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Calgary Home With Trump Flags Egged and Hit With Dog Feces, Owners Say They Fear for Their Safety
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
Edmonton Ranks 9th for Happiness Among Canada's Biggest Cities, Ahead of Only Winnipeg
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Phil Darlington Leaves Global News Edmonton After Eight Years, Amid Corus Layoffs
Weather specialist Phil Darlington is no longer appearing on Global News Hour at 6, and his Global News bio now lists him as a former employee. Neither he nor Corus has said why. His exit follows a summer in which 28 Alberta positions were cut and Edmonton's technical production moved to Toronto.
The U of A Hospital ER Now Has Airport-Style Weapons Detection Screening
Everyone entering the University of Alberta Hospital emergency department is now asked to undergo weapons screening. Patients who refuse will not automatically be denied emergency care, but visitors can be refused entry. AHS says the Royal Alexandra system has completed more than 56,000 screenings with about 12 refusals.
Edmonton Public Schools Cancelled Every International Field Trip for This School Year Citing Civil Unrest
Edmonton Public Schools has cancelled all international excursions and school-based exchanges for 2026-27, including trips to Thailand, France, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Portugal and the United States. The superintendent cited civil unrest on a recent trip, fuel shortages, public health concerns and military conflict.
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Calgary Flames’ Final Saddledome Game Sells Out in Under a Minute
The Calgary Flames' final regular-season game at the Scotiabank Saddledome, against Vancouver on April 10, 2027, sold out within minutes of single-game tickets going on sale Monday. Fans who queued for half an hour beforehand still missed out.
Calgary Drug Bust: ALERT Seizes Record $1M in Cash and $1.2M in Drugs Including Fentanyl
ALERT's Calgary organized crime team searched a home in Skyview on July 30 and recovered more than $1 million in cash, believed to be the largest single seizure in the team's history, along with roughly 3,000 grams of suspected fentanyl, 7,000 grams of MDMA and 2,000 grams of methamphetamine. Two people are charged.
Cochrane, Alberta Film Shoot Brings Simulated Gunfire and Fake Police Cars to Town This Week
The Town of Cochrane says film production at the Lions Event Centre on August 31 and September 1 will involve simulated gunfire, actors in tactical clothing carrying firearm props, and replica emergency vehicles. More filming happens on town streets September 2. It is not an emergency.
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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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