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Chinatown rally planned Sunday
Community organizers hope a “pre-rally block party” this weekend will reignite interest and involvement in Chinatown’s future before a controversial development proposal heads to city council on...
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Okotoks RCMP searching for missing man
Okotoks RCMP are searching for a missing man who may have ventured into the mountains Friday evening with no overnight camping equipment or supplies. Police say at approximately 6:15 p.m., they were...
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Two motorcyclists sent to hospital after crashing west of Calgary
Two motorcyclists were transported to hospital, one airlifted with serious injuries, after crashing Friday evening west of Calgary. Cochrane RCMP were called around 5:35 p.m. to respond to the crash on...
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Four Pincher Creek residents charged in drug bust
Mounties have arrested and charged four people following a drug bust Thursday at a hotel west of Lethbridge. RCMP executed a search warrant at a hotel room in Pincher Creek and removed amounts of...
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Historical collection leaving Lethbridge for Calgary
Lethbridge’s historical loss will soon be Calgary’s gain. Evicted from their 42-year digs at Lethbridge’s Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site at the end of 2015, most of that museum’s artifacts are...
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Aggie Days
Postmedia photographer Elizabeth Cameron headed down to Stampede Park to check out Aggie Days at the Agrium Western Event Centre. This free public event runs Saturday, April 9th through Sunday, April...
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NDP rejects Mulcair as leader, votes in support of holding leadership race
EDMONTON — Members of the NDP have soundly rejected Tom Mulcair’s bid to stay on as the party’s leader, voting 52 per cent in favour of choosing a replacement within the next 24 months. Mulcair, who...
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The life of grizzly bear No. 122: 'His entire world revolves around food, and...
BANFF — He’s commonly known as the Boss — and, according to research data, he lives up to his moniker. Grizzly bear No. 122, believed to be approximately 15 years old, is the largest, toughest and most...
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Trees fall at historic City Hall
Mature trees that towered in front of Calgary’s historic City Hall fell to the ground Sunday morning, becoming the first casualties of a $34-million renovation. The spruce trees, though pleasing to the...
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Everyday Calgary transit users often 'silenced' by naysayers, says advocacy...
A new advocacy group says the needs and voices of “regular Calgarians” dependent on public transit are too often drowned out by the loud minority trumpeting the negative effects bus and LRT projects...
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Jonathan Denis says ex-wife retracts allegations of abuse
Former justice minister Jonathan Denis says “the truth has prevailed” after he produced emails claiming his ex-wife retracted damaging allegations that he was abusive and used drugs. But in an email, a...
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Some privately sponsored Syrian refugees are 'suffering tremendously' warn...
Advocates who work with Syrians settling in Calgary are worried that some privately sponsored refugees are falling through the cracks in a city that’s welcomed more of the refugees than anywhere else...
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Province's new seniors home loan program applauded, denounced
The province’s new home renovation loan program for seniors, applauded by some advocate groups, is nothing more than a reverse mortgage, charges a Calgary woman. Bea McLaren says she was shocked to...
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Calgarians show love for Chinatown ahead of public hearing
Through rap, dance, poetry and song, Calgarians showed their love for one of Calgary’s oldest neighbourhoods Sunday afternoon ahead of a potential battle at city hall on Monday. The weekend event,...
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Violent drug war about to ramp up in and around 'Methbridge,' warn police
Two southern Alberta communities can expect an increase in violence waged by two rival gangs — prone to use machetes and hatchets — that are clashing for control over turf in the drug trade, a police...
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Braid: Notley needs to divorce the federal NDP
Wave them goodbye, Rachel, and don’t look back. It’s time for Premier Notley and her Alberta New Democrats to formally split with the federal party over pipelines and the environment. Tom Mulcair lost...
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City council appoints judge, lawyer to new Integrity and Ethics Office
One’s a retired judge. The other a university law professor. Together they’ll keep municipal politicians on a short leash and under a watchful eye as city council’s first integrity commissioner and...
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Updated: Accused killer Sheena Cuthill admits giving OK to rough up Ryan Lane...
To intimidate Ryan Lane away from an ongoing custody battle, Sheena Cuthill admitted Monday in court that threats or physical violence were part of the plan she discussed with her husband Timothy...
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Fortney: Lawyers open defence for accused parents in tot's meningitis death
In the days and hours leading up to his child’s death, David Stephan was a physical wreck. He felt “like real garbage,” as though he’d been “run over by a train.” His lack of sleep had rendered him...
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Braid: Notley staying with her friends, such as they are
Premier Rachel Notley may someday win approval for a pipeline from the Liberal federal government. But even then, she might not get it from her own party. That’s just one little twitch of the beast...
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