Police are looking for two cars after gunfire between the moving vehicles struck a home and a parked vehicle in southwest Calgary last week. Calgary police say the shooting happened around 2:05 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, near Silverado Drive and Silverado Plains Link SW in the community of Silverado. It is alleged that someone...
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Man wanted for string of break-ins in SE Calgary
Calgary police are asking for the public’s help to locate a man wanted in connection with several overnight break-ins. Investigators say the incidents happened in the early morning hours of May 1 in the two southeast communities of Maple Ridge and Willow Park. Around 1:30 a.m., a man was captured on a security camera leaving...
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Continuing care workers rally in Calgary, calling for better staffing
Dozens of continuing care workers and supporters rallied in Calgary on Monday, demanding action from the provincial government. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) launched its continuing care campaign earlier this month, warning that the province’s health-care restructuring is increasing pressures on long-term and continuing care facilities. “We’re here today in support of the...
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Suspects threatened to shoot business owner in latest extortion case: Calgary police
Calgary police have arrested two more men as part of a long‑running investigation into extortion schemes targeting members of the South Asian community. Investigators say new charges were laid after threats were made against a northeast Calgary business on May 5, prompting an investigation that led to multiple arrests at a home a few weeks...
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Alberta NDP renews calls to end planned changes to disability income support program
The Opposition NDP is continuing to call on the Alberta government to halt changes to the province’s long-running disability assistance program, exactly one month before the modifications are set to take effect. A planned transition from the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program to the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) – for most...
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Warnings remain in effect as heavy rain swells Calgary rivers
Steady rain continues to fall, and river levels remain high as officials monitor conditions in the Calgary area. The city has been dealing with persistent rainfall and swelling waterways, with a rainfall warning still in effect, and totals are expected to surpass 100 millimetres by midweek. Parts of the city have already received between 60...
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Warehouse in flames in Calgary’s Mount Royal: CFD
Flames erupted from a warehouse in the Mount Royal area in southwest Calgary on Monday, firefighters say. Fire department spokesperson Alex Kwan says it happened on Peacekeepers Drive at a commercial warehouse and washroom trailer within the last hour. The cause is unclear at this time. No injuries have been reported at this time. Meanwhile,...
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Calgary families face increasing school bus fees in CBE’s latest budget
Many Calgary parents will have to grapple with increasing school bus fees in the upcoming school year. In the Calgary Board of Education’s 2026-27 budget — approved on May 26 — families of students taking the school bus will have to pay more for transportation. Families of kindergarten students have to pay $70 more for...
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Warnings issued, up to 100 mm of heavy rainfall in Calgary over five days
An Environment Canada special weather statement for Calgary has been upgraded to a rainfall warning, which says heavy rain of up to 100 millimetres is expected over the next few days. The warning Sunday says total amounts will vary between 50-100 mm and continue until Wednesday morning, adding that rain exceeding 100 mm in some...
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‘The perfect trap’: Alberta archeologist reflects on decades at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Renowned Alberta archeologist Bob Dawe has stood at this spot, near the windy, windswept craggy sandstone cliff of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta, thousands of times during his career. But his mind always goes back to what it was like at the site of what was basically an early abattoir for thousands of years. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo...