Calgary Herald
ORGANIZED CRIME SEIZURE
Calgary police organized crime unit Staff Sgt. Matthew Gow speaks to the media on Tuesday about an 11-month investigation tied to an organized crime network that saw officers seize 18 firearms and $58,500 worth of drugs. Eight people are facing charges...
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Business owners in Bowness left to grapple with aftermath of another water main break
Businesses along Bowness's Main Street on Monday were contending with the aftermath of a water main break over the weekend that resulted in a large sinkhole and a days-long closure of one of the historic street's blocks. The water line below Bowness...
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A WORLD ON FIRE
Toronto and New York choked under orange and white skies. Madrid and Bordeaux had flames licking at their doorsteps. Vast forests, rural communities and ranchlands full of livestock in Western Canada and the U.S. have burned — and all in the month of...
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HISTORY GOES ON DISPLAY
Western Canada's only militaria show will bring collectors, vendors and curious onlookers together in Calgary on Saturday to revel in their shared appreciation of rare military artifacts. The Calgary Militaria Shows' annual event, now in its 10th...
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SHOOTING SOME HOOPS
Calgarians came out to help officially open Helipad Hoops, a new basketball park on the decommissioned helipad in Eau Claire Park, on Thursday. The new space features three half-courts and picnic tables, and is intended to serve as a new riverfront...
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DOING GR-R-REAT!
Amur tiger Vasili stands on two legs during a training session with staff at the Calgary Zoo on Wednesday. The sessions, which are voluntary for the animals, help the vet team gauge the cats' health and mobility.
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SUMMER SAILING ALONG
Heritage Park's S.S. Moyie paddlewheeler provides a backdrop for Calgarians enjoying the day at the Glenmore Reservoir on Tuesday. While most of the province has faced severe weather and extreme heat this summer, conditions in Calgary have been fairly...
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CYCLISTS TOUR BOWNESS
Calgarians came out to Bowness in droves Monday for the 23rd annual Tour de Bowness, a growing event that combines competitive road cycling with a vibrant street festival. The event — held every August long weekend — has grown since its inaugural...
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AN ELDER-IN-RESIDENCE
The day Roy Bear Chief received the keys to his new office is one he'll never forget. “My hands were shaking so much, I had trouble getting the key in the slot,” recalls the 78-year-old self-described late bloomer. “Never in my wildest dreams had I...
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Community `broken' by Parker's death
Following the devastating conclusion of the search for missing 11-year-old Parker, the community at large is looking for ways to channel its collective grief. Calgary police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a child's body, believed to be Parker's,...
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`Heartbreaking' end to search for Parker
The search for 11-year-old Parker ended with heartbreak Wednesday afternoon, with Calgary police confirming they found a boy's body, believed to be Parker. “Today's an incredibly difficult day,” Calgary Police Service Chief Katie Mclellan said at an...
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SOCCER PLAYERS SCORE NEW PITCH
Adam van Koeverden, the federal government's secretary of state for sport, announces new funding to build a free-to-use soccer pitch in Calgary on Tuesday, part of Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities' plan to build 25 community pitches across Canada by...
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Police refocusing efforts to find Parker
Calgary police are scaling back physical search efforts for missing 11-yearold Parker, as the search entered Day 12 on Monday. More than 1,000 people from the Calgary police and partner agencies have joined the search for the autistic boy since July...
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CBSA PLANS REVIEW AFTER $13.2M COCAINE CASE TOSSED
Canada's border agency says it is considering policy changes after a Windsor, Ont., judge dismissed a $13.2-million cocaine-smuggling case over what she called “egregious” violations of a truck driver's Charter rights. The ruling found border officers...
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PUSH FOR `INDIGO ALERT'
A Calgary woman's petition calling on the province to create a new emergency alert system for missing vulnerable children has garnered more than 14,000 signatures. Jennifer Ball, the mother of a young son who is non-verbal and has autism, said the...
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DASH TO THE STAGE
Festivalgoers rush to stake out their spots at the Calgary Folk Music Festival main stage on Thursday. The weather is perfect for the festival with a high of 32 C forecast for Friday and sun all weekend.
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Police to continue search for Parker until every area `has been checked'
Calgary police say there is no end in sight to the search for 11-year-old Parker, even as the effort entered its seventh day Wednesday. Acting Staff Sgt. Scott Guterson said police have received 400 tips and viewed 1,000 clips of footage from 150...
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A FIRST FOR INCLUSIVITY
The Martin Family Legacy Garden, Canada's first dementia-friendly park, is set to open in southeast Calgary this September with sensory gardens, shaded seating areas and other inclusive features for people living with dementia, their caregivers and...
