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Edmonton's New $80M Islamic Elementary School Opens, Billed as Canada's Largest Faith-Based Development
Calgary Motorcyclist Killed on McKnight Boulevard Identified as PUBG Mobile Creator Farooq Ahmad
The City of Calgary Is Hiring 70+ Roles Paying Up to $199,512, and Some Need No Degree
Calgary Home With Trump Flags Egged and Hit With Dog Feces, Owners Say They Fear for Their Safety
Edmonton Ranks 9th for Happiness Among Canada's Biggest Cities, Ahead of Only Winnipeg
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Edmonton Funicular Vandalism: 21 Panels Smashed, One Arrested, Repairs Topping $70,000
One person has been arrested after 21 glass panels were smashed on Edmonton's 100 Street Funicular over several days. The City expects repairs to top $70,000 this year. Annual vandalism repairs to the funicular have run between $40,000 and $70,000.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Mocks Canada With a West Edmonton Mall Submarine Joke as Trade War Escalates
Scott Bessent told CNBC that Canada can't fight a trade war with a country 13 times its size, asking whether it would "take their two submarines from the Edmonton Mall and sic them on us." The mall operated four submarines from 1985 to 2005. They were broken up for scrap in 2012.
Edmonton's New $80M Islamic Elementary School Opens, Billed as Canada's Largest Faith-Based Development
The Edmonton Islamic Academy's new elementary campus has opened, an $80-million K-6 school built for roughly 1,600 students. It was funded primarily through community donations, after a waiting list that has run past 1,400.
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Calgary Home With Trump Flags Egged and Hit With Dog Feces, Owners Say They Fear for Their Safety
The Calgary house that went viral for its American flags and Trump banners has been egged and had bagged dog excrement thrown onto the property, with some people posting online about torching it. The homeowners are Americans who moved to Canada more than a decade ago and are speaking anonymously.
Calgary's Arts Commons Is Now the Werklund Centre, and Its Rebuild Is Canada's Largest Arts Project
The performing arts centre Calgarians have called Arts Commons since 1985 is now the Werklund Centre. Its expansion broke ground in December 2024, adding a 1,000-seat theatre and a 200-seat studio theatre across 170,000 square feet, with completion targeted for the 2028-29 performance season.
Calgary Man Charged in $164M Ponzi Case Had No Finance Education and Sent Investors Plagiarized Updates
RCMP have charged Craig Michael Thompson, 49, with fraud and money laundering over an alleged $164-million Ponzi scheme involving more than 1,000 investors. He already admitted to securities fraud last year, in a case the Alberta Securities Commission called among the largest Ponzi schemes in Alberta.
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Grande Prairie Marks Overdose Awareness Day With 1,157 Purple Flags, One for Every Albertan Lost Last Year
Purple flags line the street outside the Montrose Cultural Centre for International Overdose Awareness Day, one for each of the 1,157 people who died of accidental opioid poisoning in Alberta in 2025. Twenty-four of those deaths were in Grande Prairie.
Labour Day 2026 Alberta: What's Open, What's Closed, and Whether You Get Paid
Labour Day falls on Monday, September 7 this year, the latest date it can land. Alberta has no law stopping retailers from opening on statutory holidays, so most stores will be. Here's what's actually closed, what runs on reduced hours, and how holiday pay works.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Mocks Canada With a West Edmonton Mall Submarine Joke as Trade War Escalates
Scott Bessent told CNBC that Canada can't fight a trade war with a country 13 times its size, asking whether it would "take their two submarines from the Edmonton Mall and sic them on us." The mall operated four submarines from 1985 to 2005. They were broken up for scrap in 2012.
Rare Alberta Cougar Family Spotted on Trail Camera Just West of Calgary
A field camera near Priddis, about 10 kilometres west of Calgary's city limits, captured a mother cougar and her kittens moving past a cabin. Adult cougars travel alone, which is why a family group like this is something most Albertans will never see.
Alberta’s First Snow Falls Along Highway 40 in Kananaskis and at Sunshine Village in Banff
Snow fell along Highway 40 near Kananaskis Village on Sunday, the same day Sunshine Village in Banff and Kicking Horse posted their first snow photos of the season. Fall doesn't officially begin for another three weeks.
Tim Hortons Is Building 17 New Alberta Restaurants and Renovating 49 More. Here Is Every Town on the List
Tim Hortons is spending $62 million across Alberta this year on 17 new restaurants and 49 renovations. Alberta has about 12 per cent of Canada's population but is getting 21 per cent of every new Tim Hortons built in the country in 2026. Here is every community on the list, the addresses confirmed so far, and what happens when yours closes for the rebuild.
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Jimmy John's Is Opening Its First Calgary Location Near the University of Calgary This Fall
Jollibee Edmonton: 10 New Restaurants Planned in Major Expansion
Shake Shack’s First Canadian Drive-Thru Opens in Calgary August 27 With Alberta-Exclusive Menu Items
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