of two new electoral divisions in Calgary. The commission...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Long emergency room waits, delayed diagnoses and limited access to primary care are no longer exceptions in Alberta's health-care system. They are becoming the norm. A shortage of accredited medical professionals is pushing the system to its limits. Patients in Alberta are waiting hours in emergency rooms for urgent care. In one case, a 44-year-old...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
In 2024, the Paris Review published an interview that Ben Lerner conducted with 90-year-old poet Rosemarie Waldrop over the span of two days. For Lerner, an acclaimed American poet and author himself, Waldrop was a “really important figure” in his life and as an inspiration for his work. A German-born American poet and publisher, Waldrop […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 days ago)
Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, the province says other assessments are required before permits can be issued.
ReadCBC - Calgary (3 days ago)
More than 7,000 banned guns have been declared in Alberta under the federal government's gun buyback program, but owners in the province are not able to collect compensation because of an ongoing dispute between Alberta and Ottawa over how the program is meant to operate.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Spring arrives slowly on the Prairies, but when it does, it's the perfect time to take stock of your landscape and set the stage for a healthy, resilient yard. A practical spring checklist helps you tackle key tasks in the right order by saving time, money, and frustration as the growing season unfolds. • Before […]
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