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Southern Alberta communities continue waging 'war on the drug abuse and dealers'
Lethbridge police said Monday they are “well aware” of two feuding gangs previously linked to a drug turf war in the region, but they do not believe the public is at risk. The assurance comes after an...
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Notley repudiates Leap Manifesto but Alberta NDP will stick with federal party
Premier Rachel Notley tried to navigate through political friendly fire Monday — forcefully distancing her NDP government from the controversial Leap Manifesto, while maintaining the Alberta party...
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City official, Nenshi open door to more face-to-face S.W. transitway...
A top transit official opened the door Monday to the city hosting face-to-face consultations with residents on the controversial southwest transitway project provided the safety of civil servants could...
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Snap election call created challenges in Alberta's most expensive vote, says...
Alberta taxpayers shelled out a record $19 million for the May 5, 2015 snap election that ended 44 years of Progressive Conservative rule, according to the province’s chief electoral officer. The vote...
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Parkhill home Alvin and Kathy Liknes and Nathan O'Brien went missing from in...
About a week back, walking through the southwest Calgary neighbourhood of Parkhill, Lorri Swinson saw the fences go up around Alvin and Kathy Liknes’ old home. She knew then it was finally coming down...
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Bring back $5,000 secondary suite application fee, says Coun. Demong
On a day when 25 homeowners bid for secondary suite approvals, one councillor said city hall should bring back a pricey application fee it waived in 2013 because Calgary’s housing crisis has come and...
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Province moves to redraw electoral boundaries
Alberta now appears likely to have new ridings in place in time for the next provincial election. The NDP government introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow for the early appointment of a new...
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Alberta auditor general finds 'administrative chaos' in school construction
EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general says the former Progressive Conservative government’s grand plan for 100 new schools was built on empty promises, administrative chaos, and almost no money. Merwan...
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Dangerous driver caught lane splitting on dashcam
A dash cam video showing a driver dangerously passing two other vehicles by cutting between them has been shared more than 200 times since Sunday. The video, posted to Jeff Gorski’s Facebook page,...
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Father, son charged with arson, insurance fraud in auto repair shop fire
A father and son from Sundre have been charged with arson and insurance fraud in connection with a fire at their Calgary auto repair business last fall. Police and firefighters were called around 2:30...
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Police searching rural area east of Airdrie in stolen property investigation
Three people were taken into custody after Calgary police and RCMP officers spent much of Tuesday combing a large rural property east of Airdrie as part of a stolen property investigation. Officers...
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Thursday's Alberta budget to include more than $500M for seniors housing
The Alberta government plans to invest more than $500 million in new funding for seniors housing in Thursday’s budget. A source has told The Canadian Press that a small portion will be in grants, but...
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Wildrose rebuts NDP with own TV address
While Premier Rachel Notley used last week’s TV address to appeal to Ottawa to approve pipelines to carry oil to market, Wildrose Leader Brian Jean opted Tuesday night to rip into the Justin Trudeau...
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Fortney: Cross-examination of father begins in toddler death trial
“Don’t be fooled by his down-home demeanour and country-boy ways ….” The above line is lifted from a promo ad for the 1980s TV series Matlock, in which Andy Griffith played a defence lawyer who...
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Parents of murderer send letter of contrition to family of Bolsa Restaurant...
The father of murderer Real Honorio apologized Tuesday in court to the family of Keni Su’a, an innocent man gunned down in front of a southeast city restaurant. Honorio’s father had also verbally...
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Suspect arrested after hours-long police pursuit
Calgary police believe a four-and-a-half-hour police pursuit only ended Monday afternoon when the suspect’s vehicle ran out of gas. The pursuit started around noon when police spotted a suspicious...
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Man charged after tunnel of stolen goods was discovered is facing more charges
A man charged in a stolen property investigation in Calgary in which an underground tunnel was used to stash ill-gotten goods is also facing break and enter offences in High River. Mounties in the town...
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Climber rescued after breaking leg in fall on Mount Yamnuska
A climber who fell 15 metres and broke his leg was rescued Tuesday from the iconic climbing spot of Yamnuska west of Calgary. The man fell while climbing with a partner on the route Forbidden Corner,...
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Ceci says NDP budget won't be austerity plan
As Finance Minister Joe Ceci releases his second provincial budget Thursday, the NDP government will be making a political bet that Albertans accept that a go-slow approach to balancing the books and...
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Braid: For NDP, deficits will be an acquired distaste
There’s nothing novel about Alberta budget deficits. What is new — and what alarms so many people — is that Alberta now has an NDP government that doesn’t hate the very idea of deficits, or even...
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