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Calgary Is Getting a $120 Million YMCA and Public Library in the City's Fast-Growing West End
Samsung Opens First Experience Store in Alberta at CF Market Mall in Calgary
The New Costco in Northeast Edmonton Just Took a Major Step Forward and Traffic Concerns Are Already Back
Alberta Health Issues Measles Exposure Alert for Two Calgary Hospitals - Check If You Were There
Weyerhaeuser Pleads Guilty After Grande Prairie Mill Death, Pays $355K
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The New Costco in Northeast Edmonton Just Took a Major Step Forward and Traffic Concerns Are Already Back
A new Costco planned for Manning Town Centre in northeast Edmonton has officially moved forward after a building permit was issued. While construction hasn’t started yet, residents are already debating traffic, access, and claims that it could become the largest Costco in the city.
Sherwood Park's New $53 Million Forest Grove School Opens This Fall With Space for Over 1,000 Students
Forest Grove School opens on Fir Street in Sherwood Park on August 31 with capacity for 1,015 students across Kindergarten to Grade 9. The school replaces both École Campbelltown and Sherwood Heights Junior High, which will close when the new building opens.
Morinville RCMP Charge Edmonton Man With Luring a 15-Year-Old From School — and Believe There Are More Victims
Jaswindra Nath, 34, is charged with sexual interference and child luring after investigators say he used Snapchat to contact a Morinville teenager and picked them up from school multiple times. Police are asking anyone who had contact with his accounts to come forward
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Samsung Opens First Experience Store in Alberta at CF Market Mall in Calgary
Samsung Electronics Canada has opened its first Alberta Experience Store at CF Market Mall in Calgary, giving customers a hands-on space for device support, repairs, and the full Galaxy ecosystem something previously only available in Toronto and Vancouver.
Alberta Health Issues Measles Exposure Alert for Two Calgary Hospitals - Check If You Were There
Anyone who visited Foothills Medical Centre or Alberta Children's Hospital emergency departments on specific dates in May may have been exposed to measles. Alberta Health is urging anyone born in or after 1970 with fewer than two vaccine doses to monitor for symptoms and call the measles hotline.
AHCIP Works for Newcomers to Calgary and Alberta — Everything You Need to Know in 2026
Alberta's public health insurance plan covers doctor visits, hospital care, and most diagnostic services at no cost — but getting enrolled as a newcomer depends entirely on where you're coming from and what immigration document you hold. Here's how it actually works.
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Weyerhaeuser Pleads Guilty After Grande Prairie Mill Death, Pays $355K
Weyerhaeuser Company Limited pleaded guilty after a worker was killed at one of its lumber mills near Grande Prairie in 2023. A $355,000 court-ordered penalty will fund industrial safety training for new workers in northern Alberta.
Mark Carney Says Alberta's Separation Referendum Could Become Canada's Brexit
The Prime Minister called the October referendum a "dangerous bluff" and warned Albertans that voting Yes as a negotiating tactic could backfire in ways they don't expect. He was running the Bank of England when Brexit happened. He knows what that looks like.
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Just Finished a Massive Renovation — Here's What Changed
Eight years, $60 million, a pandemic, and a wildfire that came close enough that staff were running sprinklers to save the buildings. Jasper Park Lodge is done. Here's what you're walking into.
A Lethbridge Professor Just Made the University of Lethbridge a Hub for One of Philosophy's Most Important Journals
The University of Lethbridge is now the publishing home of Informal Logic, a 47-year-old peer-reviewed journal and the only open-access publication in Argumentation Theory. Two ULethbridge students are already on the editorial team.
Grande Prairie Firefighters Responded to Four Fires in 48 Hours. Every Single One Was Caused by a Cigarette.
A fire restriction has been in effect across Grande Prairie since May 9. Last week an out-of-control wildfire burned south of the city. Now the fire department is asking smokers to pay attention because the losses so far are already in the hundreds of thousands.
Alberta Has a Youth Unemployment Problem. Tim Hortons Just Posted 10,000 Jobs This Summer Here's What Albertans Should Know
The chain is running its biggest local hiring push in years, and quietly reversing course on temporary foreign workers. For Alberta, there's more to this story than a summer job posting.
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Is Dunkin’ Donuts Opening In Alberta? What We Know About The Chain’s Return To Canada
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Wingstop Is Opening in Calgary, Alberta in 2026 — Locations, Menu and Everything You Need to Know
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