High River woman dead after being shot inside home; man charged

High River RCMP say a 36-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a woman this week.

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Water Not Coal organizers seeking details about Elections Alberta’s verification process from petition signatories

The organizers behind an anti-mining campaign are asking anyone who signed their petition and was contacted by Elections Alberta to get in touch.

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WestJet allowing travellers to reschedule or cancel bookings as strike threat looms

WestJet is giving passengers with flights scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 4 the opportunity to change or cancel their bookings ahead of a possible labour disruption.

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Noise complaints up for Calgary Stampede music festivals: city

The City of Calgary says the first four days of the Calgary Stampede have yielded dozens of noise complaints, with an increased number of complaints connected to two of the event’s biggest music festi...

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Alberta pitches new bitumen pipeline route to B.C. coast with TMX, Pembina partners

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce a preferred route and interested parties for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast.

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All Cowboys Music Festival concerts to end at midnight with newly inked permit: Farkas

Calgary’s mayor says a new permit issued to the company organizing the Cowboys Music Festival will allow the music festival to proceed, but with new restrictions.

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‘A lot of scrambling’: Calgary public schools strained by substitute teacher shortage

As the school year comes to a close, educators and parents alike are hoping to see the end of a major substitute teacher shortage.

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Alberta offering one-time affordability payment of $100 to residents: Smith

Starting next month, the Alberta government will offer some citizens relief managing the high cost of living.

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UCP president, several constituency associations say support for Smith remains

United Conservative constituency associations aren’t calling for Danielle Smith’s head yet, the party’s president says.

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Robert Fife gives a candid account of some of the biggest stories and issues of his career

The longtime political journalist answered questions about the best Canadian prime ministers, the stories he’s most proud of and how his job has evolved

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Quashing the separation petition is ‘incomprehensible,’ an ‘error in law’: Rath

The lawyer representing an Alberta separatist group says a decision made to quash a separation petition in court featured “numerous errors in law” and is “anti-democratic.”

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Calgary mayor sparring with Alberta government as it takes aim at bike lanes

Calgary’s mayor is at odds with the Alberta government over incoming legislation that would give the province authority over where Alberta cities can build bike lanes.

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‘Lifetime of trauma’: Hundreds gather to remember slain Calgary children

More than 200 people gathered Friday night at a candlelight vigil remembering two children who were murdered last week.

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‘Pointed a gun at my head’: Frantic 911 call of Alberta highway shooting released

Newly released audio of the frantic 911 call made by the survivor of a carjacking on a rural Alberta road is revealing harrowing details of the incident in its immediate aftermath.

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Ford says no one in Canada is scrutinized like he is after backtracking on $28.9M private jet purchase | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday that "no one in the country" is more scrutinized than he is, as he explained his government's rationale for buying a $28.9-million private jet before qu...

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‘Wolf, you are my idol’: Flames netminder gifts stick to 10-year-old fan in the stands

Over the boards and into the stands, hand to hand, Dustin Wolf's stick went during Tuesday night's Calgary Flames game. It found its way to a 10-year-old boy with a signing saying, "Wolf, you are my i...

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2026 Calgary Stampede canvas auction brings in more than $6M

It was a record-breaking night at this year’s Calgary Stampede canvas auction.

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Alberta premier and education minister had private meeting with groups behind push to ‘conservatize’ Alberta school boards and ban LGBTQ books

Private and faith-based schools, along with right-wing think tanks and parental rights groups, were invited to discuss education

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Mothers are suffering injury, death during childbirth in Canada. Here's why it still happens - Investigative Journalism Bureau

Samantha Hemmings stood in the operating room entrance, watching her sister Sophia on the table. “Help me, please,” she recalls her sister saying. “I can’t breathe.” In the spring of 2009, Sophia went...

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New NDP leader Avi Lewis ‘not in the interests of Alberta’ over energy views: Nenshi

The leader of Alberta’s New Democrats is trying to distance himself from his newly elected federal counterpart over varying views on the energy sector.

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Reflection: What's at stake in Canadian transparency tussles - Investigative Journalism Bureau

One of the best ways to lose friends at a party is to bring up freedom-of-information legislation.  Try it the next time you want to escape an awkward social interaction. “Oh, that is so interesting. ...

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Globe posting in China launched reporter John Burns to international prominence

After a dust-up with the prime minister on Parliament Hill, he was sent to work at the paper’s Beijing bureau, a move that led to a long, successful career including two Pulitzers for his New York Tim...

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Heated rivalry: Canada-U.S. to meet again, this time at World Baseball Classic

Canada is set to meet the United States in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic on Friday. It promises to be the latest chapter in a long multi-sport rivalry

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Whirling disease detected in Lake Louise, Alta.: Parks Canada

Officials with Parks Canada say they have detected an aquatic invasive species (AIS) at one of Canada’s most iconic mountain parks.

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Indigenous chiefs go to Alberta legislature, pressure province to nip separatism push

EDMONTON - More than a dozen First Nations chiefs and even more band councillors and elders were at Alberta's legislature Monday, calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to stomp out

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N.S. Speaker introduces visitor restrictions at Province House | CBC News

At the end of a week that included several thousand people rallying outside the Nova Scotia Legislature against proposed budget cuts and a handful of people inside bringing their concerns directly to ...

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Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid speaks out against N.S. arts cuts: ‘The arts are why I live in Nova Scotia’

Artists and arts-industry workers have issued warnings after the province axed $130-million in provincial grants

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Iran conflict underscores need for new Canadian pipeline: Danielle Smith

The continuing expansion of military action in Iran and disruption to the world’s oil trade is underscoring the need for a new pipeline connecting Alberta’s oil reserves to the West Coast, Danielle Sm...

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