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Police kept busy as kids go back to school
As Calgary kids went back to school on Tuesday, so, too, did police. The traffic officers spread out across the city to ticket and talk to motorists speeding through school and playground zones. The...
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Charges laid after dog bites child
Two people have been charged after a dog bit and seriously injured a five-year-old boy Tuesday. Paramedics were called to a home in the 6900 block of Ranchero Road N.W. in the community of Ranchlands...
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As the air clears, fire ban lifted for Calgary
A fire ban that was put into place during last week’s poor air quality advisories has been lifted by the City of Calgary. Citing improved air quality, the city says Calgarians can once again burn wood...
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Stephen Deng: Lost Boy of Sudan
When Stephen Deng was 11 years old in 1985 he crossed the border from war torn Sudan into Ethiopia, becoming one of tens of thousands of Lost Boys, children displaced or left orphaned by civil war. Now...
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Charges laid in storage locker break-and-enters, armed standoff
City police have charged a man in connection with a number of apartment storage locker break-and-enters and with an ensuing armed standoff with officers. Police say on Aug. 8, a man got into a building...
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Enmax applies for 10-year permit to export electricity nightly to U.S.
City-owned Enmax has applied to the National Energy Board to export 100,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually to the United States, but Alberta’s energy minister says the electrical grid is meant...
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Stress up almost two-fold as Calgarians worry about jobs, lagging economy
Calgarians are stressed, worried and even panicked about job loss, the economy and their financial futures, according to new figures released Wednesday by the Calgary Counselling Centre. The volume of...
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Transgender rights flag to be raised outside Calgary municipal complex
A blue, pink and white flag representing transgender pride and rights will be flown outside Calgary’s municipal complex this weekend for the first time — a decision welcomed by local LGBTQ advocates....
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Alberta Tories accuse NDP government of cutting housing funding
Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIver accused the NDP government Wednesday of cutting funding for social housing in Calgary while protecting the jobs of unionized government workers. At a news...
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Stolen pug and owner reunited nearly five years later
When Justine Holmlund’s four-year-old pug was stolen from outside a Calgary grocery store five years ago, she didn’t know if she would ever see him again. From time to time, she thought about whether...
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Mother ordered to stand trial in death of nine-year-old daughter
A 48-year-old woman has been ordered to stand trial in the death of her nine-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a truck on a rural road near Sundre a year ago. Provincial court Judge John...
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Sex charges against Calgary teacher stayed by Crown
The lawyer for a female junior high school teacher, who had been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference against a 15-year-old male student, says his client was “tearful, so happy and so...
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Five things to know about the Crowchild Trail closure
Don’t take Crowchild Trail S.W. this weekend. That’s the message from city officials as they prepare to demolish the Flanders Avenue bridge beginning Friday evening. The bridge needs to be demolished...
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Nenshi calls Ottawa's response to Syrian refugee crisis 'disgraceful'
Mayor Naheed Nenshi blasted the federal Conservative government Thursday for its handling of the Syrian refugee crisis, which has been symbolized in the media around the world by the image of a drowned...
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Fortney: African shea butter factory helps hippos survive
Help a villager, help a village. Help a village, help a hippo. It’s not every day that a phrase like this comes to mind. Yet I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking it as I watch young women perform a...
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One dead after head-on collision west of Calgary
One person is dead after a head-on crash northwest of Banff Thursday afternoon. RCMP responded to Highway 93, north of Saskatchewan River Crossing at about 1:20 p.m. for reports of a two-vehicle crash....
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Live blog: the Calgary-Foothills byelection
Join the Herald for a live discussion on the Calgary-Foothills byelection. Most of the results are in, the NDP has conceded, and Prasad Panda has won the riding in a major breakthrough for the Wildrose...
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Braid: NDP swamped by Wildrose power, PC nostalgia
After a shaky start, the Calgary-Foothills byelection became a Wildrose romp. That wasn’t too surprising. The shocker was the NDP finishing not far ahead of the undead Progressive Conservatives for...
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Wildrose's Panda defeats NDP in close Calgary-Foothills byelection battle
The third time was the charm for Prasad Panda as he won the Calgary-Foothills byelection on Thursday, delivering a major breakthrough for the Wildrose Party — and the first major blow to Premier Rachel...
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Central Alberta woman accused by 4 children guilty of one count of assault
RED DEER, Alta. — A woman formerly of Central Alberta, accused of 15 years of ongoing sexual, physical, and emotional abuse by her own children, has been acquitted of all but one charge. The now...
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