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Review of provincial agencies, boards and commissions still not underway,...
The NDP’s government’s often-referenced review of the province’s agencies, boards and commissions hasn’t got out of the starting gate. Pressed last week for details, timelines, objectives and...
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The Calgary Herald Pictures of the Week
The weekly collection of images taken or first published by the Calgary Herald staff in the past 7 days ending September 25. Gallery: The Calgary Herald Pictures of the WeekThe weekly collection of...
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Review of Alberta's democratic institutions gets underway
Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark tried to light a fire under a new all-party committee on ethics and accountability Tuesday, urging its 17 members to commit to full consultation with Albertans on the...
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Video: The psychology and conditions that create radicalization
What creates a terrorist? It’s a question that has resonated through the country since a string of attacks motivated by those espousing extremist beliefs shocked the nation — especially since the...
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Is radicalization a mental health disorder?
Martin Couture-Rouleau’s father is convinced his son had mental health issues. But doctors at a psychiatric ward deemed him healthy enough to be released into the public. Researchers say there’s little...
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How police can stop a terrorist in Canada
Canadian police who suspect someone is involved in terrorism have a variety of tools at their disposal: For decades, police have occasionally made themselves known to groups they’re investigating, in...
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Black cars and troubling questions: A Canadian's travails under...
CALGARY — “They’re following me again.” Kalim eyes his rear-view mirror as a black Dodge Charger follows his rickety sedan on a Sunday afternoon in mid-March. The young Muslim-Canadian says he’s...
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'Everybody can be radicalized': How an everyday Canadian stunned the country...
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE. — Martin Couture-Rouleau sat in an idling car for almost two hours beside a Tim Hortons until he spotted his targets. Two Canadian Armed Forces officers stepped out of a...
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Majority of Albertans want stronger climate change policies: survey
As Alberta updates its climate change strategy, a new survey suggests more than half of its residents believe the province should adopt stronger policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The survey,...
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NDP say they won't rip up Tory golf course deal, risk more taxpayer dollars
Ripping up an untendered deal with a Tory-connected firm to run the Kananaskis Country Golf Course and putting the operation of the publicly-owned links out to tender would cost Alberta taxpayers up to...
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Communities along proposed Green Line see opportunity in LRT development
When Adam Johnson travelled to London, Paris, Copenhagen and Amsterdam a few years ago, he was blown away at each city’s extensive public transit networks. He returned home, bought a place in Calgary’s...
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Police investigating after body found in southeast Calgary
Police are investigating after a body was found in southeast Calgary early Wednesday. Around 5:55 a.m., police were called to check on the welfare of an individual in the 2600 block of 43rd Street S.E....
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TransAlta agrees to pay $56M for power price manipulation in Alberta
TransAlta has agreed to pay a record $56 million settlement to the province for manipulating power prices and insider trading five years ago, but consumers who paid the doctored prices for electricity...
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Candidates clash over anti-terror bill at Calgary Shepard debate
Cheers and catcalls rained down from the audience at Wednesday night’s forum in the riding of Calgary Shepard as federal candidates sparred over controversial anti-terror legislation passed by the...
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A time to remember: Vigil honours kids lost to cancer
Over the course of 10 months, Alexander Brown underwent two brain surgeries, had two central lines inserted into his little body and required two devices in his brain to drain fluid and relieve...
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Video: Inside the mind of a radicalized Canadian
Amarnath Amarasingam, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University’s Resilience Research Centre, has spoken with scores of online ISIL supporters — some as young as 12. Those conversations have given...
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Video: A heartbroken mother now sees the signs of radicalization
In 2013, two CSIS agents knocked on the door of Christianne Boudreau and told her that her son, Damian Clairmont, had joined al-Qaida in Syria. It was a shock for the Calgary mom, even after she...
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'Without the Internet, the depth of the (terrorism) message would never have...
Ahmad Waseem left Windsor, Ont., in 2012 to fight in Syria and eventually join the Islamic State group, known as ISIL. Wounded in battle, he later came back to Canada for medical treatment. Authorities...
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Canada's security establishment talking to youths about terrorism
Since early 2014, Public Safety ministry staff have been talking to Canadian youth about terrorism. “This is not an easy thing to talk about. Communities are very uncomfortable — and rightfully so,”...
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Radicalization tears apart Canadian families
Just weeks before Aaron Driver was arrested in a Winnipeg terrorism investigation in June, his father in northeast Alberta was hoping it would happen. “I’d rather see him arrested and get help that way...
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