CBC - Edmonton (20 minutes ago)
An MLA and former minister just removed from the United Conservative Party caucus alleges the health minister — and possibly the premier — withheld information from cabinet ministers who were deciding the fate of the Alberta Health Services board of directors.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (An hour ago)
A 32-year-old woman from Saskatchewan is dead after a vehicle rolled over on the QEII highway near Wetaskiwin. Early Thursday morning, police and emergency crews responded to a serious vehicle rollover on the QEII near Township Road 470 in Wetaskiwin County, said police in a Thursday news release. The woman in the vehicle died on […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
On Thursday evening, leaders of the four main federal political parties squared off in Montreal for their second of two debates ahead of election day, April 28. Here's what Edmonton Postmedia columnists Lorne Gunter, Keith Gerein and David Staples concluded about their performance. Who won the debate? Lorne Gunter: There was no clear winner, but...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (4 hours ago)
Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles on Friday, bringing the total in the province to 89 since the start of March. Four of the new cases are in central Alberta, one is in southern Alberta and one is in Calgary, according to the province’s measles dashboard. Provincial data shows at least eight […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (4 hours ago)
Front runners Pierre Poilievre of the Conservatives and Mark Carney of the Liberals face off in the 2025 federal leadership debate tonight, with online political commentators having plenty to say. Here are some of the highlights, with comments added as the debate goes along: Pre-debate talk: Former CTV National News journalist Alan Fryer...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (5 hours ago)
It was another day and another round of health contract scandal allegations at the Alberta legislature Thursday. A photo posted by former UCP MLA Scott Sinclar set off the latest firestorm. It shows Sinclair, Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery and staffers from the premier's office dressed in Oilers gear – all smiles and thumbs up […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
A student massage therapist is facing charges after he “inappropriately touched” a client during a massage at a Calgary clinic. Calgary police say a female victim went for a massage at the Professional Institute of Management & Technology near Kensington Road and 14 Street NW on March 18. It is alleged a second-year student massage […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (7 hours ago)
It took a few tries, but Calgary’s newest millionaire was finally able to convince his wife he had a winning lotto ticket from last summer. Ming Zhu bought the ticket back on Aug. 9, 2024, but he didn’t check it until recently and found out it was a million dollar winner. "I checked [the ticket] […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
For the fourth year in a row, the Edmonton Oilers will be facing the Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and now we know when the quest for Lord Stanley’s coveted trophy will kick off for the Orange and Blue. Given the Los Angeles Lakers are taking up residence at the Crypto.com Arena […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
It's not how you start, it's how you finish, so Stuart Skinner going from opening-night shelling to closing-night shutout is a major boost for the Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending concerns. If you remember, Skinner was under water from the first puck drop of the season, getting the hook against Winnipeg after five goals on 13 shots. […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (8 hours ago)
MONTREAL — WestJet has walked back its bid to put temporary foreign workers in the cockpit. In an email, spokeswoman Julia Kaiser confirmed that the airline halted its hunt for overseas recruits for regional subsidiary WestJet Encore due to "economic uncertainty.” The federal government last month approved WestJet's application for pilot...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, Trump's administration has put a hold on further...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (8 hours ago)
EDMONTON — Alberta’s transportation minister is asking the city of Edmonton to cancel an ongoing bike lane project, saying the city should be working to increase vehicle capacity rather than reduce it. Devin Dreeshen says the city’s multi-year plan to build 30 blocks of bike lanes on the city’s north side will have a negative […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
The perceived snubbing by a beautiful woman turned murder suspect Michael Adenyi’s attention towards her, a prosecutor suggested Thursday. And Crown lawyer Carla MacPhail said Adenyi was heading out to rape and murder an escort when a confident and beautiful Vanessa Ladouceur passed him without noticing him. But Adenyi denied he killed Ladouceur...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (9 hours ago)
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, Trump's administration has put a hold on further...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (9 hours ago)
