Officials are still trying to determine a cause after a fire tore through several homes in Cochrane on Thursday, forcing residents to evacuate. The fire broke out in the town’s Heartland community west of of Highway 22, and south of Highway 1A. Multiple homes were badly damaged and many people were displaced during the emergency,...
Court records show a 37-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two children, whose bodies were found in a vehicle in Calgary. Police have said the victims were under 10 years old. The man was arrested outside the vehicle on Thursday. The accused appeared in court Friday morning, but a...
Rob Rice says many residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., still can’t stand the smell of campfire. It reminds them of the treacherous drive a decade ago through a tunnel of flames as, in their rear-view mirrors, they watched the massive wildfire that ripped through thousands of homes. “You’re seeing ash, smoke and flames everywhere,” said Rice, the 47-year-old owner...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at making changes to the law depending on what comes out of investigations into a data breach involving three million voters. Smith, in a social media post, says protecting the private information of Albertans is critical and that violators should be held accountable. Alberta election officials...
Calgary city councillor Dan McLean says he plans to leave city hall for a seat in the Alberta Legislature. McLean sharing in a statement Friday morning that he intends to seek the UCP nomination for Calgary-Shaw. Current MLA Rebecca Schulz announced last year her plans to step down and leave this month. McLean said in...
A man is dead following an accident at an industrial site in southeast Calgary on Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to a steel fabricator business near 44 Street and 76 Avenue SE just after 2:30 p.m. for reports of an accident involving a forklift. Investigators say a load of pipes came loose and fatally...
Orlando, FL / 500NewsWire / Club Space Fish, the legendary live music venue that gained national attention after an especially raucous GG Allin show in 1991 led to an ATF raid and the club’s eventual closure, returns after 35 years. The reunion will showcase the live music and theatrics that were at the core of Orlando’s punk and...
The Edmonton Oilers will not be returning to the Stanley Cup Final, after they fell in six games to the Anaheim Ducks in the first round of the Playoffs. Edmonton hasn’t lost a playoff series outside of the Stanley Cup final since falling in the second round to Vegas in 2022-23. The Oilers lost to Florida...
A familiar sight has returned to Calgary’s riverbanks as the seasons shift, raising questions and frustrations among nearby residents. Warmer temperatures have coincided with the re‑emergence of encampments along the banks of the Bow River near the Centre Street Bridge. For some Calgarians, the tents and makeshift structures are a sign of deeper issues that...
A routine traffic stop on Highway 1, east of Calgary, led to the seizure of a large quantity of suspected gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a controlled substance sometimes referred to as a “date rape drug.” Mounties say the stop was conducted at around 8:15 p.m. on April 22, by the Alberta RCMP Roving Traffic Unit. During the...