Regional News

Inflation relief felt largely at the gas pump; food, housing costs continue to rise

The rising cost of living in Canada that has dominated the headlines over the past year is, in many ways, a story about oil.

Jul 18, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it

Alberta’s new health minister has been given the green light to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system — 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process to centralize it.

Jul 18, 2023 3:56 PM Read more >

Opposition says Alberta dragging feet on CPP pension reform to manipulate outcome

Alberta is entering the fourth year of debate over whether to ditch the Canada Pension Plan and the Opposition NDP is accusing the United Conservative government of dragging its feet in order to sway the outcome.

Jul 17, 2023 4:33 PM Read more >

‘It’s home’: Alberta’s Métis community rebuilds settlement after wildfire

Carrol Johnston points at flowering peonies in her otherwise charred garden as she walks through her property in a northern Alberta Métis settlement.

Jul 14, 2023 10:27 AM Read more >

‘Nervous anticipation’: Flashbacks of 2013 flood in southern Alberta come every June

Every June, many Calgarians who live near the Bow and Elbow rivers start to worry.

Jun 19, 2023 10:19 AM Read more >

Girls, 10, 3, suffer life-threatening injuries in OHV collision in Alberta

Two young girls are in hospital with life-threatening injuries after police say an off-highway vehicle they were riding collided with a pickup truck in southern Alberta.

Jun 19, 2023 10:17 AM Read more >

Trudeau calls byelection in riding of Calgary Heritage for July 24

Voters in the federal riding of Calgary Heritage will go to the polls late next month.

Jun 19, 2023 10:14 AM Read more >

Empire expands Voilà online grocery home-delivery service into Alberta

Empire Co. Ltd. says it’s launching its Voilà online grocery home-delivery service in Calgary, Edmonton and the surrounding areas.

Jun 19, 2023 10:10 AM Read more >

Top Alberta universities come together to study fundamentals of quantum science

Three Alberta universities are pooling their resources to investigate the fundamentals of quantum science, with a focus on driving innovation decades from now.

Jun 16, 2023 9:53 PM Read more >

Calgary man facing terrorism-related charges, RCMP say

Alberta RCMP says a 20-year-old man from Calgary is facing several terrorism-related charges.

Jun 16, 2023 9:32 PM Read more >