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Alberta Separatists Offered U.S. Access to Water and Oil Royalties for Independence Help, Globe Reports
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Alberta AMBER Alert Cancelled: Aspen Wilson, 7, Found Safe and Suspect Arrested
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Alberta AMBER Alert: RCMP Searching for Aspen Wilson, 7, Abducted From Valleyview Home Near Grande Prairie
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Danielle Smith Says She Knew Nothing of UCP Official's Meeting With U.S. Strategists on Alberta Separation
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Alberta
Danielle Smith Promises No Second Alberta Separation Referendum 'As Long as I'm Premier' if Albertans Vote to Stay
Premier Danielle Smith says she won't hold another Alberta separation referendum while she's in office if voters choose to stay in Canada on Oct. 19. Separatist leaders say they're "never giving up," whatever the result.
Food
Thanksgiving Dinner 2026 in Calgary and Edmonton: Where to Eat Out or Order Turkey to Go
Three-course Thanksgiving dinners from $42, Sunday brunch buffets, a $28 turkey plate and complete feasts to pick up and reheat, from $32 a person to a $450 dinner for ten. Every Calgary and Edmonton restaurant, hotel and takeout offer for Thanksgiving 2026, checked against the venues' own sites, with prices and pickup windows.
Alberta
Alberta Man Wins $1 Million on Lotto 6/49 After Thinking He Broke the Ticket Machine
High River's Julio Benitez nearly forgot the Lotto 6/49 ticket in his pocket. When he finally checked it at a Calgary truck stop, the screen went black and he thought he'd broken the machine. He'd won $1 million.
Alberta
Danielle Smith Says She Knew Nothing of UCP Official's Meeting With U.S. Strategists on Alberta Separation
Premier Danielle Smith's office says she had no knowledge of a meeting between U.S. Republican strategists and Mitch Sylvestre, a UCP constituency president who also leads the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project. Sylvestre and Jeff Rath now deny offering the U.S. Alberta water or oil.
Red Deer
The midpoint between Calgary and Edmonton, with a solid arts and food scene.
Red Deer
Red Deer Jobs in October 2026: Costco, Co-op, the City and 24 More Employers Are Hiring
Looking for work in Red Deer this October? We found 202 openings from 27 employers, including Costco, Central Alberta Co-op, Stantec and the City of Red Deer, as the city's unemployment rate sits at 6.2 per cent, below the Alberta average.
Red Deer
Red Deer Polytechnic Is Hiring for 31 Jobs, From Deans to Photographers and Game Attendants
Red Deer Polytechnic has 31 positions open, from a Dean of Indigenous Initiatives to an athletics photographer and a visual art model. The institution is expanding its credentials to include its own degrees, and its faculty postings say new hires don't need every qualification up front.
Red Deer
City of Red Deer Is Hiring 19 Roles, Including Eight Police Jobs You Don't Need to Be an Officer For
The City of Red Deer has 19 positions open, from a Parks Labourer to a Maintenance Planner at $45.29 an hour. Eight of them are civilian roles inside the RCMP detachment, which the City hires directly. Several went up in the past week.
Calgary
Calgary Man Charged After 1,127 Grams of Fentanyl Seized in Red Deer, Second Suspect Wanted
Red Deer RCMP seized more than a kilogram of suspected fentanyl, 334 grams of cocaine and $15,000 in cash after a July 2 traffic stop and a search in the Lancaster neighbourhood. A Calgary man is charged. A Surrey man facing the same charges missed his court date and is now wanted.
Lethbridge
University town with a vibrant cultural scene.
Lethbridge
Lethbridge Jobs in October 2026: The City, Stantec, U of L and 10 More Employers Are Hiring 110+ Roles
Thirteen Lethbridge employers have more than 110 openings right now, including City of Lethbridge water plant operators at up to $46.66 an hour, a police officer intake, four roles at Richardson's canola plant and 14 at Stantec.
Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic Are Hiring for 36 Jobs Right Now
The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic have 36 openings between them, including an electrician, trades instructors, nursing clinical instructors, a genomics research chair and a casual job playing patients for medical students at up to $28.97 an hour.
Lethbridge
Lethbridge's Whoop-Up Drive Bridge Fire Closes Westbound Lane, Engineers Say Structure Is Safe
Eleven firefighters were called to the Whoop-Up Drive bridge at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday for a fire in scaffolding and construction materials under the deck. Nobody was hurt. The City closed the outside westbound lane Thursday as a precaution while engineers finish their assessment.
Lethbridge
Lethbridge's Chinook Regional Hospital Is Getting a $320M Cardiac and ICU Expansion
Alberta Infrastructure has committed $320 million to redevelop the cardiac catheterization lab at Chinook Regional Hospital and more than double critical care capacity. Intensive care goes from 16 bed spaces to 26 and the coronary care unit from 4 to 28, for 54 in total. Design work starts this month, construction in October 2027, completion at the end of 2031.
Medicine Hat
A distinct community with its own culture.
Alberta
Lordco Auto Parts Is Open in Medicine Hat at 64 Carry Drive SE: Hours, What Is in the Store and the September 12 Grand Opening
Lordco Auto Parts has opened in the old Peavey Mart building at 64 Carry Drive SE, its seventh Alberta store and the 87th in a Western Canada network. Eighteen people work there, 17 of them hired locally, under a manager who transferred from Revelstoke. It is open seven days a week, and the public grand opening is Saturday, September 12. Here are the hours, what the store actually carries, and what it means that a big box empty since the Peavey Mart collapse has a tenant again.
