Edmonton Journal - Local (28 seconds ago)
It's never too early to laugh, and so it is the Edmonton-grown Great Outdoors Comedy Festival has already begun unrolling its 2026 summer lineup — starting with Netflix and social media star and occasional paranormal investigator Matt Rife. The 30-year-old observational and crowd-work comedian will headline the festival July 18 — Saturday...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (28 seconds ago)
This in from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers, Edmonton’s tentative lines for tonight’s game against the New York Rangers. Andrew Mangiapane has been promoted to the top line with Jack Roslovic making his debut on the second line. With no Alec Regula on the ice due to injury, Troy Stecher is coming in to play […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays will head to Seattle in a 0-2 hole. Toronto lost Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, 10-3, after the Mariners blasted a trio of multi-run homers. Seattle didn’t take long to get on the scoreboard, as Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage allowed the first two hitters to reach […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (6 hours ago)
When Calgary entrepreneur Justin Sather heard from business associates of a treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration — the leading cause of adult vision loss in Canada — that had not been commercialized, he was inspired to investigate by memories of the frustrations his grandmother suffered through. As a result of his findings, he...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (6 hours ago)
Onward — direct, simple and the official motto of the City of Calgary since 1902. Whether growing the Calgary Stampede into the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, unlocking the potential of the oilsands, hosting the Olympics or rebuilding from the 2013 flood, Calgary’s community, business and political leaders have embraced the can-do spirit of...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (6 hours ago)
The federal energy minister isn't wrong about Alberta having work to do to make tangible progress on a proposed pipeline. However, Tim Hodgson's suggested to-do list has its priorities askew. At a time when Canada's economy desperately needs the jolt and confidence boost of a major new pipeline, and at a time when Canadians — […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Doesn't add up A recent article by Kris Sims ('Alberta teachers should be ready for a long strike,' Calgary Sun, Oct. 8) states there are a little more than 700,000 students and 51,000 teachers. Based on those figures, that is approximately 14 students per teacher. Teachers are saying classroom sizes average 30 students. Based on […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
Many Canadians have been enjoying the political theatre of Premier Smith trying to hem in and get a straight answer from Prime Minister Carney concerning the Liberal government's support for a new oil pipeline to the west coast. It appears that Carney is studiously honing his skills in the "dance of the seven veils” that […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (21 hours ago)
I have always liked walking in cemeteries. There's something grounding about wandering among the markers — each one unique, each whispering a story. I take time to pause, to read the names, the dates, and the epitaphs. So often, these short inscriptions capture the essence of a life: "A beloved husband.” "A great friend.” "A […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (21 hours ago)
This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on his 32 Thoughts podcast, his discussion of a major question built into the contract of new Edmonton Oilers attacker Jack Roslovic. “You know, Rosljovic has a pretty interesting contract. On November 1st, which is about the time (Zach) Hyman comes back, I think it becomes a four-team trade […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (22 hours ago)
Dustin Wolf has manned the crease for every minute of the Calgary Flames season so far. He'll get the start on Tuesday evening at the Saddledome against the Vegas Golden Knights, too. Head coach Ryan Huska confirmed that on Monday morning. At some point, though — and probably on Wednesday against the Utah Mammoth in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (24 hours ago)
EDMONTON — Many Alberta students are sleeping in these days, struggling with the feeling they should be doing something else instead. A provincewide teachers strike, about to enter its second week, has meant some 740,000 children haven’t had to set their morning alarms, catch buses or pack lunches. Declan Reid, 15, has been taking it […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Petition e-6679 grew out of a simple idea — that members of Parliament should be held to the same standard of truth as everyone else. In a time when politics feels more about spin than substance, this petition calls for a law that would make MPs correct false statements and face real consequences for deliberate […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
EDMONTON — Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports. His mother says teachers know him to be kind, and kids in his class gravitate toward him. He wants to be an accountant. He is also […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
"Good penalty killers are the ones who can make plays under pressure. You saw it with Connor late in the game, being able to slow things down rather than just shovelling a puck out. He was able to settle things down and made a heck of a play"
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
A five-game trip this early in the season, when the Edmonton Oilers still are figuring some things out lineup-wise, fresh out of training camp, might not be the simplest task in the world. Especially when ‘some things’ encompasses questions such as, who will end up playing on the top line with Connor McDavid and Leon […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
TORONTO – Already during this captivating run to the American League Championship Series, the Toronto Blue Jays have conquered so many of the hills – not maxing out their talent; not winning the AL East; zero playoff victories; not taking a post-season series – that felled them in years past. So, it's perhaps fitting then that their […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
EDMONTON — Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports. His mother says teachers know him to be kind, and kids in his class gravitate toward him. He wants to be an accountant. He is also […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
