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Update: Pedestrian dead after CTrain collision at Rundle LRT

For the second time in as many days, a pedestrian is dead after being struck by an oncoming CTrain, police say. Emergency crews were called to 36 Street by 26 Avenue N.E. at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday...

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A week later, police still hunting for man wanted in connection to Christa...

Police say they are still searching for a man wanted for second-degree murder in connection with the beating death of 26-year-old Christa Cachene. Investigators issued a Canada-wide warrant last week...

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No promotions from Calgary in Notley cabinet shuffle

Premier Rachel Notley didn’t call in any reinforcements from Calgary as she expanded her cabinet Thursday, even as some analysts sense political trouble for her NDP government in the city. In her first...

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Man in custody after fatal stabbings in Coventry Hills

Police have a person of interest in the stabbing deaths of two women whose bodies were discovered Monday inside a Coventry Hills home. Autopsies have identified the homicide victims as Selamawit Alem,...

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Braid: Notley's new cabinet roster shorts Calgary

The NDP is still so new, so utterly different, that it continues to surprise with its refusal to do things the old Alberta way. Thursday’s Exhibit A is the second cabinet roster of Premier Rachel...

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Province threatens to cut coverage to eight-year-old Calgary girl

Political wrangling over refugees is causing a bureaucratic tangle that threatens to cut off provincial health care coverage to an eight-year-old Calgary girl despite the fact she was born here and is...

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Charges laid after suspected drug lab uncovered in New Brighton

Three people have been charged after police uncovered a suspected clandestine drug manufacturing lab in the southeast community of New Brighton last week. An investigation led police to a two-storey...

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LIVE: Health minister on changes at Alberta Health Services

Alberta health minister Sarah Hoffman is holding a news conference in Edmonton to make what the government calls “an important announcement about Health Services governance. The announcement is...

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Police probing reports of gunshots in Chaparral

City police are investigating after shots were fired Friday morning in the southeast community of Chaparral. Officers were called around 5:15 a.m. to the 200 block of Chaparral Ridge Circle S.E. to...

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Despite threats, city has yet to issue any fines against Uber drivers

Bylaw officers have yet to issue a single fine against Uber drivers a week after top city officials promised to crackdown and issue hefty fines for anyone caught picking up fares through the...

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Senior faces prison time after pleading guilty to fourth arson

A senior who used a concealed lighter to start his bed linen and mattress on fire in his locked hospital room last summer, causing the entire unit to be evacuated, is facing prison time after admitting...

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First home on Alberta reserve eight years after federal program launched

Flipping through the blueprints for his five-bedroom home under construction on the Siksika Nation, Nelson Breaker says he’s watching a lifelong dream unfold before his eyes. The 46-year-old accountant...

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Province says looming health coverage cut for Calgary girl was a...

An eight-year-old Calgary girl is eligible for health care coverage in Alberta despite a letter from the province advising her family that the youngster’s health card would no longer be valid at the...

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RCMP arrest suspect wanted in beating death of Calgary mom

The young man wanted in connection with the death of a Calgary mom nearly two weeks ago is now in custody after a lengthy police pursuit on Friday. Isaiah Riel Rider, 18, was arrested by RCMP in...

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Two semi-automatic pistols found in ceiling at U of C lead to charges

A former University of Calgary student is facing a series of charges after electrical workers found two firearms hidden in a false ceiling in a building on the main campus this summer. It’s believed...

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Hart Foundation features Seth Meyers

The annual Owen Hart Foundation fundraiser has seen comic greats the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Howie Mandel, Bob Newhart,  Robin Williams, David Steinberg, Steve Martin and Martin Short, to name but a...

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Man sent to hospital after fall into construction trench

The Calgary Fire Department was called to the scene of a construction site at around 2 a.m. to respond to reports of a fall. A man in his 50s was walking along the edge of a trench at the 700 block of...

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The power of faith amid economic turmoil

In tough times, many people turn to faith, religion and spirituality for answers and comfort. As Calgary grapples with an economic recession, thousands of job layoffs and continued uncertainty, the...

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Alcohol, speed believed to be factors in early morning crash

Police are continuing to investigate a serious collision that happened in the northwest this morning. At around 2:30 a.m. emergency crews responded to a three vehicle accident involving a pickup truck,...

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NDP to table largest deficit budget in Alberta history on Tuesday

Lost in the hullabaloo over Rachel Notley’s NDP snuffing out the 44-year Tory dynasty has been the magnitude of the fiscal squeeze now facing the province. The collapse of crude oil prices that had...

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