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Rocky View County reminds drivers to watch for school buses
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (154+ words) Rocky View County is reminding drivers to slow down and watch for school buses as students return to class next week and buses begin stopping along rural roads. The county said drivers should pay close attention to flashing bus lights,…...
Stephen’s Backpacks Society distributes 1,500 backpacks ahead of school year
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (350+ words) Stephen’s Backpacks Society handed out 1,500 backpacks over the weekend as volunteers, community leaders and corporate partners came together to prepare school supplies for children across Alberta. Nancy McPhee, the society’s executive director and mother of Stephen, who founded the organization,…...
David Ennis denied full parole decades after Wells Gray family murders
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (1329+ words) David Ennis, formerly known as David Shearing, who murdered six members of the Johnson-Bentley family in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park in 1982, has been denied full parole. ‘Monster in the dark’: Families fight to keep David Ennis jailed Man…...
Airdrie residents report mixed experiences as Alberta rolls out new ID requirements
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (1649+ words) Airdrie residents who spoke with DiscoverAirdrie described mixed experiences with Alberta’s new driver’s licence and identification requirements — from straightforward renewals to an unresolved case involving an 82-year-old woman and a citizenship certificate issued in 1975. Privacy commissioner issues guidance as Alberta’s…...
Woman dies after fall from Mount Yamnuska
14+ hour, 23+ min ago (188+ words) A woman has died after she was seen falling from Mount Yamnuska while hiking last week, Alberta RCMP confirmed Tuesday. Canmore RCMP were called just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 19. Police are not releasing the woman’s age or home community. Support pours…...
Prairie Gateway costs still to come; Rocky View County expects full recovery over time
16+ hour, 25+ min ago (1217+ words) Rocky View County says it expects to fully recover its public infrastructure costs for Prairie Economic Gateway over the long term, while more detailed cost information from both the County and the City of Calgary is expected later this year....
When vulnerable people go missing, petition calls for national alert standards
16+ hour, 50+ min ago (957+ words) A new House of Commons e-petition initiated by Calgary’s Jennifer Ball is calling for shared national standards for a vulnerable missing persons alert framework. Petition e-7703 opened for signatures Aug. 24. The House of Commons petitions website lists Ball as its…...
Did you see it? Bright object spotted from Airdrie Monday night
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (384+ words) Airdrie was among several Alberta communities where people reported seeing a bright object streak across the sky Monday night, with multiple sightings submitted to the American Meteor Society for review. One pending report from Airdrie placed the sighting at about…...
RCMP rescue paddleboarder from Ghost Lake, order 11 others off water
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (493+ words) RCMP are reminding lake users about water safety after officers rescued a paddleboarder who was struggling in the cold water at Ghost Lake over the weekend. The reminder comes with the Labour Day long weekend ahead and after several fatal…...
E-scooter fall hospitalizations among Albertans climb to highest level in four years
17+ hour, 36+ min ago (553+ words) Hospitalizations involving falls from electric scooters among Alberta residents rose 13 per cent in the latest fiscal year, reaching 163 in 2025–26, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Alberta's count rose from 117 hospitalizations in 2022–23 to 143 in 2023–24, 144 in 2024–25 and…...