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Calgary Crash Kills Four Including a Child After Driver Enters Stoney Trail Going the Wrong Way
WestJet Strike Cancels 600 Flights, and Changing Your Own Booking Voids Your Rights
Spruce Grove's $50-Million Ballpark Near Edmonton Closes for 2026 Season, Playoffs Moved to Okotoks
Man Dies Cliff Jumping Into the Highwood River, at Least the Fourth Death There Since 2005
Alberta Town That Ordered a Separatist Billboard Down Now Has a Pro-Canada One
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Edmonton Alberta Prison Van Crash: Two Correctional Officers and Kiara Mooswa Identified
A Correctional Service of Canada minivan and a cargo box truck collided at the intersection of highways 13 and 41 near Provost on Thursday morning. All three people in the van died. Ramandeep Kaur Maan had moved to Edmonton six months ago and wasn't scheduled to work that day. Nicolae Serban was 57. Kiara Mooswa, 24, was being taken to a healing lodge in Saskatchewan.
Two Correctional Officers and a Woman in Their Custody Died in a Transfer From Edmonton Institution for Women
Correctional Service Canada announced the three deaths in a social media post Thursday evening, calling it a tragic accident during a transfer. It gave no location, no time and no description of what happened. RCMP are investigating.
Edmonton Man Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child, Police Believe There Are More Victims
Simon Nicholas, 50, who also goes by Ambrose Nicholas, has been charged in Edmonton and faces separate warrants from Athabasca RCMP. Police say that in both cases he presented himself to a parent as someone who could be trusted to care for young children, and that he was already under a court order barring contact with anyone under 16.
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City of Calgary Hail Warning Signs in Punjabi Draw Criticism Online
A City of Calgary sign advertising its hail and high wind preparedness campaign in Punjabi is circulating online with complaints that it should be in English. It's the second time this year Calgary has faced that criticism over Punjabi-language public safety signage.
Calgary Driver Arrested After Police Clock 218 km/h on Stoney Trail
Calgary police stopped a car doing 218 km/h in a 100 zone on southbound Stoney Trail near Peigan Trail S.E. The driver was arrested for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, a Criminal Code offence rather than a traffic ticket. Four hours earlier the same day, another driver was clocked at 154 km/h in the Airport Trail tunnel and ticketed.
Calgary Gets Canada's First Quantum Defence Hub With $20.3 Million From Ottawa at UCalgary's Quantum City
Defence Minister David McGuinty announced the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub at the University of Calgary on Thursday. A U of C-led consortium gets $20.3 million over two years to build a secure environment where government, industry and academia can develop quantum technology for the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Red Deer RCMP Searching for Missing 14-Year-Old Caleb Mathison
Caleb Mathison, 14, was last seen in Red Deer on August 5. He is five foot nine, about 170 pounds, with brown hair. Anyone who sees him or knows where he is should call Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2300.
Alberta Government to Host AI Data Centre Town Halls in Ponoka, Sturgeon County and Grande Prairie
Technology Minister Nate Glubish is holding in-person town halls in Ponoka on August 19, Sturgeon County on August 20 and Grande Prairie on September 11. Premier Danielle Smith joins a virtual session on August 27. The Sturgeon County meeting lands 18 days after dozens of people protested Meta's $13 billion campus there.
Two Grande Prairie Asian Buffets Are Closing Within a Week of Each Other
Soleilki Asian Buffet served its last customers on August 2 after its lease ended. Panda Garden closes Sunday, August 9. Both announced within hours of each other, and both were all-you-can-eat buffets. Panda Garden's owners are carrying on with the Kusina Asia food truck.
Grande Prairie Educational Assistant Sentenced to 34 Months for Sexually Exploiting a Student
Brooke Richer was 21 days into a job with the Grande Prairie and District Catholic School District when she invited a 16-year-old student to her home. She pleaded guilty to sexual interference in a position of trust and has been sentenced to 34 months, less than either the Crown or the defence proposed.
Alberta's Forestry Ministry Charged With Six Safety Violations Over Death of 24-Year-Old Jasper Firefighter
Morgan Kitchen, 24, was killed by a falling tree while fighting the Jasper wildfire on August 3, 2024. Alberta's Ministry of Forestry and Parks, his employer, now faces six workplace safety charges laid on July 29 this year, five days before the two-year limitation period on such prosecutions expired.
Racist Banner Near Edmonton Raises Hate Speech Questions Ahead of Separation Referendum
A banner hung on a barbed wire fence along Highway 779 northwest of Edmonton reads "The Indians have done nothing in over 100 years and now they wanna tell us how to run Alberta." Kara Burnstick of Alexander First Nation wants it investigated as hate speech. Three days later, Premier Danielle Smith said police should focus on violent crime, not free speech.
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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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