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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
Calgary Crash Kills Four Including a Child After Driver Enters Stoney Trail Going the Wrong Way
Missing Hiker Bob Toothill Found Dead in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
WestJet Strike Cancels 600 Flights, and Changing Your Own Booking Voids Your Rights
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Edmonton Police Face Free Speech Backlash Over Report Hate Campaign
A 16-second video posted July 31 showed examples of online hate the Edmonton Police Service wanted people to report, including comments about deportation. It reached 171,000 views before police deleted it, and they haven't said why. Constitutional lawyers argued most of what it showed isn't criminal. The portal it pointed to is still open, still accepting complaints about conduct EPS itself defines as non-criminal.
Edmonton Approves $10.4M Alberta Avenue Arts Hub With a Theatre and 24 Artist Housing Units
City council has approved a $10.4 million arts hub at 92 Street and 118 Avenue with a 200-seat black box theatre, artist-in-residence space, a marketplace and 24 affordable housing units for artists. The city is providing the land and $3.3 million. The site is the same one where a planned arts centre was demolished more than a decade ago.
Wind Warning for Edmonton, St. Albert, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain: 90 km/h Gusts Hit Saturated Ground
Environment Canada warned of gusts up to 90 km/h across Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Fort Saskatchewan and Camrose County on Sunday. The warning carried a specific caution that recent heavy rainfall has left trees more likely to come down, in a region that has already passed a 73-year summer rainfall record.
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Calgary Crash Kills Four Including a Child After Driver Enters Stoney Trail Going the Wrong Way
A vehicle travelling south in the northbound lanes of Stoney Trail near Tsuut'ina Parkway struck two oncoming cars just before 11 p.m. Sunday. Four people died at the scene, including a child. Four others were taken to hospital. Police say a call reporting a wrong-way driver came in about two minutes before the collision.
WestJet Strike Cancels 600 Flights, and Changing Your Own Booking Voids Your Rights
About 4,400 flight attendants walked off the job early Sunday, grounding roughly 600 flights and suspending bookings through August 5. Passenger rights under the strike are narrower than most travellers expect, and one common reaction to a seven-hour phone queue forfeits them entirely.
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
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Alberta Town That Ordered a Separatist Billboard Down Now Has a Pro-Canada One
A Taber business donated billboard space to Forever Canadian, the campaign against Alberta separation, and Thomas Lukaszuk posted his thanks over the weekend. Two months earlier the town ordered a pro-separation billboard removed as a nuisance, the sign stayed up anyway, and people were threatening to boycott Taber corn.
Alberta Election Jobs 2026: 60,000 Paid Positions, Who Qualifies, and How to Get Hired
Elections Alberta needs at least 60,000 workers for the October 19 referendum, and hiring closes October 10. All positions are paid, training is paid, and applicants can be as young as 16. Applications route automatically to the returning office for your electoral division, so where you live decides who reviews you.
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.
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.
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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
Is Dunkin’ Donuts Opening In Alberta? What We Know About The Chain’s Return To Canada
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AISH Calculator Alberta
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Compare your current income side-by-side with your estimated income on AISH. See exactly how much more you'd take home — monthly and annually.
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Find out what you're owed for all 9 Alberta general holidays — whether you worked or had the day off.