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Food trucks launch website to make it easier to reach them
Food truck owners in Calgary joined hands last week to launch Book the Trucks YYC, a website that aims to make it easier for them to connect with customers. “We wanted to make it more accessible for...
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Police watchdog investigating RCMP-involved shooting in Red Deer
The province’s police watchdog is investigating an RCMP-involved shooting in Red Deer Sunday night in which a man was injured. Mounties were called around 7:15 p.m. to respond to a report of an armed...
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Red Deer RCMP investigating armed robbery at Esso gas station
Mounties are looking for two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Red Deer Esso station Friday night in which a knife was held up to the clerk. RCMP were called to the gas station at 4745 32nd...
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Fortney: 56 paintings to honour a caring nurse and much-loved mom
It was an innocent child’s question, posed at one of the worst moments in his family’s life. “We were coming home from the hospital after visiting my mom,” says Heather Manitowich, whose mother, Moira...
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The People Project: Journalist Israr Kasana aims to build bridges between...
Pakistani journalist Israr Kasana has interviewed former Pakistani prime minister Shaukat Aziz and Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, and plied his trade in the White House. Before relocating to...
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Calgary police recover more than $100,000 in stolen property from northeast home
Two Calgary men have been charged after city police seized more than $100,000 in stolen property including tools and bikes, along with quantities of drugs, from a northeast home in a recent bust. It’s...
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Calgary police locate loaded ammo magazine that fell from officer's belt
City police have located the missing firearm magazine and 15 rounds of ammunition that came loose from the duty belt of a police officer Thursday. Police say sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., a...
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Forest Lawn library to reopen after small fire
The Forest Lawn library is due to reopen later today after a small fire over the weekend temporarily closed the building. Katherine Cormack, spokeswoman with the Calgary Public Library, said the fire...
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The People Project: A difficult journey pays off for transgender rights...
Going through puberty can be tough. Fighting through it twice is even tougher. For Naomi Hiebert, a transgender woman, that’s what it felt like. And more. “I started transitioning shortly after coming...
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Employment agency fills hospitality shortages with millennials
An immigration and staffing agency that was once one of the largest recruiters of temporary foreign workers is now looking to millennials to fill vacancies in the tourism, hotels and restaurants in...
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New bylaw definition opens door to micro, nano brewers and distillers in Calgary
Raise a glass. A proposal to ease land-use restrictions to allow micro and nano breweries and distilleries to set up shop in most commercial and industrial zones in Calgary sailed unanimously through...
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Council tables proposed amendments to secondary suite bylaw
Council tabled a proposed tweak to Calgary’s secondary suite bylaw that would open the door to larger suites and reduce the existing parcel size restriction requirement after the debate stretched into...
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Calgary poised to topple 119-year-old temperature record
A temperature record set in the 19th century could fall today, according to Environment Canada’s forecast for Calgary. The government forecaster is predicting sunny skies all day, with a high of 28C...
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Police investigating after human remains found near Brooks
Mounties are investigating after human remains were discovered last Thursday on a farmer’s property near Brooks. Brooks RCMP were called after 10 p.m. to respond to a report that a man, who was tending...
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Calgary landlord 'shocked' to find unattended senior in rental home
The Calgary police elder abuse unit is investigating after some rental-home tenants fled in the middle of the night, leaving a brain-damaged senior alone in the house without any food or water. CTV...
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Sex trade crackdown in Beltline, Forest Lawn nets 27 arrests
City police have charged 27 people in connection with a sex trade investigation. Officers launched an operation from April 26 to April 29 after receiving numerous prostitution-related complaints from...
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Calgary police hunt knife-wielding robber on a hold-up spree
City police are searching for a man believed to be responsible for at least five armed robberies in Calgary since Sunday. The first incident involved a man approaching a woman in a parking lot at 850...
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Alberta Health Services declares whooping cough outbreak at Calgary school
Alberta Health Services has declared an outbreak of whooping cough at a school in Calgary. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is caused by a bacteria that causes severe coughing for weeks and can lead to...
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Patron stabbed while intervening in armed robbery at northwest pub
City police are investigating after a man was stabbed while trying to intervene in an armed robbery at a northwest sports bar early Wednesday. Officers and paramedics were called to the Tops Pizza and...
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Slide the City returning to Calgary in July
Slide the City returns to Calgary on July 30, this year with vendors, music and other entertainment to create a massive block party around their 330-metre water slide. Last August, 8,000 sliders took...
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