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Should Calgary consider lowering speed limits in residential areas?
When Airdrie introduced a 30 km/h speed limit on most residential streets in the 1980s, the town just north of Calgary had a population of less than 10,000 people. Today, the bedroom community is one...
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A trip to surfing hotspot Tofino teaches something about bike culture
Here’s something you don’t see every day in most Canadian cities. A cyclist in Tofino carries his surfboard in a novel way. Yep, that’s a surfboard being pulled by a bicycle. I spotted that rig during...
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Notley calls Calgary-Foothills byelection for Sept. 3
Premier Rachel Notley has called a provincial byelection in Calgary-Foothills for Sept. 3, sending voters in the riding to the polls for the third time in less than a year and just ahead of a federal...
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Epic Water Fight in Chestermere
Water guns, ‘sponge bombs’ and fire trucks were all part of Synergy’s Epic Water Fight held at John Peake Park in Chestermere on Aug. 5.
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Truck slams into North Hill mall as jewelry store targeted
City police are searching for suspects after a truck smashed through a set of glass doors at a northwest mall early Thursday as part of an attempt to rob a jewelry store. Police say at around 4:30...
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Worker dies after fall from roof at Lethbridge school construction site
A worker died after falling from the roof of a Lethbridge school construction site Wednesday afternoon. The 51-year-old man was doing some welding work in the 200 block of Mildred Dobbs Boulevard in...
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City police warning Calgarians of 'blessing scam'
Calgary police are warning Calgarians about a recent scam in which victims are urged to have their valuables blessed to ward off evil spirits, only to have their possessions stolen. While there have...
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Cyclist searches for good samaritan who found his bike during storm
Ryan Drake was “losing hope” and ready to give up. He was soaking wet, freezing cold and bleeding. The college student had spent more than 20 minutes searching a flooded downtown underpass at 5 St SW...
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Magoon will wait on possible appeal in beating death of stepdaughter
The lawyer for Marie Magoon, who was convicted June 4 of second-degree murder in the prolonged beating death of stepdaughter Meika Jordan nearly four years ago, says he will wait until after a...
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Video: Tornado touches down near Foremost
A tornado touched down in southeastern Alberta on Thursday afternoon, and Steven Hougen stopped harvesting just in time. Hougen and his brother were harvesting at their family farm, near Foremost, when...
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Legal profession loses cherished judge who helped shape the post-Charter world
It’s hard to fathom how different the legal profession might be today for Albertans and the rest of Canadians, for that matter, if not for the gigantic footprints left behind by James Herbert (Herb)...
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Hanna roundhouse reunion celebrates railroad history
Roundhouses once dotted the prairies, spaced along the railroad where workers needed a chance to rest and locomotives would be resupplied and inspected. Now, very few remain. Many have simply crumbled...
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Fortney: The sun's out and so are golf fans
For some, it’s climbing Mount Everest, riding in a hot-air balloon or running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. None of the usual bucket list items will do for Margie Davidson. “Mine are all golf...
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Calgary cyclist meets the man who saved his bike
Ryan Drake’s mysterious saviour disappeared into the stormy gloom Wednesday evening before Drake had a chance to thank him. He got his chance Friday when he met Jojo Clado, the man who had waded into...
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Man in serious condition after Deerfoot motorcycle crash
A man in his 60s is in serious condition after a motorcycle crash on Deerfoot Trail Friday evening. First responders were called to the scene north of Country Hills Boulevard around 4 p.m. after the...
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Police investigating accidental shooting in southwest Calgary neighbourhood
City police are investigating after a man was shot through the wall of his southwest Calgary home Thursday night in what appears to be an accidental shooting. Officers were called just before 11 p.m....
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Energy could be major federal election issue
When Canadians last went to the polls four years ago, oil was trading at about $100 US a barrel, pipeline projects appeared to be slowly inching forward and Stephen Harper’s Conservatives were fully...
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Unemployment rate rises to six per cent in Alberta
Not so long ago, Tony Valoroso had too much work. Indeed, the overwhelmed labourer quit his last job just to spend more time with his young family. Like many Calgarians, he didn’t think finding his...
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Mud running attracting a growing number of Canadians
Adam Ruppel knows about mud. The mountain bike enthusiast, former Canadian team cyclist and co-founder of the Mud Hero obstacle racing series prides himself on having “the best mud in the business.” He...
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Conservatives launch Calgary campaign as opposition parties eye breakthrough
At the federal Conservatives’ local campaign launch on Friday, a pep talk for the assembled campaign workers and volunteers included a prediction the party would sweep to victory in the Calgary area on...
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