The campaign strategist for Nenshi and Redford joins Sandra Jansen's PC...
Outspoken political operative Stephen Carter has signed on to Sandra Jansen’s yet-to-be-declared campaign for the Progressive Conservative leadership, throwing down the gauntlet to Jason Kenney with...
View ArticleFederal environment committee holding meetings in Banff and Jasper
BANFF — Some members of a federal environment committee are in Banff and Jasper this week on a fact-finding mission to learn what works — and what doesn’t work — in Canada’s national parks. Monday...
View ArticleUpdate: Charges laid against suspects in both of Saturday's police-involved...
Calgary police have laid a long list of criminal charges against two suspects in separate incidents Saturday where officers fired their guns. Antonio Philip Bautista, 24, has been charged with...
View ArticleFrustrated parents worry over safety of bus stop set in heavy construction zone
Safety hazards around busing in the northwest community of Sage Hill continue to worry parents after a new sign was erected last week warning their kids’ bus stop is in a heavy construction zone....
View ArticleCalgary man gets birthday surprise with $1 million Lotto 6/49 ticket
It will most likely go down as the best birthday present Jerry Krivoshen ever received. The Calgary man was out for his birthday dinner with his daughter, Jennifer, and her fiance, Jarrett Dooley, on...
View ArticleTwo Calgary loos among Canada's most posh potties
Two luxury loos have Calgary in the running for poshest potty in Canada. A pair of the city’s most opulent washrooms have been named as finalists in the 2016 Canada’s Best Restroom contest, put on...
View ArticleAlberta environment minister warns 'the political right' would undo climate...
Environment Minister Shannon Phillips issued a stark warning Tuesday about the impact of a changing climate and the consequences for environmental policy if the NDP government loses the next provincial...
View ArticleCTrain derails at Tuscany station injuring driver
The derailment of a CTrain on Tuesday morning could have been much worse, Calgary Transit officials say. The crumpled CTrain cars sat off the rails alongside Crowchild Trail at the end of the track...
View ArticleClinic says hundreds of fentanyl addicts are stuck on wait lists
With hundreds of fentanyl-addicted Albertans filling its wait lists, a network of non-profit addiction clinics is sounding the alarm for what it believes is a medical epidemic that will only get worse....
View ArticleDoors Open YYC goes behind the scenes of Calgary's favourite attractions
Calgarians will get a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of their favourite attractions, businesses, charities and public service venues as Doors Open YYC (DO YYC) celebrates its fifth...
View ArticleCalgary cannabis and hemp expo hoping to remove grey area surrounding the green
A two-day expo aimed at clearing the air around marijuana use in Canada is expected to draw big crowds in Calgary. Following similar events in Toronto and Vancouver this year, the HempFest Expo will...
View ArticleFortney: All the internet nastiness about #Brangelina is totally normal
On Sept. 20, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his first speech before the United Nations; the UN suspended aid convoys to Syria after a deadly bombing of humanitarian supply trucks; and it was...
View ArticleUpdate: Two dead after northeast shooting
Two people are dead after a shooting in northeast Calgary late Tuesday. Following a panicked 911 call reporting shots fired, police and paramedics found one person dead and another barely clinging to...
View ArticleCancer research and treatment gets boost from lottery
“Making life better for Albertans facing cancer is at the centre of everything we do,” says Sean Capri at the Alberta Cancer Foundation. “One of the most exciting ways we can do that is through the...
View ArticleCalgary's southwest ring road will be dubbed Tsuut'ina Trail
Calgary’s long-awaited southwest ring road is expected to be named after the First Nation whose land made the project possible. Roy Whitney, chief of the Tsuut’ina Nation, let the news out in a speech...
View ArticleCommittee pushes forward $1.95 billion tunnel under the river for Green Line LRT
It’s a decision that’s poised to impact Calgarians for decades to come. The north-central leg of the 46-kilometre, $5-billion Green Line LRT is one step closer to a tunnel under the Bow River and the...
View ArticleAlberta medical marijuana facility called safe after armed Ontario heist
The daring armed heist at a large medical marijuana facility in southern Ontario could not likely be repeated at Alberta’s only licensed pot producer near Cremona, says a rural councillor. Early Monday...
View ArticleHow much work really goes into a Bunyaad rug?
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Back in January 2015, Gwen Repeta sat beside a rug designer-in-training at Bunyaad’s office in Lahore, Pakistan and watched him work. As they...
View ArticleMultimedia show creates a new chapter in the Treaty 7 history book
Some called it a peace deal. Others knew it was the cessation of historic rights. Now, 139 years after Treaty 7 was signed, it is clear the spirit and intent of that historic document was radically...
View ArticleFortney: Nurses celebrate 50 years of caring for babies at Foothills
The baby boy nearly died three days after his birth. Every day after that, his mother came to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit to help care for her tiny infant. April Raines, a young nurse...
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