CityNews - Calgary (22 minutes ago)
Calgary police are searching for a man after two women were sexually assaulted in Fish Creek Park in the city’s southeast a week ago Monday. Officers say the first incident happened at around 5:30 p.m. on April 20, when a woman jogging in the park near Mallard Point was believed to have been watched by […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (55 minutes ago)
Ever-evolving pop metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon is bringing their cyberpunk electricity to Rogers Place Sept. 23. Extending their currently-happening tour with eight more Canadian dates from Vancouver Sept. 20 to London, Ont., Oct. 6, the Sheffield, England, born quintet has for the past 20-plus years repeatedly topped the UK Rock & Metal...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 hours ago)
Hospitalizations caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) more than doubled in 2022–2023 compared to the years preceding the pandemic, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the research institute of the McGill University Health Centre and the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. More than 5,000 hospitalizations were...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
Police are investigating after a 25-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in southwest Edmonton. At roughly 2:40 a.m., a 1991 BMW 735i was travelling westbound on 41 Avenue SW when the vehicle lost control and slid off the road on the north side of 41 Avenue SW, just west of Allard […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 hours ago)
The man accused of selling the gun used to kill two Edmonton police officers in 2023 is scheduled to begin trial Monday. Dennis Okeymow faces a raft of charges including manslaughter for the March 16, 2023, fatal shootings of Edmonton Police Service constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan. While Okeymow is not alleged to have […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (6 hours ago)
I watched with dismay as the government members of the Special Select Citizens Initiative Proposal Committee used their majority to delay, exclude the proponent and refuse to commit to concluding the work of the committee in time to present its report on the Forever Canadian petition before the House rises in May. When I — […]
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (7 hours ago)
Cutting costs Danielle Smith and the UCP have this great idea that if they just sit down and have discussions with the major grocers in Alberta it will help lower prices for Albertans. What Disneyland Express are they on? There are a plethora of financial pressures on grocery stores from suppliers, market trends, global affairs […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (10 hours ago)
The ongoing U.S. travel boycott is showing no signs of letting up. March marked the 14th consecutive month of steep declines, with Canadian return trips to the U.S. plummeting 32 per cent compared to pre-boycott March 2024. Canadians are still travelling, but more are opting for domestic and overseas trips.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (10 hours ago)
This in from the one the most credible NHL commentators, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, his take that there’s no way the on-ice officials could see whether or not Anaheim had scored a goal in overtime, and the on-ice officials erred in calling it the winning goal for the Ducks. “I just really disagree with that […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers dropped a critical 4-3 Overtime decision to the Anaheim Ducks Sunday, on a controversial call that I would suggest the officials got right. The Oilers opened the scoring with a Kapanen 5v5 goal and a Nugent-Hopkins 5v4 marker in the first to stake an early claim on this game. Anaheim pushed later […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
Whether it's the start of a season or the start of a playoff series, the Edmonton Oilers have long been a team that struggles to maintain any semblance of motivation. It's not until their situation is shrouded in desperation and fear that they decide to get serious. It's called the Incredible Hulk Complex — they […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (18 hours ago)
Alberta's tourism sector is seeking to grow to a $25 billion industry by 2035. As the CBC's Tristan Mottershead reports, recent policy changes and possible future referendum questions on separation could be preventing the province from hitting that goal.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (22 hours ago)
Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic had a brief Serbian vocabulary lesson for Toronto reporters and fans after a 93-89 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Inat, pronounced ee-nut, is a concept beyond grittiness. “It’s proving everybody wrong, in spite of everything. That’s the state of our team,” said Rajakovic during his post-game news...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (23 hours ago)
One position is killing the Oilers just now, and it’s not Edmonton’s goalie. Instead it’s Edmonton’s wingers. Outside of Vasily Podkolzin and Kasperi Kapanen, they are struggling to make a positive impact in the 2026 playoffs so far. Podkolzin and Kapanen are crushing it on a line with Leon Draisaitl, playing some of their best […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
It sits on top of the signature coal mine that made the Town of Canmore. But it's the focus of a glamour-camping fight in a Rocky Mountain community trying to balance quality of life with the driver of its new economy – tourism. John (Jay) Third, a partner and project manager for “Trailhaus,” hopes the […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Though no one is tracking medically unassisted births in Canada, infant mortality data from the Ontario coroner, the challenges of accessing maternal medicine in rural B.C., and a growing online freebirthing community suggest more women are choosing this route.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
When Natalie Kwadrans was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer, she was too young to qualify for a screening mammogram in Alberta. The provincial government has announced it plans to drop the age at which women can get a free screening mammogram, without a referral from a doctor, from 45 to 40, starting next April. Kwandrans wants that change to...
