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The City of Calgary collected $240 million in municipal development fees last year, which is the equivalent to an additi...
04/24/2025

The City of Calgary collected $240 million in municipal development fees last year, which is the equivalent to an additional 10 per cent property tax increase if the fees are cut.

Peggy may not win any beauty contests, but the pint-sized pup and breakout star of 2024's 'Deadpool & Wolverine' is prov...
04/24/2025

Peggy may not win any beauty contests, but the pint-sized pup and breakout star of 2024's 'Deadpool & Wolverine' is proving her celebrity clout at this year's Calgary Expo.

Peggy may not win any beauty contests, but the pint-sized pup is the breakout star of 2024's 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' starring as 'Dogpool' alongside Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

The project was to provide up to 8,000 jobs during construction and 500 full-time jobs once it opened.
04/24/2025

The project was to provide up to 8,000 jobs during construction and 500 full-time jobs once it opened.

From economic uncertainty to shifting attitudes of travel to the United States, tourist attractions in southern Alberta ...
04/24/2025

From economic uncertainty to shifting attitudes of travel to the United States, tourist attractions in southern Alberta have benefitted, with expectations for continued growth in 2025.

"I’ve maybe missed my chance for the thing I wanted in life most.”
04/24/2025

"I’ve maybe missed my chance for the thing I wanted in life most.”

RCMP said several buildings were on fire at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations were underway Friday...
04/19/2025

RCMP said several buildings were on fire at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations were underway Friday in the rural area surrounding the museum east of Edmonton.

"We have dogs in our house and it's driving our dogs insane."
04/18/2025

"We have dogs in our house and it's driving our dogs insane."

A Calgary couple is frustrated by damage caused by a Northern Flicker, a kind of woodpecker that has been pecking holes in the stucco of their home.

Danielle Smith's office said she will depart Friday, adding the purpose of the trip is to "grow Alberta’s energy, agricu...
04/18/2025

Danielle Smith's office said she will depart Friday, adding the purpose of the trip is to "grow Alberta’s energy, agriculture and other markets in Asia."

Alberta's premier is on her way across the Pacific for a week of meetings in Japan and South Korea.

Over four years ago, the chief of police in Lethbridge went for lunch with a volunteer police chaplain. However, as it w...
04/18/2025

Over four years ago, the chief of police in Lethbridge went for lunch with a volunteer police chaplain. However, as it was during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, eyebrows were raised.

A disciplinary hearing for Lethbridge police chief Shahin Mehdizadeh was held follows allegations of COVID-19 protocol breaches.

The spring wildfire season is underway, when the snow has melted but the forest has yet to green up, which makes the ars...
04/18/2025

The spring wildfire season is underway, when the snow has melted but the forest has yet to green up, which makes the arson arrests of two different men in northeastern Alberta this past week that much more notable.

With the spring wildfire season is underway, two men were arrested this week after a house was torched and grass fires lit along a road in a rural community south of Fort McMurray.

"It is a waste of time, and it is an attack on the unity that we have right now as a country standing up to the Trump ad...
04/18/2025

"It is a waste of time, and it is an attack on the unity that we have right now as a country standing up to the Trump administration, for political, partisan gains."

Talk of the western provinces separating from the rest of Canada is a "tired trope" that needs to stop, British Columbia Premier David Eby says.

Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, ...
04/18/2025

Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the province is overstepping and making an issue out of nothing.

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