Calgary news

• Calgary photo radar exemptions could be made in high-collision locations - LiveWire Calgary

  14-03-2025 23:40
  Calgary photo radar exemptions could be made in high-collision locations  LiveWire Calgary
  
  Read more

• Former Edmonton police staffer charged with child sex assault, porn offences

  14-03-2025 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The EPS child protection section determined a suspect had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy after meeting him through Snapchat.
  
  Read more

• Funding for 16 new schools in Calgary targets 'historic' enrolment growth - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 23:25
  Funding for 16 new schools in Calgary targets 'historic' enrolment growth  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Funding for 16 new schools in Calgary targets 'historic' enrolment growth - Yahoo News Canada

  14-03-2025 23:22
  Funding for 16 new schools in Calgary targets 'historic' enrolment growth  Yahoo News Canada
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• River Pointe Villas make the most of their riverside setting - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 23:09
  River Pointe Villas make the most of their riverside setting  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• 18 new schools and student spaces coming to Calgary and surrounding areas in Budget 2025 - LiveWire Calgary

  14-03-2025 23:09
  18 new schools and student spaces coming to Calgary and surrounding areas in Budget 2025  LiveWire Calgary
  
  Read more

• Cochrane family raising $43,000 to afford mobility device for daughter with cerebral palsy - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 23:08
  Cochrane family raising $43,000 to afford mobility device for daughter with cerebral palsy  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Bigger down payments on order as Calgary buyers hunt for homes - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 23:05
  Bigger down payments on order as Calgary buyers hunt for homes  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• How Alberta is spending $8.5B in Budget 2025 on transportation

  14-03-2025 22:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government laid out how it plans to spend funding for transportation infrastructure throughout the next three years, with major projects highlighted, such as Highway 686, Deerfoot Trail and reaching the Calgary airport via LRT.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Health Services calls wrongful dismissal suit filed by former CEO 'groundless and vexatious'

  14-03-2025 22:47 via cbc.ca
  
  In its statement of defence, the health authority says former CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos was terminated because of her 'own inadequacies' in performing her job.
  
  Read more

• Carney says consumer carbon price terminated ‘immediately’

  14-03-2025 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney said the order he signed fulfilled a promise he made while running for the Liberal leadership and will help address affordability concerns for Canadians.
  
  Read more

• Carney says consumer carbon price ‘eliminated’ immediately

  14-03-2025 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney said the order he signed fulfilled a promise he made while running for the Liberal leadership and will help address affordability concerns for Canadians.
  
  Read more

• 18 new schools announced for Calgary and surrounding communities - CTV News

  14-03-2025 22:23
  18 new schools announced for Calgary and surrounding communities  CTV News
  
  Read more

• Cirque En L’air performing Rapunzel at Calgary’s Grand Theatre - CTV News

  14-03-2025 22:16
  Cirque En L’air performing Rapunzel at Calgary’s Grand Theatre  CTV News
  
  Read more

• SABRES REASSIGN TULLIO TO CALGARY - Rochester Americans

  14-03-2025 21:45
  SABRES REASSIGN TULLIO TO CALGARY  Rochester Americans
  
  Read more

• Carney kills consumer carbon tax in first move as prime minister

  14-03-2025 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.
  
  Read more

• 'Fast-paced and exciting': Ladies breakaway roping added to Calgary Stampede rodeo - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 21:26
  'Fast-paced and exciting': Ladies breakaway roping added to Calgary Stampede rodeo  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Breathe Outdoors to close after more than 60 years in business, citing economy, online shopping - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 21:16
  Breathe Outdoors to close after more than 60 years in business, citing economy, online shopping  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Alberta government to fund 16 new schools, 2 school modernizations in Calgary and area

  14-03-2025 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The schools in Calgary, Airdrie and Chestermere are still in the planning and design stages — meaning they're still at least two years away from opening, according to Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides.
  
  Read more

• 'A dramatic tale:' Province defends allegations in AHS executive's wrongful dismissal lawsuit - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 20:49
  'A dramatic tale:' Province defends allegations in AHS executive's wrongful dismissal lawsuit  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Edmonton ISIS women ordered to attend deradicalization program

  14-03-2025 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti returned to Canada from Syria in 2023.
  
  Read more

• Alberta at odds with its biggest craft brewery after substantial beer tax hike

  14-03-2025 20:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Big Rock Brewery, founded in 1985, is facing a sudden 22 per cent increase to the fees it pays the province after a new rate was introduced last month — a rate that largely has no impact on any other brewery.
  
  Read more

• Will Backlund’s injury sink Flames? History offers some optimism - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 20:29
  Will Backlund’s injury sink Flames? History offers some optimism  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Alberta at odds with its biggest craft brewery, Big Rock, after substantial beer tax hike

  14-03-2025 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Big Rock, founded in 1985, is facing a sudden 22 per cent increase to the fees it pays after a new tax rate was introduced — that largely has no impact on any other craft brewer.
  
  Read more

• UCP government to invest $8.5B into Alberta roads, bridges, water systems

  14-03-2025 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  If approved, the funding would include more than $4 billion for rural projects, $2.1 billion for the Calgary region and $2 billion for the Edmonton region.
  