It’s a long season and we’ve had only a vanishingly small sample size of games to judge the 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers, but with that proviso, it’s fair to note a number of positive signals for the team and many veteran players. Connor McDavid. He’s yet to score but he’s had six Grade A shots on […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Egypt this afternoon to take part in a summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney is heading to the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, joining other world leaders Monday where Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will co-chair a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers have a goaltending problem. But it may not be in exactly the way you think. That and more in this edition of… 9 Things 9. Andrew Mangiapane played NHL game #500 Saturday. Mangiapane was a little quiet in pre-season. But he has goals in back-to-back regular season games. 8. You will see […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Alex Simpson has been a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays “basically from Day 1,” a lifelong love of the game that was instilled in him by his father, Dave. “‘When you’re really young, you don’t know what’s going on. It’s just ‘Dad, which colour team are we cheering for?'” he said. That colour was […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Jake Neighbours scored twice for the St. Louis Blues in a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames in its home opener on Saturday. Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist, and Pius Suter also scored for the Blues (1-1-0), who went with Joel Hofer over Jordan Binnington in net after the latter allowed five goals on […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Thanksgiving dinner is looking a bit different for one Vancouver couple this year. The normally well-stocked table, with Turkey and all the fixings, will be replaced with a takeaway turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, and the usual dinner table conversation replaced with a much-awaited Blue Jays baseball game, said Helen Vlahos. Vlahos was...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Does your family gather for Thanksgiving? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! WHAT SAVINGS? Carney has given two people $577,000 salaries. That equals $1,144,000 for two people. So much in trying to find savings in the federal government. Canada post employees will not be impressed. CURTIS RADCLIFFE (The optics are not good.) WAKE-UP CALL It […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Same old, same old The new PM is similar to the old PM. He jets around the world ignoring domestic problems. He is going to, if you can believe it, have a bigger deficit than JT. He favours the eastern provinces. Ontario voters are not afraid of deficits, Quebec is only worried about Quebec. Prairie […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
It was the NHL equivalent of putting a pillow over somebody's face and waiting till the kicking stops. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off a 4-3 defeat in which a 3-0 lead dissolved after a fluke, a razor-thin vide review and one of the worst goaltending gaffes you're ever going to see, went into full shutdown […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers were the better team all night long against Vancouver on Saturday, and full credit for the 3-1 triumph. The Oilers dominated the first, but Thatcher Demko kept the game at zeroes. However, Edmonton kept its foot on the gas in the second, sending it to the dressing room 2-0 with the shots […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Two stunning third-quarter touchdowns, followed by a stubborn fourth-quarter defence, carried the Elks to critical 25-20 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Saturday night, keeping Edmonton's slim CFL playoff hopes alive. Running back Justin Rankin's 64-yard touchdown run on a third-down gamble, followed by Kordell Jackson's 47-yard touchdown...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
HUALIEN CITY, Taiwan — While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan. When he arrived in the country, he heard about the damage from a powerful typhoon caused when tonnes […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Two separate rallies in Calgary on Saturday raised awareness of issues affecting the city’s Indigenous community. One was a walk in the Beltline area organized by the younger sister of an Indigenous woman named Jacqueline Crazybull, who was killed in a series of random stabbings in July 2007 — a nearly two-decades-old case that hasn’t […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
There’s a certain moment every October when Canada exhales. The wind shifts, the light softens, and the trees — those old chroniclers of summer — take on their annual splendour. Golds, reds, and browns blend together like a Sunday country hymn sung in harmony. The air itself seems older — even, perhaps, wiser — touched […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
When he was much younger than his 18 years, Braeden Cootes was one of those local kids lining up and waiting hours for Edmonton Oilers autographs. "Yeah, I think I was at West Edmonton Mall,” said the Vancouver Canucks' first-round draft pick, who grew up in Sherwood Park, hanging out with Oilers and SportsNet's play-by-play […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Ward tastawiyiniwak has four candidates seeking to unseat incumbent Karen Principe who is seeking re-election for a second term in the north Edmonton ward with 86,000 residents. The ward is bounded by Anthony Henday Drive to the north, 66 Street to the east, 127 Avenue to the south, with its western boundaries set at 97 […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
EDMONTON — Through the first eight games of the Edmonton Elks season, running back Justin Rankin averaged 5.2 yards a carry for 308 yards, twice was held to zero yards in a game, and scored just two touchdowns. The Elks were 2-6 over that stretch. In the seven games since, the five-foot-10, 215-pound native of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from Oilers insiders Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now and TSN’s Ryan Rishaug, firm statements that it’s now or never for Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner, that’s got to soon demonstrate he’s ready to step up as Edmonton’s No. 1 goalie or there will be change. Skinner was solid for almost all of Edmonton’s […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
