Month: June 2018

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A lodge in Banff National Park has been fined $27,000 after maintenance staff removed and destroyed an egg and four barn swallow nests. Barn swallows were designated as a threatened species […]

Residents in north Calgary are saying designs for a new Coventry Hills / Country Hills Village elementary school pose a ‘significant risk’ to the safety of neighbourhood children, and that the province won’t budge. Members […]

  CALGARY — Eric Rogers and Kamar Jorden had touchdown catches for the Calgary Stampeders in a 24-14 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday. Calgary’s defence was the difference, however, generating a turnover that produced […]

An art gallery of sorts is popping up in a northwest Calgary community, but on the most unlikely of canvasses. While a few artistic area residents have taken it upon themselves in the past to […]

EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says the province’s economic picture is brightening with a lower-than-expected deficit last year thanks in part to higher resource revenues. The government’s 2017-18 annual report shows Alberta ended the fiscal year with […]

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Calgary mom Lindsey Salloway knows all too well that adopting a child is very different in many ways. Most parents have nine months or so to prepare, but Salloway’s notice was a bit shorter. “We […]

  CALGARY — With both quarterbacks throwing a lot of passes to a lot of receivers just days ago, Thursday’s game between the Ottawa Redblacks and host Calgary Stampeders will be a stiff test of each team’s defence. Both […]