  Read more

• Alberta at odds with Calgary craft brewery after substantial beer tax hike - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 19:43
  Alberta at odds with Calgary craft brewery after substantial beer tax hike  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• GAME DAY: Backlund injury news hits Flames with Avs in town - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 19:38
  GAME DAY: Backlund injury news hits Flames with Avs in town  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Jordan’s Principle ‘not a suggestion,’ AMC grand chief says in call for full implementation

  14-03-2025 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) says it wants the federal government to end its ongoing neglect and systemic failures when it comes to First Nations children.
  
  Read more

• Flames captain Mikael Backlund out week-to-week due to injury - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 19:23
  Flames captain Mikael Backlund out week-to-week due to injury  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• 10 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025 in Calgary - CTV News

  14-03-2025 19:15
  10 ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2025 in Calgary  CTV News
  
  Read more

• Alberta Health Services says it fired ex-CEO for profound incompetence

  14-03-2025 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The AHS statement of defence claims Athana Mentzelopoulos failed in her mandate to downgrade the health agency to one of many that would oversee care under a new model.
  
  Read more

• Judge won’t review decision not to charge Edmonton officer who kicked teen’s head in

  14-03-2025 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pacey Dumas, then 18, sustained life-threatening injuries after he was given a 'soccer ball' style kick to the head in 2020 by Edmonton Police Service Const. Ben Todd.
  
  Read more

• Judge won’t review case involving EPS officer who kicked teen’s head like a soccer ball

  14-03-2025 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pacey Dumas, then 18, sustained life-threatening injuries after he was given a 'soccer ball' style kick to the head in 2020 by Edmonton Police Service Const. Ben Todd.
  
  Read more

• In Calgary courts: Final submission in youth murder trial over fatal shooting of teen set for May - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 18:45
  In Calgary courts: Final submission in youth murder trial over fatal shooting of teen set for May  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Weapons, drugs seized and three people charged after CPS investigation into break-and-enter - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 18:11
  Weapons, drugs seized and three people charged after CPS investigation into break-and-enter  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• Three people face 48 charges in brazen break-in at Calgary home - CityNews Calgary

  14-03-2025 18:09
  Three people face 48 charges in brazen break-in at Calgary home  CityNews Calgary
  
  Read more

• Home prices continue to rise in Calgary despite more on the market - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 17:43
  Home prices continue to rise in Calgary despite more on the market  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• CEO of Calgary oilfield services provider Calfrac suddenly resigns - Calgary Herald

  14-03-2025 17:06
  CEO of Calgary oilfield services provider Calfrac suddenly resigns  Calgary Herald
  
  Read more

• A lost pair of 'pincers' gave this town its name. Daybreak Alberta was live from Pincher Creek

  14-03-2025 15:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Daybreak Alberta broadcast live from Pincher Creek as part of CBC Alberta's Out Your Way library project. The show will be in Red Deer on March 15.
  
  Read more

• AGLC pauses storage fees for Alberta vendors with U.S. liquor stuck in warehouse

  14-03-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta liquor agencies whose purchased U.S. products are stuck in a warehouse will not be charged storage fees for up to three months, Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis said in a bulletin all agents Thursday.
  
  Read more

• RSV shot now free for larger number of older Albertans

  14-03-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More Alberta seniors are now eligible for provincially funded RSV vaccines. All Albertans 70 and over are now eligible.
  
  Read more

• Google, Meta pledge to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 as technology sees looming 'renaissance'

  14-03-2025 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of major energy users have signed a pledge to support tripling global nuclear power capacity by 2050. Nuclear power is seeing a resurgence in popularity thanks in part to significant growth in power demand due to AI.
  
  Read more

• Alberta health minister denies former AHS CEO's claims in statement of defence

  14-03-2025 02:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is alleging the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was unwilling to implement the government’s plan to break up the health authority, and made “incendiary and inaccurate allegations about political intrigue and impropriety” before she was fired in January. 
  
  Read more

• Calgary police defend use of force in arrest video circulating online - Global News Kingston

  14-03-2025 02:22
  Calgary police defend use of force in arrest video circulating online  Global News Kingston
  
  Read more

• Calgary police defend use of force in arrest video circulating online

  14-03-2025 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The video shows the arrest of 25-year-old Christopher Barron, who is facing several charges after Monday's incident in northeast Calgary.
  
  Read more

• Alberta liquor importer says $100K in booze already paid for stuck in tariff limbo

  14-03-2025 01:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta liquor importers and retail stores say their world — and finances — were turned upside-down overnight when the province announced the halting of American alcohol.
  
  Read more

• Enmax declares record dividend for City of Calgary - CBC.ca

  14-03-2025 00:32
  Enmax declares record dividend for City of Calgary  CBC.ca
  
  Read more

• Enmax declares record dividend for City of Calgary

  14-03-2025 00:32 via cbc.ca
  
  The city-owned utility presented its 2024 annual report to city council's audit committee on Thursday. In it, Enmax reported its comparable net earnings for last year were $316 million, which represented a year-over-year change of nine per cent.
  
  Read more

• Breathe Outdoors, formerly known as Campers Village, shutting down stores

  14-03-2025 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  After outfitting countless outdoor enthusiasts for more than six decades, a longstanding Alberta camping gear company is shutting down.
  
  Read more

• Breathe Outdoors, formerly known as Campers Village, shuts down stores

  14-03-2025 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  After outfitting countless outdoor enthusiasts for more than six decades, a longstanding Alberta camping gear company is shutting down.
  
  Read more

Follow @Calgary_Nws on Twitter!