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Two more data centre projects in Alberta are not being required to complete formal impact assessments, which would evaluate factors such as environmental effects: Synapse's data centre campus in Olds and the Woodland Cree First Nation-led Mihta Askiy data centre project.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (A day ago)
Thanks, Carney Watched the TV footage on the gathering opposing Alberta independence – who resemble the Carney groupies who are almost all white-haired seniors who have, in better times, earned pensions, have some wealth and a residence. Two questions for these seniors. The Canada they remember is dead thanks to continuous Liberal incompetence...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
Do you chow down at hockey games? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! PRICEY SPORT I see Sunshine Ski Village has a problem with permanent DST (Alberta ski resorts worry move to permanent daylight time could drive visitors to U.S., April 15). When I skied there in the 1970s, a lift pass cost $6 and […]
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (A day ago)
I don't know what I expected when I pushed open the Blue Chair's battered door that morning. Maybe a plate heaped with pancakes. Maybe the comfort of old routines. But not this. The look on the server's face said it first — sincere, a little shocked, and touched by some quiet sorrow. He hesitated, the […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Research indicates that about one in five Canadians have high levels of Lipoprotein(a), putting them at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. And yet, many people have no idea because there is no routine screening for Lp(a), which also has no symptoms. That's something experts have been wanting to change.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (A day ago)
Wendy Lintner's twin sons with autism are in Grade 5. At one time, both were not attending school full-time. Not because she doesn't believe in education or because they don't want to be there, but because the school system simply hasn't been able to support their needs.
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
William Shatner, quickly gliding over questions that speculated about the future of Star Trek and his famous role as its captain, reminisced with a ballroom of fans about stories ranging from sabotaging co-star Leonard Nimoy's bike to rubbing former football player Terry Bradshaw's head with fermented fish.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has ordered a privately owned Calgary oil and gas company to suspend operations until it resolves numerous concerns that include incomplete cleanup of contaminated well sites and unpaid municipal taxes. The April 22 directive gives MAGA Energy Ltd. two weeks to shut in and secure all of its wells and […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The knee-jerk with the rabids on social media is that they have to pull the plug on the feel-good-story Connor Ingram and go to somebody else in net for Game 4, even if it's Tristan Jarry, who has been less popular with their loud voices than Stuart Skinner. I don't think it's a good idea. […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Brad Shearing says it was “very Canadian” that the nearly 24 hours he spent stuck on a northern Alberta highway due to a snowstorm ended with a man dropping off coffee and jerrycans full of gasoline in a helicopter. “(The helicopter) landed right beside us in the rest stop,” said Shearing, a firefighter, in an interview Saturday. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
“Ask me a question and I probably won’t answer it,” said William Shatner at the five-minute mark of his talk at Calgary Expo Saturday afternoon at the BMO Centre. It was a rare format for the 95-year-old actor, at least for his appearances at Calgary Expo. The actor opened the floor to questions early on […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Calgary police have charged a second man in relation to a fatal assault last month in the southeast community of Ogden. According to police, the suspect was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder and was located in Langley, B.C. He was arrested by RCMP after attempting to flee from officers, police said in […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
What’s wrong with the Edmonton Oilers? That’s an easy one. The team has been hit by the H-Bomb. This is a team with poor health playing against a team that’s relatively healthy. In a playoff series between two relatively evenly matched squads, Edmonton’s banged up lineup heavily tips the balance in Anaheim’s favour, in particular […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Police say they have laid three additional charges on Winnipeg man who allegedly made death threats against Prime Minister Mark Carney on social media. Jason Paul Rindall, 55, was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with uttering threats to cause death. Last month, police said that he also allegedly incited hatred towards the Muslim and Jewish […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Lori Beattie knows a thing or two about walking. She’s travelled every path and trail listed in her new updated book, Calgary’s Best Walks. Over the past few months, we’ve highlighted