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A rescue on the Bow River on Tuesday is prompting renewed warnings about fast‑moving water and hazardous river conditions. Fire crews were called just before noon to an area downstream of Edworthy Park, where an adult and two youths were found in the river holding onto a cluster of trees. Two rescue boats brought the...

Police are asking for help identifying a suspect in a seemingly random attack in a Tim Hortons bathroom last week. Calgary police say they were called to the a Tim Hortons near Sunridge Mall around 8:30 a.m. on June 23 for reports of an assault. It is alleged a man was using the washroom in...

Calgary will resume its municipal census in 2028 after a six-year pause. Council voted 13–2 on Tuesday to bring back the Civic Census, which will be conducted every two years and used to fill gaps left by less frequent federal counts. City officials say the census provides neighbourhood‑level data that other sources cannot match. The...

Defending vulnerable Albertans, restoring confidence in the electoral system and holding alleged wrongdoers accountable are the main reasons behind the filing of a class-action lawsuit over Alberta’s alleged voter privacy breach. That’s according to the counsel for the proposed representative plaintiff, whose statement of claim filed Thursday accuses the Alberta government, Elections Alberta, and the...

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...

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...

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...

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...