Alberta
Medicine Hat Pays 7 Cents a Kilowatt-Hour While the Rest of Alberta Pays 12. Here Is Why, and What Changes October 1
Medicine Hat households pay 7.000 cents a kilowatt-hour. The default rate in Calgary and Edmonton is 12.01. The City's own calculation for this quarter came in at 4.47 cents — below the 7-cent floor written into its rate bylaw, so residents pay the floor, and the margin helps fund a multi-million-dollar dividend back to the City. Here is how the only municipally owned generation, distribution and retail utility in Alberta sets your rate, what it saved you in 2025, what the October 1 reset does, and why December 31 matters more.
Alberta
Medicine Hat Stampede 2026: Schedule, Tickets, Gate Prices and Everything Still to Come This Week
The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is on now through Saturday, July 25, with the Summer Pro Rodeo, the West Coast Amusements midway, and Johnny Reid closing out the night shows. Gate admission is $12, kids are $6, and Friday afternoon is a Double Toonie window. Here's everything still ahead, what tickets actually include, and the midway math worth knowing.
Lethbridge
Southern Alberta Fire Danger Is Climbing as the Heat Peaks: Where Fire Bans Are in Effect Right Now
Southern Alberta is in the hottest, driest stretch of summer, and fire risk is climbing with it. Lethbridge's River Valley is under a full fire ban, Cypress County around Medicine Hat has had one of its worst fire seasons in years, and a dry-lightning threat is forecast to push toward the Alberta border this week. But the status is patchy, banned in some places, clear in others. Here's where things stand and how to check your own area.
Grande Prairie
The largest city in the Peace Region, gateway to northern Alberta.
Alberta
Alberta AMBER Alert: RCMP Searching for Aspen Wilson, 7, Abducted From Valleyview Home Near Grande Prairie
An AMBER Alert is in effect across Alberta for seven-year-old Aspen Wilson, who RCMP say was abducted from her home in Valleyview, east of Grande Prairie, by her stepfather, Alexander Stone. Police are looking for a grey 2004 Chevrolet Venture, Alberta plate CWY 3459.
Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie Gets Two Veterans Crosswalks on Veterans Way Ahead of Remembrance Day
Two commemorative crosswalks are being painted on Veterans Way in downtown Grande Prairie to honour veterans. One symbol won't be part of the design: the poppy.
Grande Prairie
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.
Grande Prairie
Alberta Commits $3 Million to Rising Above's New Grande Prairie Treatment Centre, Opening This Fall
The province has committed $3 million toward a new 36-bed treatment centre at Rising Above in Grande Prairie. The building is nearly complete and expected to accept clients this fall. Rising Above receives 400 to 500 applications a year and can admit about 100.
Other Communities
More from Alberta — Fort McMurray, Canmore, Drumheller, and more
Alberta
A Deadly Summer for Hikers in Banff and Kananaskis Puts Mountain Safety in Focus
Hikers and climbers died on Mount Bryant, Mount Temple, near Marvel Peak, Mount Yamnuska, Tent Ridge, near Recondite Peak and above Lake Louise this summer, along with three drownings in the Bow Valley. Rescue crews in Kananaskis responded to 445 calls last year, against roughly 200 in 2009.
Alberta
Two Alberta Hikers, 24 and 33, Found Dead in Banff National Park
A 24-year-old Jasper hiking guide was found dead near the remote Recondite Peak after his satellite tracker stopped moving. Days later, a 33-year-old Calgary man was found near Beehive Mountain after becoming separated from his friends.
Edmonton
Alberta's 120 km/h Highway 2 Pilot Sees Collisions Fall 17%, Average Speed Hits 119.6
RCMP counted 71 collisions in the 22-kilometre pilot zone south of Leduc between May 5 and July 27, against 85 in the same window last year. Tickets fell 16 per cent. The average speed recorded was 119.6 km/h.
Alberta
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.
Alberta
Danielle Smith Promises No Second Alberta Separation Referendum 'As Long as I'm Premier' if Albertans Vote to Stay
Premier Danielle Smith says she won't hold another Alberta separation referendum while she's in office if voters choose to stay in Canada on Oct. 19. Separatist leaders say they're "never giving up," whatever the result.
Food
Thanksgiving Dinner 2026 in Calgary and Edmonton: Where to Eat Out or Order Turkey to Go
Three-course Thanksgiving dinners from $42, Sunday brunch buffets, a $28 turkey plate and complete feasts to pick up and reheat, from $32 a person to a $450 dinner for ten. Every Calgary and Edmonton restaurant, hotel and takeout offer for Thanksgiving 2026, checked against the venues' own sites, with prices and pickup windows.
Alberta
Alberta Man Wins $1 Million on Lotto 6/49 After Thinking He Broke the Ticket Machine
High River's Julio Benitez nearly forgot the Lotto 6/49 ticket in his pocket. When he finally checked it at a Calgary truck stop, the screen went black and he thought he'd broken the machine. He'd won $1 million.
Red Deer
Red Deer Jobs in October 2026: Costco, Co-op, the City and 24 More Employers Are Hiring
Looking for work in Red Deer this October? We found 202 openings from 27 employers, including Costco, Central Alberta Co-op, Stantec and the City of Red Deer, as the city's unemployment rate sits at 6.2 per cent, below the Alberta average.
Alberta
Danielle Smith Says She Knew Nothing of UCP Official's Meeting With U.S. Strategists on Alberta Separation
Premier Danielle Smith's office says she had no knowledge of a meeting between U.S. Republican strategists and Mitch Sylvestre, a UCP constituency president who also leads the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project. Sylvestre and Jeff Rath now deny offering the U.S. Alberta water or oil.
Alberta
Alberta AMBER Alert Cancelled: Aspen Wilson, 7, Found Safe and Suspect Arrested
The Alberta-wide AMBER Alert for seven-year-old Aspen Wilson has been cancelled after RCMP found the Valleyview girl safe. Police say the suspect has been arrested and is in custody.