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Concerns mount on safety of missing 11-year-old boy
While searchers remained hopeful on Monday, concerns are mounting over the safety of 11-year-old Parker, who went missing more than four days ago. Police say they remain focused on finding the boy, releasing another video of him from last Thursday...
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INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS STILL COSTING CANADA: CFIB
A leading business group is giving some provinces and the federal government good grades for trying to break down Canada's costly internal trade obstacles, even as those barriers continue to cost Canadians billions of dollars a year. In its annual...
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CITY ASKED TO DIG DEEPER
A major capital project for Calgary's arts sector may require an additional injection of more than $60 million in city funds, according to a new report. On Monday, members of Calgary's Werklund Centre Transformation Advisory Committee will receive an...
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Corus to centralize Global newscasts
Corus Entertainment, the parent company of Global News, is ending local production in Calgary and Edmonton and centralizing those cities' newscasts at a separate production hub. Some on-air personalities will also lose their jobs as a result of the...
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NEW HABITAT UNVEILED
The Wilder Institute's Calgary Zoo officially opened Asian Highlands on Wednesday, unveiling three new Himalayan-inspired habitats that bring back snow leopards and red pandas, while introducing visitors to the zoo's newest residents — two Sichuan...
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PASSION FOR THE GAME
Relief. Disbelief. Pure, unadulterated joy. When he joined the Calgary Stampeders football team as an offensive lineman in 1994, Jay Mcneil heard all about the collective euphoria of his teammates when they won the Grey Cup two years earlier, led by...
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Cleanup underway after derailment sends several freight cars into water
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating after a freight train derailed Monday morning in southwest Calgary, leading to several train cars veering into a body of water. The train derailed around 7:30 a.m. along the Canadian Pacific...
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SPENDING NEEDED FOR `GROWTH,' MINISTER SAYS
The federal government plans to pay for its recent big-ticket spending through a combination of economic growth and deficit increases, Finance Minister François-philippe Champagne says. Prior to officially kicking off the government's pre-budget...
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STAMPEDE HITS HOMESTRETCH
Cole Byram from Mound City, Kansas, scrambles after being bucked off High Ballin during the bull riding at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Friday. This year's event wraps up on Sunday.
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STAMPEDE RODEO FINALS IN SIGHT
On the Grounds: William Prince at the Big Four Roadhouse Peguis First Nation folk singer William Prince is a Calgary favourite, having played the Calgary Folk Music Festival and various venues. Fresh from playing the FIFA opening ceremonies in Toronto...
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ALL ABOARD FOR FUN
There were lots of happy faces on the caterpillar ride during Kids' Day at the Stampede on Wednesday. For stories on the retro arcade downstairs in the Big Four Building, our top picks for music, and the latest action from the Stampede Rodeo,
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BAREBACK RIDER HANGS ON FOR WIN
Visitors to the Calgary Stampede have fun while being flipped upside down on one of the many rides on the midway on Tuesday.
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NEW PATH FOR PIPELINE
Blake Molle rounds the barrels on Day 4 of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday. Stampede is in full swing as chuckwagon drivers race in honour of a local legend and Indigenous dancers and drummers arrive for the annual powwow. Find more from Stampede...
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OLAND MURDER STILL OPEN 15 YEARS LATER
For those who were in the packed, fifth-floor courtroom of the Saint John Law Courts on Dec. 19, 2015, it was a scene that cannot be forgotten. Dennis Oland, on trial for the second-degree murder of his dad, Richard, stood next to one of his defence...
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OLYMPIANS ON PARADE
The past 10 days have brought relentless rain, thunder and lightning storms, flooding upstream of the Bow River and wildfire smoke. Unseasonably cold, wet weather also introduced an early summer deluge of bloodthirsty mosquitoes. It was enough to make...
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A STAMPEDE WELCOME
The griddles were hot and Calgarians were lined up down Stephen Avenue at the First Flip Pancake Breakfast — the unofficial kickoff of the 2026 Stampede on Thursday. Alongside hungry attendees, Premier Danielle Smith, federal Finance and National...
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Newcomers embrace citizenship on Canada Day
Arjun Narang recalls when he first arrived in Halifax in his late teens. Twelve years later, after a journey that moulded his identity, he says there is no better time to celebrate becoming a citizen of this country than on Canada Day. “It feels...
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Rain spurs states of emergency in K-country, Canmore
A state of local emergency was in effect for both Canmore and Kananaskis Country on Monday, as heavy rain that began the day before continued to pummel the sprawling mountain region west of Calgary. The situation prompted the first activation of the...
