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A Calgary man who was convicted of murdering a mother and her five-year-old daughter has lost his bid for a new trial.

Alberta will start offering the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to people age 40 and over today as Calgary’s walk-in immunizaton clinic moves from the Southport site to the larger-capacity Telus Convention Centre.

Twenty-seven per cent of voters in a recent CBC News poll said they like neither the UCP nor the NDP — but many couldn’t point to a preferred alternative.

The growing number of COVID-19 cases in the province could be leading Alberta toward a situation similar to hard-hit Ontario, if Alberta does not tighten restrictions, the former chief medical officer of health for Alberta said today.

Alberta will start offering the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to people age 40 and over, Premier Jason Kenney announced Sunday, as the province reported 1,516 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths.

The City of Calgary is asking the public about what they think of new renderings of the Green Line project, which include a downtown tunnel and new park.

The 44-year-old Canmore, Alta., woman was exploring Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park on the evening of March 27, when she realized the icy terrain was difficult, she didn’t feel safe, and she wanted to turn back. 

Lawsuits filed by two of the three families of railroaders killed near Field, B.C., in February 2019 allege that Canadian Pacific Railway ran a questionable investigation with its own police force and used cars it knew had faulty brakes in an effort to save money at the expense of workers’ safety.

The weather outside sure is frightful, especially after the taste of summer Calgarians got on Saturday.

As COVID-19 cases spiral higher in Alberta, thousands of vaccination appointments go unused and more schools switch to online learning, health officials once again plead with eligible Albertans to get a vaccine as soon as possible, regardless of type.

A popular Alberta hiking spot, Mount Yamnuska is closing for the season so trail crews can do some much needed improvements and restoration.

Some alcoholism treatment centres say the pandemic has seen more people looking for a cure to their woes at the bottom of a glass.

It was 20 C in much of southwest Alberta on Saturday, but winter is not done with the region yet.

It was 20 C in much of southwest Alberta on Saturday, but winter is not done with the region yet.

Alberta 911 operators say they field hundreds of thousands of unnecessary calls each year that vary from UFO sightings to one person who requested police bring them a hamburger.

Correctional Service Canada is reviewing the circumstances of an inmate’s death at Drumheller Institution.

As COVID-19 cases spiral higher in Alberta, thousands of vaccination appointments go unused and more schools switch to online learning, health officials once again plead with eligible Albertans to get a vaccine as soon as possible, regardless of type.

It’s been a source of consternation among some in the energy sector — what sort of future lays ahead for the oil and gas sector in light of the federal government’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050?

The holy month of Ramadan is usually a busy one for restaurants, especially those that cater to Calgary’s large South Asian population.

Doctors say the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should be offered to Canadians in a wider age range as COVID-19 infections soar in many parts of the country.

Alberta cabinet ministers are defending the government’s widely criticized plans to consult the public over open-pit coal development in the province’s Rocky Mountains.

A city plan to build a flood protection barrier in Bowness is on hold after vocal opposition from some homeowners in the northwest Calgary community

Calgary police are investigating a string of fires set in the Highland Park area of Calgary on the morning of April 2, which they believe are connected.

Calgary’s hospitals are filling up with COVID-19 patients once again as an unrelenting third wave — driven primarily by the B117 variant first identified in the U.K. — rages through Alberta.

The 600-pound stainless steel statue is beloved by the town of Delia and went missing Thursday night, its owners believe.

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in his 40s during an altercation by the CTrain tracks in Calgary’s core Thursday evening.

In a letter sent to industry stakeholders last week, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, outlined a potential timeline for audiences to return to live events over the summer months.

As COVID-19 cases spiral higher in Alberta, thousands of vaccination appointments go unused and more schools switch to online learning, health officials once again plead with eligible Albertans to get a vaccine as soon as possible, regardless of type.

The curriculum’s underlying assumptions about knowledge, deliberation, and liberal pluralism, rest on very solid ground, according to curriculum advisory panel member Ashley Berner.

A baby moose was spotted roaming the streets in the northwest neighborhood Tuscany on Wednesday.

The Montana senate narrowly defeated a bill Thursday that would have allowed the state to resume lethal injections. The decision directly affects Ronald Smith, originally from Red Deer, Alta., who has been on death row since 1983.

Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon says the province is encouraged the Conservative Party of Canada would scrap the current carbon tax if elected — even if replacing it still means consumers will pay. 

Mayor Naheed Nenshi says he worried about the impact higher prices for construction materials will have on all major projects.