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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Two children and two adults have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in central Alberta’s Clearwater County, north of Rocky Mountain House, on Friday, Mounties say. Rocky Mountain House RCMP say they responded to a serious collision on O’Chiese Road, around five kilometres from the Buster Creek intersection west of Red Deer, at around 4:33...

The wife of an Alberta man gunned down in a roadside shooting east of Calgary shared an emotional hug with the prosecutor after a jury found two men guilty of second-degree murder Saturday. Jurors deliberated for 14 hours before concluding Arthur Penner and Elijah Strawberry shot and killed Colin Hough, 45, an employee of Rocky...

From whiskey barrels to underwear and even a discarded table, volunteers have uncovered some unusual finds during Calgary’s annual Pathway and River Cleanup. On Friday, hundreds of volunteers gathered at St. Patrick’s Island Park to kick off Calgary’s annual Pathway and River Cleanup, a citywide effort focused on keeping parks, pathways and riverbanks litter-free. Among...

Fans were on their feet Thursday night inside the Saddledome as world-renowned Punjabi music sensation Diljit Dosanjh sang and danced for a sold-out crowd of Calgarians. It was a moment Sandeep Kaur had been waiting for, and she’s now sharing it with a new generation. “When I was a kid, since that time I was...