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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Investigators in California say a Calgary man and his seven-year-old daughter have died after they were swept into the Pacific Ocean. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said …
Read More »Jeromy Farkas’s long, strange trek to becoming Calgary mayor
It might confound some Calgarians that their new mayor likes saying he gained much of his leadership ability from a 24-week solo hike. To best understand, journey in your mind to the Mather Pass, some 3,680 metres above sea level in California’s Sierra Nevada. On a rock cliff with barely …
Read More »Calgary experiences hottest September on record, driest in 140 years
Summer 2025 has come to an end in Calgary — a season that might be remembered for its soggy start and prolonged warm and dry end. September was the hottest the city has ever seen, according to Environment Canada records, with summer-like temperatures stretching throughout the month. The month was also …
Read More »Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary
Calgary-based Imperial Oil says it will be eliminating 20 per cent of its workforce by the end of 2027. That will mean approximately 900 jobs, most of which are in Calgary, will be lost. In a statement to CBC News, company spokesperson Lisa Schmidt said most of the remaining Calgary positions …
Read More »Premier’s Alberta Next Panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, …
Read More »Missing the mark: when an 89.5% average is not enough to get into engineering at the University of Calgary
When Evan Wray applied to the University of Calgary engineering program last year, he felt confident his average of 89.5 per cent would be good enough to earn him admission. “I 100 per cent felt like I had the grades,” said Wray, who graduated from Calgary’s STEM Innovation Academy public …
Read More »3 flights landing in Calgary this week were targeted with bomb threats. Here’s how they’re handled
A CF-18, F-15 and a refueling tanker aren’t typical sights in the skies over a city like Calgary. Many local residents immediately took notice of unusual activity on Monday afternoon, sharing photos and videos on social media of military jets roaring over the city. Later, North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) …
Read More »Cost of damage caused by July hailstorm in Calgary nearly doubled from original estimate
The latest estimate of insured damage caused by a severe hailstorm that hit Calgary in July has nearly doubled from initial projections. New data from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification places the cost of the damage caused by the storm at $164 million, a 78-per-cent increase from the original estimate of …
Read More »Sued for $1.45M by Calgary art gallery, Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. denies all claims
Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. is denying claims it defamed and breached a contract with an Alberta art gallery by implying its works could be fakes. In March, EA Studios (Jasper) Ltd., which operates out of Calgary, launched a lawsuit against Norval Morrisseau Estate alleging defamation and breach of contract. The claim was …
Read More »‘The missing link’: New early tyrannosaur species discovered by Calgary researchers
Scientists from the University of Calgary have discovered a new dinosaur specimen that they say appears to be the “missing link” in the evolution of tyrannosaurs. The specimen was originally discovered in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert over 50 years ago in the 1970s, but its significance wasn’t recognized until Darla Zelenitsky, …
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