In the wake of recent assassinations and mass shootings, none other than United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reopened the old "video games cause violence” issue. In a PBS Newshour interview on Sept. 9, Kennedy said "we're having mass shootings every 23 hours,” then went on to blame […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Will B.C. get on board with a new pipeline? Vote in our daily poll! After another dismal start to the season, there is bad news and good news on the Oilers front. The bad news is that Stuart Skinner is already in mid-season form. The good news is that Conner McDavid has signed for two […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Alberta's energy advantage has always come from more than just its natural resources — it's been powered by engineering talent. As we celebrate 100 years of the Iron Ring Ceremony — symbolizing engineering responsibility and progress — we face a new challenge: ensuring Alberta has the people and skills to lead the next era of […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Recent polling shows that I am the only one who can do what has not been done in 45 years: defeat a sitting mayor, and deliver on the priorities that matter for Calgarians: safety, affordability and being heard. Calgary was built on promises; that if you work hard and do your part, you'll have a […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Calgary is a city of builders, dreamers and doers. We're the kind of people who turn vision into reality — whether it's raising a family or building a business from nothing. I'm running to be your next mayor to make Calgary the safest, most affordable city of opportunity in the world. But here's the truth: […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
There's almost a 50 per cent chance that you don't yet know who you'll cast your ballot for in the upcoming Calgary mayoral election. If that's because you're unsure, unimpressed by the options or still deciding, I want you to know there is another choice: Me. My name is Sarah Elder, and I'm running to […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
I have always been grateful for the big Thanksgiving dinners I shared with my family as a boy living in the bush of northern Alberta. Those were the good times, before my younger siblings and I were scooped up and sent to a residential school when I was nine years old. We did not have […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Horribly wrong Warren Kinsella’s article ('Young people alarmingly pro-Hamas,' Calgary Sun, Oct. 9) citing Harvard-Harris reporting that large percentages of Gen Z and Millennials have been brainwashed through social media’s relentless assault on the state of Israel and Jewish people everywhere was a disturbing read. It appears the problem...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Alberta teachers are on strike and nobody knows how long this strike will last. The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) claims public education is underfunded. During a recent news conference, ATA president Jason Schilling said teachers "care too much about it [public education] to stand by and watch it slowly erode and crumble from chronic...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Re. “Cleanliness concerns begin to boil over,” Oct. 9 Congratulations to investigative reporters Matthew Black, Steve Lillebuen and colleagues for an excellent exposé on the restaurant industry in Edmonton and Alberta in general. After exhaustive research, The Edmonton Journal, together with MacEwan University, have exposed the...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
WestJet Airlines is facing criticism from passengers and aviation experts following the announcement of a new age-restricted flying policy that could result in hundreds of pilot job losses. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents WestJet pilots, says the airline plans to prohibit pilots over the age of 65 from flying, a move they...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province’s planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Friday, Premier Danielle Smith’s office said the decision to build a pipeline lies solely with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government. “We...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 days ago)
The Alberta government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind the province’s planned proposal for a pipeline that would bring oil to the B.C. coast. In a statement Friday, Premier Danielle Smith’s office said the decision to build a pipeline lies solely with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government. “We...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
Calgary police are investigating a midday armed robbery at a smoke shop in the city’s northwest. The incident occurred around 12:35 p.m. at the Cowboys Shop on Varsity Drive NW and Shaganappi Trail NW. According to police, between four and five individuals entered the store and threatened staff with weapons. Security images appear to show […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
Jack can be a pretty chill dog. But a big personality is what really defines this Alaskan/husky mix, who is at the city’s Animal Services waiting for his forever home. “He’s just like a walking cartoon character,” says Kristina Ince, an animal behaviour specialist who is part of the adoption team and quite smitten with […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 days ago)
Coins, as we all know, have two sides, and so do some former first-round picks. Like the newest Edmonton Oilers forward Jack Roslovic. He's a good player — a guy who averages about 40 points a season — but he's also a player on his fifth NHL team at 28. So a heads-up. Or, if […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 days ago)
The CFL is enjoying an exciting season with scoring and touchdowns up. Out of 66 games, 42 were comeback wins, 32 decided in the final three minutes, and 15 decided by three points of less. However, despite the exciting games, attendance is up only marginally, TV ratings have been on a downward trend for almost a […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 days ago)
While thousands of Alberta teachers enter Day 4 of a provincewide strike, many support staff and educational assistants continue to work as normal, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The union said so far only two school boards have given layoff notice to its members, but warned more could come if the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 days ago)
A recent article on the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF) 50/50 program has generated headlines, prompting the foundation to issue its own statement. But what matters more is the bigger picture — the way Canadians often misunderstand and, too frequently, undermine their own charitable sector. The EOCF 50/50 is a success story by any...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (4 days ago)
A new community in Calgary's southeast is designed with nature-filled moments in mind. Aptly named Sora, the 35-acre standalone community is located within the community of Hotchkiss in Calgary's deep southeast. Its lands extend close to the banks of the Bow River with a pond feature as a central amenity. Natural wetlands, park areas, walking […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 days ago)
An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as “incoherent.” Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the nearly 200-page “tool kit” hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the...
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