Category Archives: Calgary

A woman has been found dead in Waterton Park. See in:

Health Canada is warning bargain hunters to avoid some secondhand products, such as hockey helmets, cribs, and child car seats. See in:

C-Trains won’t be moving in the downtown core this weekend because of upgrades and maintenance work. See in:

Additional officers will be on hand patrolling for speeders and distracted drivers this long weekend, police say. See in:

Two years after a grisly warning was spray painted on to a garage door belonging to a Calgary family, their home was pierced by six gunshots. See in:

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall on some Compliments brand bagged salads and coleslaw. See in:

Researchers in Banff are using GPS collars to try to figure out why many of the animals are killed by trains each year. See in:

Opposition leader Tom Mulcair says Canada has been hit by the so-called ‘Dutch disease,’ which holds that increasing oil exports artificially inflate the dollar and harm manufacturing. But not all agree with his assessment. See in:

Pipe trade students at SAIT built something that is the first of its kind at the trade school – a sign to show the collaboration between people in the gay-lesbian-bisexual and transgender community and the construction industry See in:

In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio’s The House, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley tells host Evan Solomon details on changes to Employment Insurance will be made public “soon” and that the changes will help more people find work … Continue reading →

The Museum of the Highwood is set to reopen following a devastating fire two years ago that destroyed the building and a number of artefacts. See in:

Canadians are used to hearing their country ranks among the world’s best places to live, but new research suggests that quality of life can depend a lot on where you live. See in:

The province says it’s lifting the blanket ban on fires in forested areas but bans in many municipalities remain. See in:

A Calgary judge has found a former security expert guilty on child pornography charges. See in:

Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair will visit Alberta and possibly the oilsands in two weeks, says his Alberta counterpart. See in:

Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is “wrong and misinformed” for his contention that the oilsands are hurting Canada’s manufacturing sector, Alberta Premier Alison Redford says. See in:

Shen Yun has been told by the province to find different venues for its shows next year. See in:

Calgary fire crews were called to two separate fires in the city just after 4 p.m. Thursday. See in:

Eric and Joy Jackson, the Regina couple who died in a mid-air collision Saturday, were headed to a fishing camp they owned in Saskatchewan’s north, friends say. See in:

Cross-border shopping is costing the Canadian economy much more than believed and new rules raising duty-free limits will only make matters worse, says a new report by the Bank of Montreal. See in:

Calgary’s 50th annual white hat awards are handed out Wednesday night to the best and brightest the city has to offer when it comes to the tourism industry — from the best concierge to servers to the volunteer of the … Continue reading →

The cooler and wetter weather is helping firefighters in the province. See in:

The Canadian Tax Payers Federation is calling on the federal government to stop charging GST on top of federal and provincial gas taxes. See in:

The Calgary weir may have undergone changes to make it safer for rafters, but provincial officials warn it is still too dangerous for inexperienced paddlers. See in:

Longboarding enjoys a surge in popularity in Calgary but bylaw officers say there are limits to where riders can go. See in:

The NDP is calling on Alberta’s Child and Youth Advocate to investigate how the violent death of a caregiver in a Camrose group home will impact the youth living there. See in:

Downtown streets have been reopened following a wind storm Wednesday, which sent glass crashing down from a Calgary highrise. See in:

A Calgary man is making a cross-border run Thursday to bring back 81,000 gumballs for a one-of-a-kind portrait of Mayor Naheed Nenshi. See in:

A marathon hockey game in Chestermere, Alta., to raise money for the Alberta Children’s Hospital finally came to an end Wednesday night. See in:

Calgary Metal Recycling has been ordered to cut the size of its “auto fluff” pile, which took firefighters 10 days to put out after it caught fire in late April. See in:

A council committee heard Wednesday morning that the entire West LRT project is currently $35 million over budget and costs will go even higher. See in:

The debate over the benfits of oil exports to Canada’s economy continued Wednesday with the release of two reports, one which tried to debunk the notion they hurt manufacturing in central Canada and another that found sudden price spikes are … Continue reading →

Expensive solar panels have always been touted as economical in the long term, but one associate professor of business is questioning that logic after crunching some numbers. See in:

The City of Calgary is asking how many dogs an individual should be allowed off-leash in its parks. See in:

The relocation of a massive house in southwest Calgary is drawing camera crews and many stares in the Stanley Park neighbourhood Wednesday. See in:

Twelve families living northwest of Bonnyville still haven’t heard when they can return home after the municipal district issued an evacuation order Tuesday night due to a wildfire. See in: