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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
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
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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.
Alberta Company Fined $132,000 in Fort Saskatchewan Court Over Redwater Worker's Fall Into Hot Water
A worker removing hoarding from a scaffold at Redwater slipped and fell into an open utility corridor containing hot water. Brock Canada Field Services pleaded guilty July 30 and was fined $132,000. It faced five counts and admitted one. Nutrien, charged as prime contractor, had both its counts withdrawn.
Edmonton Murder From 1996 Solved by DNA: Man Sentenced to Life for Killing Joanne Ghostkeeper
Joanne Ghostkeeper was found dead in her Edmonton apartment on Christmas Day 1996. A jury convicted Brayan Boucher of first-degree murder after RCMP forensic scientists re-examined old evidence in 2022 and produced a DNA profile. Her mother, who raised her two children and spent years pushing for answers, died before the case ended.
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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.
Free Evening and Weekend Parking Downtown Calgary Until June 2027 Under New Stephen Avenue Campaign
Explore Downtown YYC is offering complimentary evening and weekend parking at the Harmony Parkade through June 2027, and drivers need to register their licence plate. It's part of a campaign launched Wednesday alongside a completed block of street reconstruction and a new safety hub staffed by police, Community Standards and Transit Public Safety.
Edmonton and Calgary Drug Bust: $7 Million Seized and the Largest Cash Haul in ALERT History
Ten months of investigation, homes searched in four communities, 66.5 kilograms of cocaine and $1,156,863 in cash. The money is the largest ALERT has ever recorded. Several people were arrested and nobody has been charged.
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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.
Alberta RCMP Issue 1,107 Tickets and Report 5 Fatal Collisions Over Heritage Day Weekend
Alberta RCMP issued 1,107 tickets and removed 90 impaired drivers from provincial roads between July 31 and August 3. There were 28 injury collisions and five fatal ones. Speeding tickets were less than half what officers wrote over the May long weekend, and injury collisions still went up.
Alberta School Supervisor Charged With Assault With a Weapon After Boy Beaten With a Belt
A supervisor at a private school in northern Alberta is charged with assault with a weapon after a boy was disciplined with a belt. RCMP say the practice, known as the strap, was used at three Mennonite schools in the area and was written into a collective constitution signed by parents. The Supreme Court ruled implements out of bounds 22 years ago.
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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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