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Preliminary hearing set for next August for Joshua Burgess
A two-week preliminary hearing has been set for next summer for Joshua Burgess, accused of killing his wife Shannon (Madill) Burgess. The date was set in provincial court on Tuesday in connection with...
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Construction of dam structure around Calgary Zoo to start in November
Looking to start construction of a major dam around the Calgary Zoo within two months, city officials have put out a bid looking for a team of contractors for the massive flood mitigation project. An...
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Two arrested in connection with December 2013 homicide
Two people have been arrested in connection with the December 2013 death of a Calgary man. Anthony James Fernandez, 19, was found dead in a vehicle on Dec. 27, 2013, in the 1200 block of Colgrove...
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TransAlta won't have to refund consumers for manipulating power prices,...
Alberta’s electricity regulator has rejected a consumer agency’s bid to have TransAlta pay restitution to consumers for power prices they paid as a result of market manipulation. The Alberta Utilities...
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Calgary pursuing legal action to recover costs of failed electronic fare system
The city’s attempts to recover $5 million from a vendor through negotiations have failed and will likely be headed to court, says Calgary Transit’s director. Calgary pulled the plug on the beleaguered...
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Council committee defers decision on fire department review
Councillors deferred a contentious zero-based review of Calgary’s fire department to a public hearing later this fall to hear input from stakeholders and the public. The city’s priorities and finance...
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Twist of fate lands former Calgarian in hands of kidnappers
What began as a planned three-month cruise with friends has turned into a kidnapping ordeal for a former Calgary man. John Ridsdel and a group of friends had been planning a getaway, cruising the...
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Cities consider lowering voting age to 16
Hoping to stem the tide of disinterested, young voters, urban municipalities will vote Wednesday on a plan that would urge the province to let 16-year-olds cast a ballot in local elections. In a...
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Suspect accused of Blairmore murders to appear in court today
LETHBRIDGE – The man accused of murdering a two-year-old girl and her 27-year-old Blairmore father is scheduled to appear in court for the first time this morning. Darek Saretzky, 22, was arrested last...
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Current royalty review could be the last, says Dave Mowat
Dave Mowat is hoping for the royalty review to end all royalty reviews. The president of ATB Financial, tapped by the NDP government to head its contentious review into the province’s regime for oil...
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Calgarians face lower tax hike of 3.5 per cent next year, says mayor
City bureaucrats will present a “considerably” pared down 2016 tax rate of 3.5 per cent to council next week, a feat accomplished through efficiencies and dipping into a savings account, says Calgary’s...
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Updated: Man charged with second-degree murder in Christmas Day slaying
The death of a 19-year-old Calgary man on Christmas Day, 2013, was the result of a “robbery that went horribly wrong,” investigators say. Anthony Fernandez was found dead in a vehicle on Dec. 27, 2013,...
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TransCanada warns staff of coming layoffs
Pipeline builder TransCanada Corporation has warned its staff of upcoming layoffs as the Calgary-based company grapples with persistently low oil prices, the Herald has learned. “This past Monday,...
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You might want to head to Vulcan this weekend to take in the 'supermoon'
Two remarkable celestial events will coincide this weekend for the first time in 33 years and astronomy junkies should consider heading out of town to get the best views. A total lunar eclipse —...
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Lottery supports cancer centres
“Every day, 43 Albertans hear the words ‘you have cancer,’” says Sean Capri, direct marketing specialist at the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The Alberta Cancer Foundation helps those Albertans by raising...
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Ewart: Notley uses Clinton's KxL rejection to pump more refining in Alberta
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wasted no time turning Hillary Clinton’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline as reason to pump her ambition for refining more oil in Alberta. The current royalty review...
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Change is important, Alison Redford says of federal election
OTTAWA — Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has sounded a ringing endorsement for change in the current federal election — although she’s quick to say that’s not necessarily a call for the defeat of...
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Alberta lacks key component in creating bike-friendly province, says advocate
When then-Toronto mayor Rob Ford announced an end to the so-called “war on cars” back in 2010, it was seen as a turning a point in urban transportation. But for Eleanor McMahon, the turn was in a...
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Federal election riding 2015: Calgary Skyview
Snapshot: This northern Calgary riding includes neighbourhoods such as Harvest Hills, Martindale, Taradale, Whitehorn and Temple. It incorporates the former electoral district of Calgary Northeast,...
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Federal election riding 2015: Foothills
Snapshot: This southern Alberta electoral district includes Okotoks, Turner Valley, High River, Longview, Nanton, Claresholm, Fort Macleod, Crowsnest Pass and Pincher Creek. Conservative incumbent John...
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