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A cruel irony of the war on drugs
It took Corey Tochor three years to get to this point. The Conservative MP turned heads on Parliament Hill when, in the midst of the House of Commons' final dizzying days of passing legislation before adjourning for the summer, he emerged with an...
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SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT
For well over a century, agriculture has been at the core of the Calgary Stampede. While most people point to the 1912 event as its beginning, Stampede CEO Joel Cowley points out that the organization actually started as the Calgary and District...
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SUMMER SKIING
A snowboarder rocks a tank top and shorts while hitting the slopes at Banff Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort on Thursday, but skies won't be so sunny this weekend with rain and thunderstorms in the forecast. Weather on
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MUSIC FEST CANCELLED
A major annual country music festival has been cancelled just two days before it was set to kick off in Calgary, with organizers citing active construction surrounding the festival site and new “restrictive sound limitations” imposed by the city. But...
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KEEPING A TIGHT REIN
From left, Coby Duerr, Calgary Emergency Management Agency deputy chief, Kerrie Blizard, Stampede director of public safety and environment, and police Insp. JF Dery offer a look at the new Stampede Park Operations Centre on Tuesday as safety efforts...
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SOGGY START TO SUMMER
Ed Kwan heads to work at Fifth Avenue Sushi while battling the rain and wind on 5 Avenue S.E. on Monday. Sunny skies and a high of 20 C is forecast for Tuesday, with rainstorms expected to return toward the end of the week. Find your full look at this...
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MILITARY POLICE WARNED ABOUT OFFICER'S CLAIMS OF ACCESS TO ANAND
A Canadian Forces officer in charge of a private organization raising funds for Ukraine told a civilian she not only had access to then-defence minister Anita Anand, but suggested she may be able to shape how federal government funds were spent on the...
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A LEGACY TAKES FLIGHT
Maclean Little, left, his dad Doug Little and his grandfather Les Little are marking Father's Day by celebrating their family's legacy in the skies. Both Maclean and Doug are pilots for Westjet, while Les is a legend in the Alberta aviation industry...
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POPULATION ON THE RISE
As Canada's population continues to decline due to stricter immigration laws, Alberta remains an outlier, boasting more than 47,000 migrants — most of them interprovincial — in the last year. No other province has seen such a significant growth in the...
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STAMP OF HONOUR
When Chief Wilton Littlechild heard that Canada Post was dedicating a stamp to him, “tears flowed.” “My first thought was the years of separation from my grandparents,” Littlechild told reporters on Wednesday. A residential school survivor, the Cree...
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Council considers updated growth management plan
A statutory planning document that would guide Calgary's long-term growth took centre stage at city hall Tuesday, as council received its first in-depth report on the city's updated growth management plan. The Calgary Plan, which has been in...
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A PART OF OUR HERITAGE
The 90-metre ski jump at Winsport, constructed for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, is the 1,000th site in the city to be designated a historic resource by Heritage Calgary.
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Lax border policies fostered one of Canada's most dangerous gangs
At the immigration hearing for an accused Indian gangster earlier this month, an Edmonton police officer attempted to illustrate the scale of the criminal operation that law enforcement was now dealing with. The hearing concerned Jashandeep Singh, an...
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CANADA'S CAMPAIGN BEGINS
For a city hosting the first FIFA World Cup match ever played on Canadian soil, Toronto looked remarkably Bosnian on Friday morning. Supporters of Bosnia and Herzegovina flooded the city's downtown streets in a sea of blue and yellow, and while...
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PITCH FOR LOBBYIST LIST
An investigation involving current and former members of Calgary city council is proof a lobbyist registry is needed at city hall, Mayor Jeromy Farkas said Thursday. On Wednesday, a Calgary court heard an update on an RCMP investigation involving...
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WORLD CUP FEVER HEATS UP
Calgary has a case of FIFA fever, and fans can gather to cheer at several World Cup watch parties across the city. Downtown Calgary will become the hub for Team Canada fans, with a free public watch party in Eau Claire for the team's first match...
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Poilievre promotes Canadian unity in Calgary speech
Conservatives in Alberta must not give up on Canada, but also should not demonize those who are trying to separate the province from the rest of the country, Pierre Poilievre said Monday. The Conservative Party of Canada leader kicked off an...
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HOUSING PRICES WOULD BE 10% LOWER IF CANADA HAD KEPT PACE WITH U.S.: CMHC
Canada's housing stock would be about 30 per cent larger and prices 10 per cent lower if this country's building industry had been as responsive to demand as its American counterpart over the last couple of decades, says a new report from the federal...
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WHERE IS TRASH GOING?
A Calgary landfill and recycling facility says it has removed 13,600 tonnes of waste from a massive pile that accumulated along a busy southeast roadway over the past year. But drone video footage obtained by Postmedia appears to show trucks moving the...
