News/Canada/Calgary
Cenovus to cut up to 25% of combined workforce with Husky Energy after merger
The $3.8-billion merger between Cenovus Energy and Husky Energy will result in a trimming of the workforce by as much as 25 per...
55 COVID cases now reported at Calgary jail as in-facility spread confirmed
An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Calgary jail has now jumped to 55 cases, a notable increase after the outbreak was initially reported...
Whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump, America’s choice will alter Alberta’s future
Less than three weeks remain before American voters head to the polls to choose four more years of U.S. President Donald Trump or...
Dinosaur skeleton found by 12-year-old near Drumheller, Alta., hailed as ‘significant discovery’
Nathan Hrushkin and his father have hiked through the Drumheller, Alta., area for years. The Calgary boy has always loved dinosaurs, so it’s natural that the...
Caps on international flights leave hundreds of Australians stranded in Canada
After multiple cancelled flights, Georgia and Greg King’s dogs will be flying from Canada to their home in Australia before them. That’s because...
Alberta has highest rate of mortgage deferrals as bank programs wind down
Alberta continues to have the highest rate of mortgage deferrals in the country. According to numbers shared by the Canada Mortgage and Housing...
Canada issues last-minute visas allowing pregnant mom to return home from Haiti with her children
A Canadian woman who is entering the last month of her pregnancy was finally able to return home to Canada, after the federal...
1 death, 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as outbreaks declared at Calgary’s Foothills hospital
One patient has died and 13 other patients and four staff members have tested positive amid COVID-19 outbreaks at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary,...
Alberta couldn’t sell bonds earlier this year, Kenney says, as he continues push for federal reform
As part of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s push for Ottawa to recalculate its fiscal stabilization fund, he cited government bonds Sunday as a...
Church restoration after fire illustrates difficult path to reconciliation for Alberta’s Stoney people
A 145-year-old southern Alberta church went up in flames three years ago, and now its restoration has ripped open old wounds of residential...
Alberta will switch over to federal COVID-19 notification app
Alberta will switch from its provincial COVID-19 notification app to the national app.
Alberta’s COVID-19 response is fragmenting as a 2nd wave looms
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for COVID-19 in Alberta. From July 7 to 21, it recorded the most new cases, per...
Lake Louise ski resort loses appeal of $2M fine for cutting endangered trees
An Alberta judge has upheld a $2.1-million fine against a world-renowned ski resort for cutting down endangered trees nearly seven years ago.
Calgary to make masks mandatory in indoor public spaces as of Aug. 1
Citing the rising numbers of coronavirus cases, the city of Calgary says it will make masks mandatory in all indoor public spaces starting Aug....
3 dead, 24 injured after bus rollover in Alberta’s Jasper National Park
Three people are dead and 24 injured after a glacier sight-seeing bus rolled over near the Columbia Icefield in Alberta’s Jasper National Park. RCMP Cpl. Leigh...
‘A miracle’: 20 years after deadly tornado, Alberta family thankful for survival
Twenty years after a tornado swept through a campground at a scenic tree-lined lake in central Alberta, killing a dozen people and turning...
