Connor Brown scores twice for Senators in 4-2 win over Flames
CALGARY — Connor Brown scored a short-handed goal and also into an empty net for the Ottawa Senators in a 4-2 win Monday over the host Calgary Flames. Josh Norris …
Alberta NDP releases documents showing AHS modelling warning of second COVID-19 wave, claims Premier ‘ignored warnings’
CALGARY — Alberta’s NDP opposition are releasing documents from the fall of 2020 they say show the provincial government ignored warnings that hospitals would be overwhelmed as COVID-19 cases climbed. …
Will Ottawa’s latest stimulus package be enough to spark Calgary’s economic recovery?
CALGARY — The federal budget has a lot to offer Albertans in terms of pandemic and business supports but many small business owners say they wouldn’t have lasted the year …
Catalytic converter thefts skyrocketing in Calgary
CALGARY — Ryan Howie couldn’t believe just how brazen the thieves were when they ripped off the catalytic converter from a truck behind the fence in his northeast Calgary backyard. …
Wildlife expert ‘infuriated’ by coverage of hiker’s grizzly encounter
LETHBRIDGE — A wildlife and conservation expert said it’s unlikely that a hiker who was rescued following a grizzly bear encounter at Waterton Lakes National Park was ever in danger, …
WHL season ends with conclusion of regular season schedule
CALGARY — The Western Hockey League (WHL) season will finish with the end of the regular season schedule, the league announced Monday. Complications created by the pandemic, including border closures, …
Calgary weather building to beautiful for the midweek
CALGARY — As we enter another week of forecast roulette, I am beginning to think Mother Nature has a gambling problem. We’re on the recovery loop today, with forecast models …
Alberta lowering eligibility for AstraZeneca vaccine from age 55 to 40 Tuesday
CALGARY — More than 500,000 additional Albertans will be eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday after Premier Jason Kenney said in a tweet Sunday evening the province is …
Federal budget to put more than $2B into child care, offer new and extended business supports: source
OTTAWA — From child care, to extended pandemic aid programs and a new hiring incentive, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2021 budget is set to outline billions …
‘The moment I saw them, I said holy smoke, I will die!’: Alberta hiker escapes grizzly encounter
LETHBRIDGE — Eric Macapus has been an avid hiker in Alberta and BC since 2010. He’s enjoyed every hike he’s ever done… until Saturday that is. After a planned hike …