Alberta Culture, Events & Local Life

Edmonton police have charged 22-year-old Ritish Kumar with second-degree murder in the death of Damanpreet Kaur, a 23-year-old woman found gravely injured at a Silverberry home earlier this month. She died in hospital three days later, and an autopsy determined she was strangled. Police are calling it an intimate partner homicide. The allegation has not been tested in court.

Environment Canada Heat Warning for Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat: Mid-30s Through the Weekend, Up to 38 C Next Week

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings covering Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and much of southern Alberta, with daytime highs in the low to mid-30s for at least three days and Medicine Hat's alert calling for a long-duration heatwave running as high as 38 C into next week. Here's what each city is facing, who's most at risk, and how to get through it.

Whoop-Up Days is still a few weeks off, which leaves the river valley and Henderson Lake to carry the weekend — and they deliver: Nikka Yuko marks its 50th anniversary with a summer festival, the Bulls play a Friday-night home game, and Fort Whoop-Up and the coulee trails are open all weekend. Here's everything worth getting off the couch for.

Calgary Is Getting a Live Movie Musical Dinner Experience Tonight — And It's Nothing Like a Broadway Show

Calgary, AB If you've ever wanted to belt out songs from The Greatest Showman over a plate of slow-smoked Alberta brisket, tonight is your night.