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Alberta legislature approves morning sitting hours
The Alberta legislature is officially moving to morning hours, but at least one MLA believes the idea it will make the assembly more family friendly is “hogwash.” Alberta MLAs passed a motion on...
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Whitehorn homicide victim was a mother of three
The 26-year-old woman found dead Tuesday in the basement of a Whitehorn home is being remembered as a strong, funny and beautiful mother of three. Janel Squirrel was killed in what police say appears...
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Police vow they will nab 'violent, evil people' responsible for recent gun...
Police chief Roger Chaffin attempted to ease tensions over a recent spike in gun violence with assurances his officers are focused on a series of operations designed to disrupt gang activity and bring...
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Education minister expects better from CBE, board says it looks 'forward to...
Alberta’s education minister says he expects better from the province’s largest school board after documents revealed Calgary public school bureaucrats decided to force students to walk farther to...
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Police seek witnesses to potential abduction on Stephen Avenue
Calgary police say a man was forced into a vehicle against his will after an altercation between two groups of people on Stephen Avenue Wednesday night. They’re now asking for public assistance in...
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Police investigating suspicious death at Forest Lawn hotel
The homicide unit is investigating after the body of a woman in her 50s was found in a southeast Calgary hotel on Thursday. EMS responded to the Town & Country Motor Hotel at around noon on...
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Victorious NDP outspent by more than $2.5M by PCs in spring election campaign
Alberta’s NDP set a party fundraising record by raking in $1.6 million in donations as it knocked off the Progressive Conservative dynasty in the spring provincial election, new financial documents...
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Ewart: Environmentalists emboldened by Obama's rejection of Keystone XL and...
Barack Obama was always going to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, but adding insult to injury capped a damaging week for the oil industry. The U.S. president officially turned down the application from...
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Police lay charges in officer-involved shooting
Calgary police have charged one 20-year-old man while seeking another suspect still at large after police opened fire at a vehicle that tried to run down an officer Tuesday afternoon. Einar James...
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Leopard Print Gala a roaring success
One wonders at times why bad things happen to good people. Tragedy can be turned into triumph- although it takes special people to make this happen. The Kohn family and Stephen Woodward are indeed such...
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Calgary Business Hall of Fame grows by four
A great city is made even greater by the accomplishments-and giving-of it’s citizens. And great citizens is what Calgary is known for. One need look no further for shining examples of same than those...
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Police search for missing family
Police are looking for information about a mother and her two children after reports that they have not been seen since Thursday. Stephanie Nicole Ear and her two daughters Joanna and Marlisa Daniels...
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Rash of violence has downtown business and political leaders worried
A decade ago, Calgary’s downtown was in trouble. Drugs, gang activity, and shootings, including one that blinded a Brazilian exchange student, drew an unwelcome spotlight on the city centre. After...
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Gallery: The Calgary Herald Pictures of the Week
The weekly collection of images taken or first published by the Calgary Herald staff in the past seven days, ending Friday, November 6, 2015. Gallery: The Calgary Herald Pictures of the WeekThe weekly...
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Parents, staff left in a lurch after Chestermere daycare closure
The parents of more than 50 children in Chestermere are scrambling to find child care after a local daycare closed its doors suddenly on Thursday. On Wednesday, parents were told that Evolve Learning...
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Bob Hawkesworth appointed executive director of McDougall centre
Bob Hawkesworth, a former longtime city councillor and failed Alberta NDP candidate, has been appointed executive director of Calgary’s McDougall Centre. Hawkesworth called the appointment “a special...
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Charges laid after pedestrian struck, killed in central Alberta
Mounties have laid charges in connection with the death of a pedestrian on Thursday afternoon in the central Alberta town of Penhold. RCMP say 41-year-old Chasity Holman, of Red Deer, was struck around...
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Calgary man charged in connection with recent bank robberies
City police have laid charges in connection with three recent bank robberies believed to have been committed to support a fentanyl addiction. The first incident took place around noon on Tuesday when a...
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'It's that time of year': Motorists urged to watch for animals on the road
Last November, Gilles and his mother were struck in a collision near the hamlet of Madden. The moose cow did not survive, but her calf managed to hobble into a yard with a broken knee and was spotted...
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Stuff-a-Bus is back to collect donations for Calgary Food Bank
The Stuff-a-Bus event returned Saturday with Calgary Transit buses parked outside every Co-Op grocery store in the city for much of the day to collect donations for the Calgary Food Bank. And...
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