News/Canada/Calgary
Driver fined $10K, disqualified after 3rd horse in Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races dies
Chad Harden, 2009 Rangeland Derby champion, has been disqualified from the Calgary Stampede after the death this week of a horse, meaning he...
Energy and Trudeau on the menu as Andrew Scheer flips pancakes in Calgary
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer flips pancakes in Calgary on Saturday. (Helen Pike/CBC) As much as the Calgary Stampede is about rodeos, drinking and...
Couple uses shopping spree win to stock up groceries for Calgary Food Bank
Ryan Warren grabs nearly $600 worth of groceries in 50 seconds — all for charity — after winning Bragg Creek’s version of Supermarket...
A family legacy: Third-generation Alberta ranchland protected from development
Shane Hansen and Laura Peterson raised their family on Hansen Ranch. Now, they’re ensuring it will be conserved for generations to come. (Brent...
Homicide unit investigating 2 deaths after explosion at northwest Calgary home
Homicide investigators and fire crews were on scene of a home in Kincora, where two people were found dead on Saturday. (Terri Trembath/CBC)...
Small nuclear reactors could make Alberta’s oilsands cleaner, industry experts suggest
A dump truck works near the Syncrude oilsands extraction facility near Fort McMurray, Alta. Nuclear power could be one way to reduce emissions...
Alberta beef producers carefully watch Beyond Meat veggie burger complaint
A cow and its calf graze in a pasture near Cremona, Alta. Alberta Beef Producers are supporting a complaint out of Quebec against...
Senate committee recommends against proceeding with B.C. tanker ban bill
An oil tanker anchors at the terminus to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline in Burnaby, B.C. A Senate committee has recommended the...
Industry worried new Alberta government will cancel solar-power rebates
Gerald Krabbe is taking his mid-century Calgary bungalow into the future with a soon-to-be-connected 5½-kilowatt photovoltaic solar panel system. The panels will supply...
WestJet suspends some routes due to Boeing 737 Max grounding
WestJet has suspended several of its routes due to the ongoing grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft. Canada grounded the jets and banned...
Notley is 7th female Canadian premier turfed from office in 6 years
The gradual disappearance of women from the ranks of Canada’s premiers raises questions about society’s willingness to embrace true equality, former female leaders...
On the road in Canada’s conservative heartland
On the dusty main street of Rowley, Alberta, time stands still. Boarded-up storefronts and antique gas pumps sit idle, these days used mostly as a set...
Fraudulent emails used to cast votes in UCP leadership race, CBC finds
Documents obtained by CBC News show email addresses fraudulently attached to Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships were used to cast ballots in the party’s leadership race, which Jason...
Alberta mountain biker loses leg in freak Utah hiking accident
Recovery has just begun for a competitive Canmore mountain biker after a freak accident during a hike in Utah led to a leg...
Alberta NDP calls on Kenney to pen sworn statement on voter fraud and ‘kamikaze’ campaign allegations
NDP candidate Sarah Hoffman is demanding in a letter that United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney write a public, sworn response to allegations...
3 Calgary officers who ‘made the police available for sale’ sentenced to jail in corruption case
Three Calgary officers who “made the police available for sale” have been sentenced to jail terms in a corruption case involving a woman who...