some of the 95 walks in her book, complete with necessary details and tasty stops along the way. This month, we explore walks 85 […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Not so long ago, I sat next to the Atlantic Ocean in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Cape Town. As the sun was slowly setting below the horizon, colouring a few clouds above into a bright orange-red, I observed that several other souls were doing what I was: pausing and being […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Premier Danielle Smith's recent remark — "You can earn your way into inclusion, but you can earn your way out of it, too” — reveals a troubling understanding of disability and the conditions under which Albertans with disabilities are permitted to exist in public life. Inclusion is not a reward or a privilege granted to […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Alberta is emerging as a North American leader in the artificial intelligence economy, aiming to attract $100 billion in data centre investment by 2030. The $750-million eStruxture data centre is under construction in Rocky View County. Crusoe AI has proposed facilities worth an estimated $3 billion. Kevin O'Leary is backing Wonder Valley, a...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
Canada has set an ambitious goal — expand trade beyond the United States and build stronger economic ties with fast-growing markets around the world. For a country as trade-dependent as ours, and for export-oriented regions such as Western Canada, this is smart policy. But there's a gap between ambition and execution that will need to […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
When Premier Danielle Smith pointed to a $700 "comprehensive” health screening in Japan, the implication was straightforward — a wide range of tests can be accessed quickly and affordably, without the delays of the public system. The comparison was based on a reported experience of a UCP staff member, who described receiving a package that...
ReadCBC - Calgary (2 days ago)
While several Calgary city councillors have expressed their support for investing in city-owned playgrounds, for those structures the municipality doesn't manage, finding the money to replace them falls to parent councils or non-profit boards of directors, who often have limited fundraising experience.
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Sad stuff for Wayne I'm watching the Colorado Avalanche-L.A. Kings game (Thursday night). During the second intermission they have Wayne Gretzky on a panel with four others, one of which is a no-name social media icon called Biznasty. What a downfall for Wayne. I just can't imagine the NBA doing this to Michael Jordan. What […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Re. “‘I’m not going to just be a bystander’; UCP will campaign for desired referendum results, Smith says, April 24 Thank God for this UCP government. They tell me what I need before I recognize the need myself. This includes things such as daylight saving time, new licence plates, a broken health-care system, dilution of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Game 3 of their series with the Anaheim Ducks represented a fork in the road for the Edmonton Oilers. They would either continue taking their chances playing Anaheim's game or they would put the brakes on this high-event, end-to-end madness and play the tough playoff defence they've been promising for weeks. Well, the final score […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
The Edmonton Oilers got pounded in the first period, came back hard, but the younger, healthier and faster Anaheim Ducks ripped them apart with two rush goals in the third off Evan Bouchard turnovers for a 7-4 win. The Grade A shots were 16-to-11 for the Ducks, with the subset of most dangerous high danger […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
It’s perhaps not surprising that a panel dedicated to Star Trek would eventually land on the subject of real-life space travel. At Calgary Expo yesterday, actors Gates McFadden and Brent Spiner — who played Dr. Beverly Crusher and Data on the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, a number of films and most recently […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
It was still dark when Anthony Daniels arrived for his first morning of filming Star Wars: The New Hope in 1976. The production had set up in the Sahara Desert in Tunisia, which could be both freezing cold and blisteringly hot. Daniels, a British actor and mime artist, had been cast as the fussbudget droid […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
The Anaheim Ducks have taken a 2-1 series lead after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 in Game 3 in Anaheim. The Oilers opened the series with a 4-3 win in Edmonton on Monday, before the Ducks leveled the series with a 6-4 win in Game 2 on Wednesday. Vasily Podkolzin opened the scoring in Game […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (3 days ago)
An application by semi-truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to defer his deportation after he pleaded guilty to killing 16 people and injuring 13 when his vehicle crashed into a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team in April 2018 has been accepted by a Federal Court judge at a hearing on Friday.
