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Parks Canada says it would consider killing Bear 122, known as The Boss, only after other management options were exhausted and if public safety or the bear’s welfare required it. An April 2025 email raised the possibility as the grizzly ages, prompting a petition opposing euthanasia.
Elections Alberta says it manually checks every special ballot application against its voter registration system and denies applications with invalid or out-of-province details. The explanation follows online claims that people outside Alberta could apply for mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum without residency checks.
Childhood Cancer Canada has launched a campaign calling attention to the challenges faced by children with cancer and their families as requests for financial assistance rise. The effort coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and includes the story of Calgary student Sloane Masikewich, who is returning to a full school year after treatment.
Wood Buffalo RCMP released two surveillance images Wednesday as it seeks information about a person wanted in connection with suspected arsons in Fort McMurray. Fires damaged vehicles and personal property along Alberta Drive and Poplar Crescent from midnight Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a man shot by Edmonton police at a Donsdale home on Sept. 13 was armed with a shotgun. A woman and an infant were also injured and later released from hospital.
Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta is considering changes to the Municipal Government Act, including rules for larger municipalities, as local governments seek stable funding and a better relationship with the province. At the Alberta Municipalities Convention in Edmonton, Smith also urged members to vote for Alberta to remain in Canada in the Oct. 19 referendum and ruled out a provincial sales tax as part of the province’s fiscal future.
Alberta RCMP is sharing online safety information throughout September, warning youth and their families about the risks of online grooming and luring. According to an RCMP news release, grooming occurs when someone builds trust with a young person online in order to manipulate, exploit, coerce or abuse them. Police...
Alberta’s population grew 1.5 per cent from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, more than three times the national rate. Growth slowed in every province compared with the previous year, Statistics Canada reported.
More than 610,000 Albertans had requested mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum as of Tuesday, prompting Elections Alberta to move the application deadline forward to Sept. 25. Applications close at midnight Friday; completed ballots must arrive by Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. to be counted.
Grande Prairie city council accepted a voluntary code of conduct on Sept. 14, after Alberta removed municipal code requirements in 2025. Councillors said the city needs an accountability tool while waiting for the province’s framework and third-party investigations.
Alberta will suspend its 13-cent-a-litre gasoline and diesel tax from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 after North American oil prices averaged nearly US$91 a barrel over the past month. Drivers will pay less at the pump, while Alberta heavy crude is selling about US$21 below North American benchmarks amid the shutdown of a major Illinois refinery.
A fractured compressor rotor blade caused an engine surge and fire aboard a WestJet aircraft bound for Calgary on March 3, 2023, the Transportation Safety Board says. The plane landed safely in Kelowna with one engine shut down, and inspections later found fractured blades in two other WestJet engines.
Justice Christopher Simard ruled that Rebel News’ complaint about Thomas Lukaszuk’s Forever Canadian campaign could not be heard and decided before Alberta’s Oct. 19 referendum. The ruling did not address the complaint’s merits, and Elections Alberta’s investigation process remains confidential under provincial law.
Elections Alberta is responding to growing online claims that people who do not live in Alberta can obtain special ballots for the province’s upcoming referendum, saying special-ballot applications are subject to multiple verification steps before a ballot is issued. In a series of social-media posts over the weekend...
Construction is rapidly changing a 33-CFL-field area near Highway 643 and Range Road 222 for Meta’s first Canadian data centre, a 1-gigawatt project expected to open in 2028. The development is part of a data centre boom in Alberta that is raising questions about power supply, grid impacts and costs for electricity customers.
The air inside the old gym carried a heavy weight in the fall of 1979. The kind of cold that settles into your bones. But we were shifting. Something new was taking root on the hardwood. Gary McPherson took the helm as the Alberta Northern Lights wheelchair general manager that year from his Aberhart Hospital room...