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Coun. Jyoti Gondek is calling for Calgary council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss possible actions the city can take to protect public health, as the provincial government prepares to remove COVID-19 health measures like testing, tracing and isolation requirements. 

The Glenbow Museum in downtown Calgary will close its doors for three years starting at the end of August, as major renovations start on the building.          

With the delta variant spreading and vaccine uptake that is well below any herd immunity threshold, experts are questioning why the two provinces are pushing to reopen so quickly.

New signs and a security guard posted by Three Sisters Mountain Village (TSMV) land caught Canmore residents by surprise after years of hiking and biking through the private land without issue.

EMS dispatch has been directed by Alberta Health Services to stop screening callers for COVID-19.

An Ontario man drowned Sunday morning while competing in an Ironman race at Harmony Lake in Rocky View County, Alta.

Paul Boucher, the head of the Alberta Medical Association, expressed concern with province’s decision to suspend most COVID protocols in an open letter to members on Friday.

At first, researchers Agasteswar Vadlamani and Angela Kouris were trying to find ways to produce carbon-neutral gas with organisms unique to British Columbia’s Soda Lakes.

Albertans are being cautioned to brace themselves for another heat wave.

The medical community protested the planned relaxation of COVID-19 surveillance and management on Friday as case numbers continue to increase in the province.

A two-car collision south of Calgary has sent one passenger to hospital via STARS air ambulance in serious condition Friday evening.

A modelling team in British Columbia says Alberta is in a danger zone due to its COVID-19 trajectory and the emerging delta variant. 

Disgraced Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston could be in jail on election day after an Ontario judge found him guilty of contempt, his fourth criminal conviction this month. 

Sarah Coderre, an employment lawyer and partner with Bow River Law in Calgary, explains what lifting health restrictions will mean for employers and employees alike — and who is liable if COVID-related issues arise.

Many Alberta doctors are reacting with surprise and disappointment to the province’s plan to relax its COVID-19 surveillance and management system despite growing case numbers, positivity rate and R-value, and vaccination rates that are lagging behind other provinces.

Alberta’s health minister says it was the idea of the province’s chief medical health officer to end isolation requirements for those who test positive for COVID-19 or who have been in close contact with someone who has.

The dramatic shift in the risk the coronavirus poses to the general population justifies removing the province’s remaining COVID-19 protocols, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told CBC News.

The City of Calgary’s alcohol in parks pilot program has logged more than 1,400 picnic table bookings — and only one complaint — since launching on June 1.

Anila Lee Yuen, head of Calgary’s Centre for Newcomers, pleads for understanding as Alberta debates how to deal with those who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The dramatic shift in the risk the coronavirus poses to the general population justifies removing the province’s remaining COVID-19 protocols, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told CBC News.

U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s team final at the Tokyo Games earlier this week citing her mental health, and put the subject in the spotlight.

The Alberta Court of Appeal has overturned the acquittal of a former Calgary university student who attacked a woman after breaking into her home while naked and high on mushrooms.

Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen has been appointed to the Senate, the Prime Minister’s Office announced Thursday.

Alberta Liquor Gaming and Cannabis says it has seized approximately $4.5 million worth of contraband tobacco products from a southeast Calgary storage facility. 

Albertans who test positive for COVID-19 will no longer be required to enter isolation starting in less than three weeks, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Wednesday.

The Calgary Parking Authority left one of its data servers unsecured for months, potentially exposing drivers’ personal information.

As post-secondary institutions around the country prepare to return to in-person learning this fall, an open letter from a University of Calgary professor is generating a lot of discussion about what public universities and colleges can and should do when it comes to responding to the risks of COVID-19.

The young man who tried to kill a mother and her six-year-old son has been found not criminally responsible for the near fatal stabbing because he was suffering psychosis at the time and didn’t understand his actions were morally wrong.

The chief of police in Lethbridge, Alta., says the city’s high crime rate is a sign that residents need to take stronger action to prevent illegal activity.

Devinder Toor, United Conservative MLA for Calgary-Falconridge, has been fined $15,000 by Elections Alberta for violations both as a nomination candidate and as a candidate in the 2019 provincial election. 

Coun. Jeff Davison confronted allegations his Calgary mayoral campaign worked with a third-party advertiser (TPA) to elicit corporate donations, denying wrongdoing while blaming misinformation from other campaigns and an “overly enthusiastic volunteer.”

Health and infectious disease experts say the rate at which COVID-19 cases are growing in Alberta is alarming, with the disease spreading faster than during the height of the pandemic’s third wave. On Wednesday, the province reported 194 new cases.

Calgary council has voted in favour of a plan to sell a portion of Richmond Green park, located at Sarcee Road and 33rd Avenue S.W., in order to expand and improve the green space.