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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
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
St. Albert Man Charged With Sexual Assault and Child Luring, RCMP Say There May Be More Victims
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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.
Dozens Protest Meta's $13 Billion AI Data Centre North of Edmonton Over Water and Power Concerns
Dozens gathered outside Sturgeon County Centre on Sunday to protest Meta's $13 billion data centre, organized by a 20-year-old county resident who says the opposition crosses party lines. A public town hall follows on August 22. The project is already approved on land zoned for heavy industry decades ago, which is why the tactic that stopped similar projects elsewhere isn't available here.
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.
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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
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.
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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.
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.
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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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