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Should it be easier for professionals to become teachers? Vote in our daily poll! I have been a small-c conservative person all my life and gave Danielle Smith the benefit of the doubt when she became leader of the United Conservative Party. Recently she announced that cabinet has made a unilateral decision that Alberta will […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (3 days ago)
Calgary fire crews managed to contain a two-alarm blaze in southeast Calgary to a single home despite 80-km/h winds on Friday morning. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out on the 0-100 block of Mahogany Square S.E. shortly after 11 a.m. Fire crews reported heavy smoke and visible flames when they arrived, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
The windy weather that tore through Calgary on Friday disrupted train service on parts of Calgary's Red Line. There was no CTrain service between 39 Avenue and Anderson stations due to a power issue that began in the early afternoon. Service has since returned as of Saturday morning. Shuttle buses ran between the two stations. […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Trades people and professionals with certain academic and professional experience may be eligible to teach in Alberta schools based on the province’s new certifications. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced on Friday four new certificates with the intention to get more teachers in the classroom to meet the ongoing demand. Two...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
General manager Ross Atkins spoke to the media on Friday and provided updates on multiple Blue Jays. According to Atkins, relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman, who’s struggled of late, will no longer be the primary option to close games. “We’re going to share (the closer role) across more than one arm in the short term, and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
A water issue in northwest Calgary has left dozens of residents scrambling Friday as crews work to restore service. A water main break along Bowness Road NW cut service to roughly 50 homes beginning around 9 p.m. Thursday, according to the City of Calgary. The incident is not connected to the ongoing Bearspaw South Feeder […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from the Edmonton Oilers practice, news that the team has promoted Ryan Nugent Hopkins to play with his long-time running mates Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman on the top line against the Anaheim Ducks tonight. At the same time, the Oilers demoted Matthew Savoie to the third line. The direction of centre Jason […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Academics have long lamented the decline of liberal democracy in Alberta and elsewhere. Experts debate the extent of the backsliding. Commentators warn about authoritarian drift. Many, myself included, blame far-right populists for the decline in civil discourse and the erosion of democratic norms. If polls are any indication, most Albertans tune...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
It's a scene of springtime winter chaos on the road south of Alberta's oilsands hub city. Mounties say a stretch of Highway 63, the main artery south of Fort McMurray, remains impassable due to high winds and blowing snow. Police have been escorting multiple tow trucks along the highway to reach stranded vehicles. Environment and […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (3 days ago)
More than 3,100 customers in several southwest Calgary communities are without power Friday morning. The unplanned outage started around 9:40 a.m. according to Enmax. Customers in Glenbrook, Killarney, Glengarry, Shaganappi, Richmond, Rutland Park, Glendale, and Glamorgan have been impacted. This comes as a wind warning is issued for the city;...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
This in from former Edmonton Oiler and Hall-of-Fame legend Chris Pronger, his recipe for the Oilers to win in the 2026 playoffs. Speaking on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, Pronger said the Oilers will have success "if Edmonton can tighten things up and not force things. I think at times when they don’t get a lot […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Oil Spills, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Edmonton Journal Oilers writer Gerry Moddejonge about the Oilers Game 2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, why Connor McDavid has struggled to pick up a point so far in the series, and if Connor Ingram has been an issue in net.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 days ago)
Each week, we check in with our readers on social media and e-mail to see what’s on top of their mind, explore the hot topics of conversation and answer hard-hitting questions about the Edmonton Oilers. Here are some of the talking points from the past week: Hi. This ain’t your drunk uncle’s Edmonton Oilers team. […]
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