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Braid: Premier Notley is a hot political ticket, in Toronto
Premier Rachel Notley had a point to make Tuesday — she’s getting tougher on pipelines — but it was immediately blurred by news that she’s one expensive political ticket. About 20 people paid $9,975...
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Alberta NDP fights two donation controversies, including one in Ontario
Alberta’s governing NDP fought donation controversies on two fronts Tuesday, pulling the plug on a big-ticket fundraiser in Edmonton just hours before it was set to begin. Cheryl Oates, who speaks for...
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Alberta's mental health review praised, action urged
Nearly three years after her troubled son committed suicide, Joy Pavelich is hailing the province’s mental health review as a blueprint that could have helped her family. The spokeswoman for the...
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Young Canadians encouraged to help name future RCMP dogs
The RCMP’s newest recruits will be furry, full of energy and ready for training. And their handlers are once again turning to young Canadians for help in giving them names. Staff at the Police Dog...
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Other companies eye rideshare market in Calgary
Uber may have taken their ball and threatened to go home, but local taxi and ride-service companies say the city’s new bylaw legalizing ride-sharing in Calgary has a lot of potential. On Monday, city...
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Trudeau to be honoured by Alberta's Tsuut'ina Nation with headdress
After promising “total renewal” of Ottawa’s relationship with indigenous people, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will receive a ceremonial honour at Tsuut’ina Nation southwest of Calgary next month....
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Schools battle to slay cyberbullying monster on Pink Shirt Day
Moving rapidly from the schoolyard into the dark depths of the Internet, bullying is taking on a larger, uglier and more prevalent form online, particularly in the lives of children and youth who spend...
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Fortney: Pink Shirt Day a call to action for all
For two decades, Lisa Dixon-Wells has been a leading voice in the anti-bullying movement. So it’s fitting that Wednesday morning the founder of Dare to Care will join thousands of fellow Calgarians in...
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Ice climber rescued off Mount Rundle ledge after 'awful fall'
A 58-year-old Canmore man required a helicopter rescue from a ledge on Mount Rundle last weekend after he fell about 30 metres during an ice climb. On Sunday afternoon, the man was climbing with two...
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Banff-area wolf pack slows Sunday morning trains after elk takedown
It was a dramatic takedown of an elk by a local wolf pack on a railway overpass near the Banff townsite, leading to an hour-long spectacle to slow down any trains and remove the carcass. On Sunday...
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Calgary sewage art takes waste trophy
The lingering stench of pricey public art on a city sewage station has earned it an annual tax trough trophy, says the lobby group that presented it Wednesday. LED lighting depicting sewage flow on the...
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Teen cancer survivor heading for dogsledding adventure
Colette Benko isn’t one to shrink from a challenge. Diagnosed at age 13 with synovial sarcoma, one of the rarest soft-tissue cancers, doctors worked to remove a solid tumour from the Calgary teen’s...
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Calgary man says lottery win will help reunite family
Maxmillions has lived up to its name for a Calgary man. Yemi Folarin is the latest winner of a cool million on one of the 23 Maxmillions draws on Jan. 29. “I told my friends that I would win big one...
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Calgary Humane Society investigating after neglected dog discovered in locked...
The Calgary Humane Society is investigating after a neglected dog was discovered locked in a pet carrier Monday. A Calgarian was hunting for scrap metal in a Bowness back alley around 3:30 p.m. when he...
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Government's third-quarter financials paint gloomier economic picture
Alberta won’t see economic growth again until 2017, meaning the province will experience two straight years of recession for the first time since the 1980s, according to the provincial government. The...
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Fortney: U of C to celebrate 50-year milestone
In 1982, Calgary had fewer than 600,000 citizens, its tallest structure was the 191-metre-high Calgary Tower and its mayor was an irascible former TV reporter named Ralph Klein. Landing in the city at...
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Calgary teen didn't know he had been stabbed until after street fight
Despite being stabbed during a melee outside a house party, a Calgary teen didn’t know he’d been wounded until he saw his own blood after the brawl. The then-17-year-old, who can’t be identified under...
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Home invasion victim says intruders were looking for sex tape
The victim of a home-invasion robbery told police his assailants accused him of making a sex tape with an underaged prostitute, court was told Wednesday. But the man targeted in the crime said no such...
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'Blindsided' volunteers worry after charity ends homeless shelter program in...
Calgary volunteers who felt “disrespected” and “blindsided” after a local charity ended a homeless shelter program turned out at a community meeting to vent frustrations and raise fears the move will...
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Warm winter paves the way for 10th annual Bike to Work Day
Calling up thousands of commuter cyclists is no war against the internal combustion engine, says an organizer for the annual Bike to Work Day. When the event marks its 10th anniversary May 6, it’ll...
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