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YMCA Calgary, Calgary Public Library, and developer Truman are proposing a 69,000 sq. ft. joint facility in West District — with a pool, gym, and full library branch but construction depends on funding from all three levels of government.
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The University of Calgary needed a way to mark its 60th anniversary. Someone suggested breaking a Guinness World Record by getting hundreds of people into dinosaur costumes. It worked.
The iconic yellow pavilion on the University of Alberta campus has always divided opinions but a viral post with nearly 280,000 views just made the Butterdome a talking point far beyond Edmonton.
Less than four months after a Zamboni explosion destroyed their arena, the southern Alberta town of Taber has won the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville competition, securing $250,000 for repairs and the chance to host an NHL pre-season game.
The Dreamspeakers International Indigenous Film Festival returns to Edmonton April 15 to 19, featuring over 30 films from Indigenous filmmakers across Canada, the United States, Australia, Brazil and Fiji with a free opening night screening to kick things off.
Edmonton's Winspear Centre expansion is finally getting finished. The new 550-seat Music Box concert hall is set to open fall 2027 here's what's being built and why it almost didn't happen.
Medicine Hat is hosting its first-ever Cultural Forum on Monday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre. The free event brings together artists, organizations, and community members for workshops, a downtown walking tour, and collaborative sessions on the city's cultural future.
Daryl Katz, Edmonton-born owner of the Edmonton Oilers, has a net worth of $7.2 billion according to the 2026 Forbes World's Billionaires List up $1.4 billion in a single year.
Alberta will host the 2028 World Cup of Hockey, with Calgary's under-construction Scotia Place handling round-robin play and Edmonton's Rogers Place getting the semifinals and championship. Here's what the announcement actually means.
Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal was recently spotted at Mazati Lounge on Sherwood Drive in Sherwood Park. The sighting has Edmonton buzzing but what's The Big Diesel doing in YEG? Could he be in town to catch Oilers forward Shaq Hyman in action, or is there another reason for his visit?
The Saddledome's days are numbered. Scotia Place is rising in Victoria Park, and it's going to change how Calgarians experience the city.
Fortress Mountain has been closed since 2004. Now a new development team wants to turn it into a four-season resort with gondolas, spas and eventually up to 14 ski lifts and they're among the first to test Alberta's new All-Season Resorts Act in the process.
For nearly 30 years, a man-made waterfall poured off the High Level Bridge 64 metres straight down into the North Saskatchewan River, seven metres taller than Niagara Falls. Kayakers paddled through it. Rainbows formed beneath it. And then one day, the city quietly turned it off forever. Here's the story Edmonton forgot
Olivia leads the girls' list while Noah takes the top spot for boys, but it's Theodore jumping to number two and Aurora cracking the top ten that have people talking. There are also a handful of ties scattered across both lists, which says a lot about just how divided Alberta parents were on a few favorites this year.
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"Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit."
— Jawaharlal Nehru