Q: I have watered with fertilizer my geraniums that are showing new green growth. The plants are four to five years old and heavily root-bound. I stored them after re-potting into small pots for winter. Is it advisable to use a fine knife to split the root in half, and then plant them in the […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (11 hours ago)
Family of the Edmonton woman strangled to death by her neighbour say they’re unhappy with the plea deal that led to the man charged with her murder being convicted of manslaughter. Ryan Farrell, 34, was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison Thursday after admitting to attacking Lauren Jarvis at her Edmonton apartment on April […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
Given Gavin Rossdale’s seemingly quick rise to fame, it’s tempting to see the British rocker as an overnight success. His band, Bush, released its debut album Sixteen Stone in 1994 and it was an immediate hit. Songs such as Comedown, Machinehead and Glycerine rose up the charts and became inescapable on the radio. The album […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (12 hours ago)
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it won’t hear an appeal by the Alberta government regarding a decision to have its former energy minister questioned in a multibillion-dollar coal mining lawsuit. The $15 billion lawsuit, launched in 2023, argues five coal companies were left with land they couldn’t use after Alberta reimplemented its...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
De-jetlagging and just back from Japan, Edmonton indie-pop musician Lucette was in Bangkok when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake ripped a 400-km gash in the earth on March 28, killing over 5,000 people across Myanmar and Thailand. Though not outwardly injured, she notes, "I don't know if this is normal, but I've been having these dizzy spells […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (12 hours ago)
This in from Sportsnet announcer and Edmonton Oilers insider Jack Michaels, his best guess as to the Edmonton Oilers line-up for Game One on Monday against the Los Angeles Kings. Projected lines for Oilers, Game 1 at LA….(this is purely a guess, based on speculation by yours truly, but have at it for fun). Skinner-McDavid-Brown […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
TORONTO - Corus Entertainment Inc. says Heather Shaw will retire from her position as executive chair as of May 31. The radio and television broadcaster says Shaw will remain on the company’s board as a non-executive chair. Shaw has been executive chair since the company’s inception in September 1999. Corus co-chief executive Troy Reeb says...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (13 hours ago)
Editorial cartoonists know how to use any holiday as an entry point in creating a good cartoon. With Easter upon us, here’s a look at some of our favourite editorial cartoons of the season from this year and the previous five years. Enjoy the long weekend! 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 ****
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (13 hours ago)
When Los Angeles Kings' winger Warren Foegele gets married this summer in Toronto, rest assured, several of his old Edmonton Oilers teammates will be invited, and some may even be in the wedding party, like Evan Bouchard. There was a photo this regular season when Foegele got a goal against his old club, and Bouchard, […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (13 hours ago)
A sports school in Calgary has helped make a local athlete's pro basketball dream come true. Yvonne Ejim, a Grade 12 student at Edge School, is the first basketball player from Calgary to be drafted into the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Instilling academics, athletics and character into their curriculum, Ejim's high school coach...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (14 hours ago)
Many Calgary wine lovers were disappointed when The Cellar — the much-beloved wine store on 8th Avenue in the brick and sandstone heritage building also home to Murrieta's – closed in early 2024. The shop, with its cave-like atmosphere and hidden nooks and crannies, was the perfect place to house a treasure trove of premium […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (14 hours ago)
The playoff chase is over, so maybe it's not surprising that when we called for questions about the Calgary Flames from fans, they delivered big-time. From pending free agents to offer sheets to playing time for prospects, Flames fans have a lot on their mind right now. So, without further ado, here's our best effort […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
It's called the law of supply and demand. If you have more supply than demand, prices go down. Conversely, if you have more demand than supply, prices go up. Sometimes way up. Given that everyone has to have a place to live, just what did the Liberal government think was going to happen to home […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (16 hours ago)
Alberta’s controversial involuntary addiction treatment legislation may help some, but experts say the lack of evidence on its effectiveness raises alarm bells. Mental Health and Addiction Minister Dan Williams tabled Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention Act, on Tuesday. If passed, adults and youths with severe addiction and found to either...
