Calgary news

• Calgary’s GlobalFest pauses ticket sales as affordability, politics squeeze festivals

  04-12-2025 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  GlobalFest has been celebrating multiculturalism through fireworks, pavilions, food kiosks and shows for over 20 years but a drop in attendees last year has left finances strained.
  
  Read more

• Calgary Flames down Minnesota Wild 4-1

  05-12-2025 05:51 via globalnews.ca
  Dustin Wolf made 26 saves and Jonathan Huberdeau ended a scoring drought for the Calgary Flames in a 4-1 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Jasper’s Patricia Street Deli rises from the ashes with new Edmonton eatery

  05-12-2025 02:38 via globalnews.ca
  Patricia Street Deli was one of several Jasper businesses impacted by the devastating 2024 wildfire. Now, the beloved eatery has relocated and reopened in Edmonton.
  
  Read more

• Calgary’s budget applauded but ‘sustainability’ of spending questioned

  05-12-2025 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  To partly reduce the property tax increase, Calgary city council tapped into $50 million of investment income to help pay for city operations.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Calgary family keeps holiday spirit alive after devastating fire

  05-12-2025 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  Tracy Lima, her two kids and her mother were suddenly displaced -- living under three separate roofs -- after a fire inside their home last week took nearly everything from them.
  
  Read more

• Calgary residents worried new McDonalds will affect ‘congestion, crime, safety’

  05-12-2025 01:36 via globalnews.ca
  A proposal to open a new 24-hour McDonald's at the corner of Elbow and Canterbury drives, in southwest Calgary, is getting a lot of pushback from the community.
  
  Read more

• 'You are a very bad minister,' Conservative immigration critic says at tense committee meeting

  05-12-2025 01:23 via cbc.ca
  Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-citizen criminals to what kind of salad they prefer.
  
  Read more

• City of Calgary report says blanket rezoning has required 'minimal' infrastructure upgrades

  05-12-2025 01:23 via cbc.ca
  A report by the City of Calgary presented to councillors Wednesday said blanket rezoning has so far required only "minimal" upgrades to infrastructure, contradicting what has been a sometimes common complaint about the controversial policy.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• High Level lumber mill closure to affect 190 jobs in northern Alberta

  05-12-2025 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  West Fraser Timber says it plans to indefinitely curtail work at its High Level mill in northern Alberta due to significant weakening in demand for oriented strand board (OSB).
  
  Read more

• Calgary-Banff rail idea pitched to Major Projects Office, province not yet on board

  05-12-2025 00:23 via cbc.ca
  A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.
  
  Read more

• Alberta bill aims to clear further obstacles to citizen-driven referendum questions

  04-12-2025 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's UCP government is changing the rules to make it easier for citizens to force a referendum on issues such as the prospect of the province leaving Confederation.
  
  Read more

• Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names

  04-12-2025 23:31 via cbc.ca
  Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed. It also includes an amendment to discontinue any court proceeding brought by the chief electoral officer.
  
  Read more

• Natural resources minister takes heat from B.C. chiefs over potential West Coast pipeline

  04-12-2025 23:26 via cbc.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson faced a failing grade and a cancelled speech at this week's Assembly of First Nations meeting as pushback grows among B.C. chiefs over the government's new  energy agreement  with Alberta.
  
  Read more

• Sherwood Park senior killed in collision with school bus near Millet

  04-12-2025 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP from Wetaskiwin responded just before 8 a.m. Thursday to the head-on collision between the bus and an SUV on Highway 814 at Township Road 480, near Millet.
  
  Read more

• Calgary GlobalFest pauses ticket sales as affordability, U.S. politics squeeze festivals

  04-12-2025 22:44 via cbc.ca
  After operating for nearly a quarter-century, a six-week pause is being put on ticket sales for the annual festival that celebrates multiculturalism in Calgary, as organizers try to shore up its financial situation.
  
  Read more

• A new pipeline would have to come with a carbon capture project. Will that bring jobs?