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SET FOR SEASON OPENER
The Calgary Stampeders are champing at the bit to get going. They're certainly feeling it, and who can blame them, after a turnaround campaign in 2025 and this season's Grey Cup game to be played on their home turf in November. And so the bid to...
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All-in-one driver's licence, health card to debut July 2
Albertans will be getting new all-in-one driver's licences and ID cards beginning July 2 as promised last year with the passage of Bill 10. Each has a spot in the top right corner that will also show if the holder is a Canadian citizen or not. The...
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`MOTORING RIGHT ALONG'
Construction on Calgary's new Scotia Place arena is more than halfway complete, and the $926-million project remains on budget and on schedule for a fall 2027 opening, according to city officials. A progress report presented to council's...
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Communities along the Bow River keeping watch as water levels rise
The “June Monsoon” is in full effect, and communities along the Bow River are keeping a close eye on rising water levels in the region. Water levels in rivers across the province are being monitored by the Alberta River Forecast Centre as rainfall...
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FEDERAL MINISTER POURS MORE COLD WATER ON N.B.'S LNG IDEA
Canada has reached a landmark deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany — but it's from the Pacific coast. And federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson has poured more cold water on the possibility of an East Coast export terminal, even as New...
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FROM HAITI WITH LOVE
With the beginning of the World Cup just days away, millions of Canadians are readying their bags, flight tickets, flags and soccer balls. Calgary Wild FC founder Deanna Zumwalt and her daughter, Fabie, are no exception. On June 12, the two will fly...
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GROUNDBREAKING
Mayor Jeromy Farkas speaks at a ceremonial sod turning Thursday to celebrate work getting underway on Olympic Plaza. The redesign of the 40-year-old site is being called a “city-building” project.
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The Confluence shares plan to make `a park for everyone'
Officials from The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland unveiled an ambitious, 20-year plan Wednesday to transform the birthplace of modern Calgary. A new site concept plan for the cityowned lands formerly known as Fort Calgary aims to redevelop the...
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Manitoba's premier challenges Smith over Indigenous consultation
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew challenged Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over Indigenous consultation on Tuesday, saying her government has a duty to do so before any separation referendum and pointing to a recent court ruling to back his point. The...
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FINANCE MINISTER IN SAME SPOT ON OIL HIS SECOND TIME IN ROLE
When Jason Nixon was first appointed Alberta's finance minister in June of 2022, oil prices were surging above US$106 a barrel in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. When Nixon returned to the role last Thursday, taking over the portfolio from...
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POLITICIANS SEEK TO EASE FOOD COSTS, BUT ARE BATTLING MARKET FORCES
OTTAWA Call it the coriander conundrum. Like with parsley, carrots, dill and most other members of the apiaceae family of edible plants, the retail price of coriander has been growing like a weed. While the prices of many items on grocery store...
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GETTING READY TO RUN
Joelle and Samuel Hillier get some encouragement from children Charlotte and Felix on Friday at Stampede Park as runners picked up their gear for this weekend's Servus Calgary Marathon. Some 20,000 people are expected to take part in the races.
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BROTHERLY LOVE
Orphaned grizzly cubs Turner and Fitz play fight in their new enclosure at the Wilder Institute/calgary Zoo on Thursday. The brothers came under the zoo's care after their mother died while protecting them in an aggressive interaction with a human.
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KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
Calgary's soccer scene is set for a boost this summer, as the city rolls out programs to complement the increasing excitement about Canada hosting World Cup games. The city is partnering with Cavalry FC and Calgary Wild FC to stage Soccer City, a...
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CITY BUS IN COLLISION
A Calgary Transit bus carrying a driver and four passengers rolled over after colliding with a dump truck at the intersection of Peigan Trail and 26th Street S.E. on Tuesday. Three people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Country star saddles up for ride against coal mining
Partway through a nearly 400-kilometre horseback ride, Corb Lund strummed a familiar tune on his guitar in front of dozens of people at The Confluence in Calgary. Fans of the Canadian country music star would have instantly recognized the opening...
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APPROVAL NOW IN THE PIPELINE
Calling it “a good day for Alberta and for Canada,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a new agreement Friday with Prime Minister Mark Carney that spells out a timeline for the approval of her government's much-soughtafter oil pipeline to the West...
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A FEAST FOR THE FAIR
Stampede Princess Sarah O'brien, left, and First Nations Princess Raegan First Rider try the Seoul Stampede fries at a tasting event Thursday revealing this year's Stampede midway menu. Visitors can expect a range of deep-fried classics during the July...
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