ReadEdmonton Sun - Local (16 hours ago)
Are you an Oilers fan? Vote in our daily poll! Can anyone possibly explain what exactly is happening here? The Mark Carney Liberals continue to hold a strong lead in the polls, despite being the preferred choice of both Donald Trump and China. That most Canadians agree with a belligerent bully, and an unapologetic dictatorship […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
Throughout much of the documentary Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, the iconic comedy duo are shown driving through the desert. It’s a nice post-modern touch. The setup recalls scenes from Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong’s 1982 comedy Things Are Tough All Over. That film also had the duo travelling through the desert, albeit under decidedly […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (16 hours ago)
Eli Craig had grand plans for his 2010 Alberta-shot Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil. It was the filmmaker’s first feature. After landing some small roles as an actor, he went through the prestigious film program at the University of Southern California and had one short film under his belt. He also grew up in a […]
ReadCBC - Edmonton (17 hours ago)
Three candidates vying to represent Edmonton Manning say that in doorstep conversations, residents are bringing up concerns about affordability, the cost of living, health care and the Canada-U.S. trade war. The federal riding has been held by Conservative Ziad Aboultaif since 2015.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (18 hours ago)
The first time Easter was mentioned in the Calgary Herald was May 7, 1884. The article told the story of an American woman who’d hosted an Easter breakfast, featuring eggs served 24 different ways. For Easter 1888, the Herald published a special poem written by Wesley Fletcher Orr, who was involved in the trading of […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (18 hours ago)
Re. “UCP tables involuntary treatment bill,” April 16 I think it’s hypocritical that the UCP are OK with imposing mandatory addiction treatment for Albertans, but not with vaccine mandates for Albertans during a global pandemic. Craig O'Connor, Edmonton Ticket parking-ban scofflaws for revenue Edmontonians are tired of being told our only...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (18 hours ago)
Think on it a little longer If so many Canadians detest and distrust Donald Trump, then why on Earth would so many voters (as reported in so many polls) be considering casting their vote for Mark Carney, if he is Trump’s preferred choice for Prime Minister? I doubt that they’ve thought this through. Ken Pelland […]
ReadGlobal News - Edmonton (22 hours ago)
Ty Emberson had a goal and an assist, Stuart Skinner stopped 18 shots, and the Edmonton Oilers completed a four-game season series sweep of the San Jose Sharks with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday night, in the regular-season finale for both teams. “The last two games for me was kind of shaking off the rust...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (23 hours ago)
The Edmonton Oilers rounded out their regular season Wednesday with a 3-0 shutout of the bottom-feeding Sharks. The Oilers waited almost nine minutes to get their first shot on net as Stuart Skinner made some solid saves at the other end. But once Edmonton got rolling, San Jose really had no answer for them. And […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (24 hours ago)
Pick up a point and don't get hurt. Connor McDavid checked off both boxes Wednesday night in San Jose, hitting the 100-point barrier for the eighth time in his career and cruising to the finish line unscathed. McDavid, who came into the regular season finale with 99 points, wasted no time reaching triple digits, assisting […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Despite falling behind two games in this WHL series, it was never a bridge too far for the Calgary Hitmen. They've been a resilient team all season long, so being in an 0-2 hole was never going to be a problem. In fact, they responded with strength, going into Bridge City and taking both games […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
A woman banned from owning horses is facing new charges after RCMP, Alberta SPCA, and Parkland County Enforcement Services executed a search warrant on a rural property in Parkland County on Monday. Police say several horses were found in distress and seized by Alberta SPCA Peace Officers. The animals were transported for medical care and […]
ReadCBC - Calgary (A day ago)
Imposters hacked into B.C. health-care workers' CRA accounts after a massive breach of employees' private identification from the B.C. government's Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the southeastern part of the province, The Fifth Estate has learned.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Calgary’s mayor is outlining what the city would like to see from Ottawa with the federal election fast approaching. Mayor Jyoti Gondek, who has her own election later this year, outlined three priorities she wants addressed by the federal parties on Wednesday. Gondek is calling on Ottawa to protect jobs and paycheques in the face […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
It’s back to the future but off the ice as former Edmonton Oilers dynasty years goaltender Grant Fuhr backs the team’s playoff run with a new drink promotion. “Getting there is a hard step, but getting back there is a harder step,” said Fuhr. “You realize the grind that goes into it, you realize the […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
