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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
Banff Hikers Charged After Viral Grizzly Bear Video: Off-Leash Dog Could Cost Them Up to $25,000
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
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Elk Island National Park East of Edmonton Closed by Flooding and Storm Damage
Elk Island National Park, the bison sanctuary just east of Edmonton, has temporarily closed after flooding, downed trees and storm damage from the weekend's severe weather. Parks Canada says the entire park is shut until it's safe to reopen. Here's what's known, and why this particular park matters more than most.
Tornado Watch for Edmonton Region Including Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Morinville: Baseball-Sized Hail Possible Tonight
Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for a large stretch of central Alberta between Edmonton and Edson, including Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Morinville and Leduc County. Severe storms capable of producing tornadoes may develop this evening, with baseball-sized hail and the greatest risk between 4 and 8 p.m.
Severe Storm Floods Edmonton and Surrounding Areas With Loonie-Sized Hail as the City Nears Its Wettest Summer on Record
Another severe thunderstorm swept Edmonton and surrounding areas on Monday, dropping loonie-sized hail and torrential rain that flooded roads before tracking northeast out of the city. It's the latest in a summer that has Edmonton on course for its wettest ever recorded, days after a weekend storm shut down Post Malone's concert and left drivers stranded on a flooded Whitemud Drive.
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Missing Calgary Boy Parker Wells Found Dead in a Water Pipe Under Deerfoot Trail
Calgary Police Chief Katie McLellan says 11-year-old Parker Wells has been found dead in a water pipe running under Deerfoot Trail, two weeks after he wandered from his Thorncliffe day home. A tip that his shoe had been found nearby sent search teams back to the area Wednesday. Police say there is no evidence of criminality.
Missing Calgary Boy Parker Wells, Day 13: Police End the Ground Search but the Family Refuses to Stop Looking
Calgary police have ended the large-scale ground search for 11-year-old Parker Wells after 12 days, shifting to an evidence and tip-based investigation. Police say they haven't given up, and neither has Parker's family, who have launched searchparker.org to organize volunteer searches. Police confirm he was not abducted.
Calgary's Olympic Oval Saved by $52-Million Investment to Replace the Failing "Fastest Ice in the World"
The federal and Alberta governments are splitting a $52-million investment to replace the failing ice system under Calgary's Olympic Oval, the aging 1988 Olympic legacy venue known as the "fastest ice in the world." Officials say the money saves the facility, without it, speed skating would have had to leave Calgary.
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Heritage Day 2026 in Grande Prairie: What's Closed Monday and Why the City Event Is Saturday
Grande Prairie's Heritage Day celebration runs Saturday, August 1 at the Heritage Village, noon to 5 p.m. Heritage Day itself is Monday, August 3, when City Hall, the Eastlink Centre, Bonnetts Energy Centre and the Montrose Cultural Centre are all closed. Heritage Day also isn't a statutory holiday in Alberta, so your employer can schedule you to work it. Here is the full breakdown.
Heritage Day 2026 Alberta: What's Open, What's Closed, and Whether You Actually Get Paid
Heritage Day falls on Monday, August 3, and it is not a statutory holiday in Alberta. Your employer can make you work it and owes you nothing extra. Banks, Canada Post, libraries and government offices are closed anyway. Grocery and liquor stores stay open. Here is the full breakdown, what you are owed if your employer does recognize it, and the downtown CTrain closure that will catch a lot of people.
Lethbridge Legacy Park Knife Attack: 14 Year Old Charged, 19 Year Old Hospitalized
Two masked males approached a 19-year-old at Legacy Park just after midnight. One of them had a knife. Police set a cordon and searched the park that night without finding him. Among the four charges laid against a 14-year-old is a breach of a probation order that told him not to possess weapons.
Alberta Housing Funding 2026: Carney and Smith Sign $510 Million Deal in Red Deer After a Two Year Standoff
Alberta refused Ottawa's housing conditions in 2024, blew the signing deadline by a year and a half, and watched B.C. give back two thirds of its own share. On Wednesday it signed for $510 million, in the one Alberta city that already lost its federal housing money over a zoning fight. Nobody on stage mentioned the zoning rule that's still in the program's published terms, and it's the rule that decides whether Red Deer or Calgary sees a dollar of this.
Alberta Adds Two New Mussel-Sniffing Dogs, Jane and Winnie, to Keep Invasive Mussels Out of Its Waters
Alberta has added two new detection dogs, Jane and Winnie, to its Conservation K-9 program, joining veteran Hilo in sniffing out invasive mussels on boats before they reach the province's lakes and rivers. Alberta is still mussel-free, and these dogs are part of how the province plans to keep it that way.
Alberta Man Wanted by RCMP Replies to His Own Wanted Wednesday Post on Facebook
Luke Belcourt, featured in Alberta RCMP's latest Wanted Wednesday post with a last known location of Morinville, appears to have done what a surprising number of wanted people can't resist: he commented on it. It's a genre of bad decision that has played out before, and it tends to end the same way.
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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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