  04-12-2025 22:03 via cbc.ca
  A new initiative in Calgary from non-profit Carbon Management Canada is aiming to train more than 1,000 skilled workers to work at Pathways Alliance and other carbon capture projects in Alberta. 
  
  Read more

• Abigail Strate collects 2nd silver medal of World Cup season in large hill ski jumping

  04-12-2025 21:19 via cbc.ca
  Calgary's Abigail Strate continued her impressive start to the ski jumping World Cup season with a silver medal in a large hill event on Thursday in Wisla, Poland.
  
  Read more

• Calgary police issue warning about impaired driving during holiday season

  04-12-2025 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary police say they'll be stepping up their campaign against impaired driving by conducting check stops at different times of day throughout the month of December.
  
  Read more

• No charges will be laid against civilian pilot who violated G7 airspace during summit

  04-12-2025 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP says no charges will be laid against a wayward pilot whose actions forced officials to scramble four CF-18 fighter jets during the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta in June.
  
  Read more

• Calgary researchers help shed light on gaps in sport injury prevention for women

  04-12-2025 19:01 via cbc.ca
  With more women and girls playing sports, there's been a corresponding rise in injuries that can end participation, according to 109 researchers.
  
  Read more

• No charges for civilian pilot who violated G7 airspace during summit in Kananaskis

  04-12-2025 18:52 via cbc.ca
  A wayward pilot whose actions forced officials to scramble four CF-18 Hornet fighter jets during the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta earlier this year won't be facing criminal charges.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Health Services CEO on leave of absence, province confirms

  04-12-2025 17:59 via cbc.ca
  Eleven months ago, Andre Tremblay was appointed top executive and sole director of AHS after the ouster of both the entire board and then-CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos.
  
  Read more

• 2 Alberta cabinet ministers say money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers

  04-12-2025 17:41 via cbc.ca
  Two Alberta cabinet ministers say money was a key factor in the United Conservative government's decision to use the Charter's notwithstanding clause to override teachers' rights and shut down a provincewide strike.
  
  Read more

• Calgary city council 2026 budget passes, approves 1.64% property tax increase

  04-12-2025 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary city council voted in favour of a 1.64 per cent property tax increase, which is anticipated to cost the typical homeowner an additional $4.50 monthly.
  
  Read more

• Alberta mother prepares to welcome ‘miracle’ quadruplets

  04-12-2025 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  Darlene Hensch, who once struggled with unexplained infertility, is now expecting quadruplets and preparing for a high-risk delivery and life-changing journey.
  
  Read more

• A $10,000 deposit to drill an oil well? Alberta premier floats idea as 250,000 old wells need cleanup

  04-12-2025 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Alberta’s premier is floating the idea of making oil and gas companies pay a deposit before they can drill a new well, as the provincial government tries to tackle the large number of old oil and gas wells which require cleanup.
  
  Read more

• The top 100 Canadian songs of 2025

  04-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  From unexpected pop pivots to reflections on the state of the world, these are the essential songs of the year.
  
  Read more

• Chain restaurants are out. Restaurant groups are in

  04-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A peek behind the curtain at how big players in the restaurant industry, who own multiple, seemingly independent restaurants, leverage better buying power as a way to survive post-COVID.
  
  Read more

• Why a tonne of industrial carbon costs $95 in Alberta but credits sell for less than $20

  04-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A key part of the pipeline deal between Alberta and Ottawa is a “minimum effective credit price of $130 per tonne” on industrial carbon emissions, but already the two levels of government are talking about that figure in different ways. The rhetoric is confusing at best; contradictory at worst. And it raises questions about how much understanding there truly is between the two parties.
  
  Read more

• Calgary Transit riders face big changes with express route cancellation

  04-12-2025 03:13 via globalnews.ca
  Riders who ride the eight remaining Calgary Transit express route buses will soon have to find a new way to get around, as the routes are scheduled to be phased out.
  
  Read more

Follow @Calgary_Nws on Twitter!