An emergency landing at Springbank Airport Monday afternoon. The landing gear on a light plane failed to engage so the pilot was forced to make a belly landing. The plane ended up on its nose and the pilot walked away from the crash. The Cessna 310 has since been taken off the runway and to a hanger.   Watch video courtsesy of Quinn Gardner:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Warrants have been issued for two men wanted in relation to a bomb scare in the northeast community of Rundle. One of the suspects is a known member of the Aryan Guard in Calgary, and police say the victims in this case know the offenders, and share the same values and beliefs. Police were initially called to an apartment complex on Rundlehorn Drive on Saturday morning over complaints of gunfire ...

Warrants have been issued for two men wanted in relation to an attempted bomb murder in the northeast community of Rundle. Police were called to an apartment complex on Rundlehorn Drive on Saturday morning over complaints of gunfire, but when they arrived they discovered two improvised explosive devices that already detonated. They believe they were tossed into a suite in a targetted attack, but ...

City council has begun the process of making adjustments to the budget to deal with a 4.8 per cent property tax hike. But as of Monday afternoon, not much has been added or taken out of the budget. Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart tried to chop 1. 7 per cent from the budget of civic partners, which includes the zoo, Heritage Park and the Science Centre among others. She says she's hoping to add ...

About a dozen people calling for more action on climate change from the Canadian government occupied federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice's Calgary office on Monday. The protesters took over at 10 a.m. Some stood outside Prentice's office carrying a large banner and others were seated in the waiting area inside the office. The signs say say "Canada Needs Climate Justice" and "Canada Stand ...

Two people are dead after two pickups collided head on near Brooks Saturday. 45-year-old Nikolia Slepko of Airdrie and 42-year-old Andrian Tityk of Edmonton were pronounced dead at the scene. The 29-year-old driver of the other truck was airlifted to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary in critical condition. Alcohol and weather conditions are not considered to be factors in the collision but speed ...

Monday is the first day H1N1 clinics across the city are offering vaccinations to everyone, not just those in high-risk categories. The message from Alberta Health Services is there are plenty of doses available so there is no rush to get the vaccine. But that didn't stop dozens of Calgarians from getting up to the crack of dawn to get their shots Monday morning. Casey showed up at the Avenida ...

Alberta Health Services is opening a 7th H1N1 vaccination clinic in Calgary. Starting at 8:30 Monday morning, all Albertans over 6 months old, can also get their shot on the 3rd floor of the South Calgary Health Centre at Sunpark Plaza S.E. However, officials are still encouraging people to attend the Stampede Grandstand site because it is the largest and has the shortest lineups. More ...

City council is about to begin deliberations on the 2010 budget. Aldermen will be debating ways to keep the proposed tax increase to 4.8 % next year. However, Alderman Gord Lowe says possible add-ons could boost the increase by another percentage point. He says there's also the Calgary Parking Authority issue, since rejection of its plans to boost fines could result in a $2 Million shortfall. He ...

Just as the 2010 budget deliberations get underway, the President of the 900-member Calgary Leadership Forum is calling on City Council to reduce taxes by 2.5% and modernize the budget process. Former Alderman Brian Lee tells QR77 news, the three-year budget outlook process fails to consider the volatility of today's economy. And, Lee says for no "viable" reason, the city's $148-Million fiscal ...

An investigation is now underway into what caused a Canadian Pacific Railway train to come off the tracks Southwest of Calgary Saturday night. A CPR spokesperson says they were auto deck cars and not carrying any hazardous materials. Some damage was done to the tracks, but they were were quickly repaired.

The University of Calgary is heading to the Vanier Cup. Saturday afternoon they beat St. Mary's 38-14, winning the Uteck Bowl and a spot in the game in Quebec City next Saturday. U of C will play Queens University after they upset Laval 33-30. Dinos head coach Blake Nill is especially proud of his offensive line after 426 yards of rushing offense in the game. He adds he isn't overly concerned ...

More information has come in about a fatal garage fire in Marlborough that killed two people. Fire Officials have concluded the fire was not suspicious in nature, but won't release the exact cause of the fire. Around 7:30 Friday night, the fire department was called out to Marpole road where the structure was already fully involved. The two who died in the blaze have only been described as males.

Nanton R.C.M.P have released the names of three of the four victims of Saturday's head on collision on Highway Two South north of Nanton. 18-year old Cayley Maureen Chapman, 19-year old Emma Ransom and 19-year old Joilinn Edgar were in a northbound car that crossed the median and hit a southbound vehicle. The woman operating that car died as well. Her six month old infant was airlifted to the ...

Nanton R.C.M.P have released the names of three of the four victims of Saturday's head on collision on Highway Two South north of Nanton. 18-year old Cayley Maureen Chapman, the daughter of a Calgary Police Service member, 19-year old Emma Ransom and 19-year old Joilinn Edgar were in a northbound car that crossed the median and hit a southbound vehicle. The woman operating that car died as well ...

Four Calgary women are dead in the wake of a two vehicle collision on Highway 2 South near Nanton shortly after noon Saturday. Three of the women were northbound on the divided highway when their small car went out of control, crossed the median and slammed into a southbound vehicle with a mother and baby inside. All four women died at the scene - the six month old baby who'd been buckled into ...

Four people have died after two vehicles collided on a stretch of divided highway about 75 kilometres south of Calgary....R.C.M.P. Sgt. Patrick Webb says the collision happened around noon on Highway 2, just north of Nanton. He says it appears the driver and lone occupant of a northbound vehicle may have lost control, crossed the median and slammed into an oncoming vehicle in the southbound ...

City police are investigating after a couple of suspicious packages were found in the Rundlehorn area. Police were called around 7:15 Saturday morning after reports of gunshots... on arrival, officers were directed to a suspicious device in a large parking lot between two apartment complexes. The device appeared to be an explosive device that had detonated. All of the apartment units facing the ...

The arson unit is investigating after two people died in a garage fire in northeast Calgary early Friday night. Fire crews were called to the Marlborough area and found a vehicle in the garage up on jacks, leading investigators to believe the two victims may have been working on the car. Department spokesman Jeff Budai said initial indications suggest the fire was not deliberately set but the ...

The Alberta Liberals say they are pleased the Stelmach government will be conducting a full review of M-L-A salaries. Last year the Tories tacked on more than $40 thousand to the pay cheques of cabinet ministers and Premier Stelmach got a raise of more than $50 thousand. Stelmach rolled back wages a little bit last month. Liberal Leader David Swann says the review is a good idea, but the ...