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Missing Calgary Boy Parker Wells Found Dead in a Water Pipe Under Deerfoot Trail
Alberta Man Wanted by RCMP Replies to His Own Wanted Wednesday Post on Facebook
Post Malone's Edmonton Concert Cancelled After Storm Floods Commonwealth Stadium and Sends Fans Fleeing for Shelter
Missing Calgary Boy Parker Wells, Day 11: Family Urges Public to Keep Searching as Amber Alert Expires
Missing Hiker Bob Toothill Found Dead in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
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Dutch Elm Disease Hits 14 Cases in Edmonton After 4 More Trees Test Positive in Glengarry and Rossdale
Four more elms tested positive in Glengarry and Rossdale, bringing Edmonton's total to 14 since 2024. Nine of those came in the first two years. Five have come in the last two and a half weeks. Edmonton holds one of the largest uninfected American elm populations left in the world, and there are two things you're legally required to do about it right now.
Things to Do in Edmonton This Long Weekend: July 31–August 3, 2026 (Heritage Festival & More)
Heritage Festival returns to Hawrelak Park for the August long weekend, with more than 70 pavilions and free entry across three days. Around it: the Elks host Saskatchewan, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup opens at Rogers Place on the holiday Monday, and both Saturday markets are running.
St. Albert Man Charged With Sexual Assault and Child Luring, RCMP Say There May Be More Victims
RCMP have charged a 26-year-old St. Albert man with sexual assault, sexual interference and luring a child under 16, and released his photograph and two Snapchat handles because they believe other victims have not come forward. Investigators identified several teens between 13 and 16 who had contact with him since last fall.
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Man Dies Cliff Jumping Into the Highwood River, at Least the Fourth Death There Since 2005
A 35-year-old man drowned Saturday afternoon after jumping from a cliff into the Highwood River at Nature's Hideaway campground, about 30 kilometres southeast of Calgary. It's at least the fourth drowning at that spot since 2005. After a death there in 2019, the family asked for warning signs or restricted access. The cliff sits on public land beside a private campground, and no one has clear authority over it
Parker Wells Death Prompts Poilievre Call for National Alert for Vulnerable Missing Children
Pierre Poilievre and Mike Lake have written to the federal emergency management minister asking for a Canada-wide alert framework for missing vulnerable children, even when no crime is suspected. Both signed as fathers of autistic children. The minister has agreed to meet, while pointing out that provinces decide when alerts go out. Alberta says it will move on its own version this fall.
Things to Do in Calgary This Long Weekend: July 31–August 3, 2026 (Heritage Day Festival & More)
Heritage Day lands Monday and Calgary marks it twice for free, at Eau Claire Plaza with 30-plus countries and at Heritage Park's Town Square. Before that: Taste of Calgary, Days of Yore jousting, Tour de Bowness closing Bowness Road, and the Strathmore Stampede.
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View AllParker Wells Death Prompts Poilievre Call for National Alert for Vulnerable Missing Children
Pierre Poilievre and Mike Lake have written to the federal emergency management minister asking for a Canada-wide alert framework for missing vulnerable children, even when no crime is suspected. Both signed as fathers of autistic children. The minister has agreed to meet, while pointing out that provinces decide when alerts go out. Alberta says it will move on its own version this fall.
Missing Hiker Bob Toothill Found Dead in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
The 81-year-old from Golden, B.C. set out to hike the Great Divide Trail from Waterton to Coleman and was last seen July 19. His body was found Thursday after a search involving RCMP, Parks Canada drone pilots, air services and dog teams. His daughter says he died after a sudden slip on Lineham Ridge, in the place he loved most.
Lethbridge Wastewater Rates Will Rise 18% a Year Until 2030 to Pay for a $261 Million Plant Expansion
City council voted unanimously to borrow up to $261 million for the largest infrastructure project in Lethbridge's history, a 50 per cent expansion of a wastewater plant last enlarged in the 1980s. It's paid through your utility bill: rates climb 18.05 per cent a year from 2027 to 2030, adding $23.05 a month to the average household by the end of it. Here's what the money builds, why council wouldn't wait, and what your bill looks like each year.
Things to Do in Grande Prairie This Long Weekend: July 31–August 3, 2026 (Regional Airshow & More)
The Regional Airshow takes over the airport Saturday and Sunday with flying from noon to 4 p.m. and free shuttles from three schools. The city's free Heritage Day runs the same Saturday at Heritage Village, alongside Chariot Fest and a Friday night dive-in movie.
Things to Do in Lethbridge This Long Weekend: July 31–August 3, 2026 (Heritage Day Festival & More)
Heritage Day gets marked twice in Lethbridge on Monday: free at Henderson Lake Park with the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association, and at Nikka Yuko with taiko drumming, a lion dance and a new yukata dressing experience. Plus three Bulls home games and the Saturday market.
Things to Do in Red Deer This Long Weekend: July 31–August 3, 2026 (Heritage Day Hootenanny & More)
The Red Deer Museum hosts its free Heritage Day Hootenanny on Monday with a makers' market, food trucks and a kids' zone. Around it: a national oldtimers baseball championship at Great Chief Park, the Alberta Open tennis tournament, and evening bat and purple martin programs.
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McDonald’s to Open First Indigenous-Designed Restaurant Near Calgary on Tsuut’ina Nation Land at Buffalo Run
Hell's Kitchen Is Opening Near Edmonton at River Cree This Summer — Menu, Reservations, and Everything You Need to Know
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