A report by Alberta’s civilian oversight team has found that police use of force on a man who died two days after he was arrested for impaired driving was lawful, necessary and proportionate “in all the circumstances.” The report shared Wednesday by the executive director of Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), comes three years...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Hot Topics, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Postmedia Calgary Flames writers Wes Gilbertson and Danny Austin about the Flames falling short of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, their favourite memories of this season and what GM Craig Conroy needs to add to the roster this offseason.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Calgary murder suspect Michael Adenyi believed he was being attacked by demonic animals when he repeatedly stabbed city woman Vanessa Ladouceur. But Adenyi told defence lawyer Curtis Mennie on Wednesday that when he cut himself during the fatal attack he was “shot” back into reality and discovered the “creature” was a person. The admitted...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Sarah Besselink has been appointed head coach of the University of Calgary Dinos women’s basketball program. Besselink becomes the ninth head coach in program history. She joins the Dinos from the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees, where she spent five seasons on the coaching staff, including four as lead assistant coach. She has also worked in […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (A day ago)
Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles, bringing the province’s total since the beginning of March to 83. The province says four of the new cases are in central Alberta, and the other two are in the province’s south. It says the majority of cases involve children between five and 17 years old. Provincial […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
Edmonton police are asking for the public’s help to solve a 2024 arson fire at a south Edmonton grocery store. Police received calls at 2:38 a.m. on May 27, 2024, about a fire at Hamud Halal Meat and Grocery near 10 Avenue and Knottwood Road East. The fire had already spread to several other businesses […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
It won’t be official until after the rest of the NHL schedule wraps up Thursday, of course, but Leon Draisaitl is the league’s goal-scoring champion of 2024-25. It would take William Nylander exploding for eight goals against the Detroit Red Wings in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ regular-season finale to change that, which shows just how […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
With the playoffs no longer a possibility, the Calgary Flames are going to give opportunities to a couple of young guys. On Wednesday morning, the team announced that they recalled defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz and centre Sam Morton from the Calgary Wranglers. It almost certainly means they'll be in the team's lineup for Thursday night's season...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (A day ago)
In recent elections, all credible political parties have had to present detailed climate platforms. Its absence was seen as a key driver in the Conservatives’ loss in 2019, so much so that Erin O’Toole ensured their 2021 platform had something of substance on climate. Apparently, no more. The absence of strong policy, or even discussion, on...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (A day ago)
Two people have been sent to hospital after a shootout on a southeast Calgary street Tuesday evening. At around 6:55 p.m. officers were called to the 2700 block of 12 Avenue S.E. for reports of shots fired between two motorists. Police say the suspect fired multiple shots into the victim's vehicle. The victim returned fire, […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Three people are dead and two are in hospital with severe injuries after a two-vehicle collision in St. Paul County on Tuesday night between a semi-truck and a minivan. Mounties responded to the collision after 5:15 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 36 in St. Paul County, RCMP said in a news […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
Two men are facing first-degree murder charges after a fatal shooting in southeast Edmonton earlier this month. On Tuesday, police announced charges against the pair following the April 6 shooting of 52-year-old Darrell Demchuk, who was gunned down near 66 Street and 38 Avenue. Officers attempted emergency first aid, but Demchuk died on scene. Last...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 days ago)
The cause and manner of death are still unclear following an autopsy on the man found dead in a Holyrood parking lot on Sunday, Edmonton police said. Officers responded after 4:15 p.m. to a “suspicious circumstance complaint” at a community hall near 94 Avenue and Holyrood Road, police said in a Tuesday news release. When […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
It should be a wild time Wednesday night at the Elephant & Castle. The Wild Roses Supporters Group will take over the local pub to catch the Calgary Wild FC's historic inaugural match in the Northern Super League. Fans are encouraged to rock their red and purple while bringing the energy to the ‘Watch Party’ […]
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 days ago)
FORT ST. JOHN - A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was “immediately shut down” after the fire on Monday night. The […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (2 days ago)
Elicia Lin from Calgary is stepping into the spotlight in Montreal as a proud member of Canada’s Junior Billie Jean King Cup team, showcasing her talent and determination. Catch exclusive glimpses into the lives of Calgary's top athletes and sport ambassadors with the 660 NewsRadio Calgary Athlete of the Week. Nominate your star athlete or...
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