Tracy Graf of Calgary pilots his unlimited class four-wheel-drive truck through the first of several obstacles at the Off Road Expo Rock Crawl event at the Westerner on Saturday.

They’re getting bigger and faster all the time. Four-wheeling ATVs — or quads — have become one of the most popular ways for local tourists to get into the West Country.

One slip is all it takes. The death of an 11-year-old quad rider during his mother’s birthday party last week raises new questions about whether there should be a national safety standard for the machines.

The City of Red Deer plans to take away land from some businesses near 32nd Street and Gaetz Avenue after negotiations have failed.

Skiers and snowboarders can hit the slopes at Canyon Ski Area this winter.

Calgary police are investigating an early-morning shooting at a community centre party that left one dead and three injured on Sunday.

Family members and dignitaries lined the tarmac at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario on Saturday evening as the bodies of three young soldiers killed in Afghanistan arrived back on Canadian soil.

The visiting Calgary Stampeders earned a 38-33 win Friday against the Edmonton Eskimos, avenging their loss in the opener of their home-and-home series on Monday.

A shooting that injured a man and was not reported until hours afterward is not gang-related, said Calgary police.

A month after a breakdown at Petro-Canada's Edmonton refinery caused shortages at about 90 retail and independent outlets in western Canada, half the stations were still dry Friday, even though operations at the facility resumed last week.

The search for a gunman continues, after an early morning attack at a wedding reception. One man is dead, and three other people suffered minor injuries after someone opened fire inside the Radisson Heights ...

The main party leaders are hitting the ground running as campaigning for the October 14th election begins in earnest. The 39th Parliament was dissolved this morning after the prime minister dropped ...

The latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan was less than one week away from the end of his tour when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar around 12:30 ...

One person is dead in the south east after a shooting overnight. Police confirm three other people are hurt with non life-threatening injuries, after the shooting around 3:20am at the Radisson Heights ...

So have you remembered to include the area code when you dial local calls here in Alberta? If you forget tomorrow (Monday), your telephone call will not be connected! And along with area codes 403 and ...

Calgary police are investigating an early-morning shooting at a community centre party that left one dead and three injured on Sunday.

The visiting Calgary Stampeders earned a 38-33 win Friday against the Edmonton Eskimos, avenging their loss in the opener of their home-and-home series on Monday.

Edmonton hospitals are serving a new style of food for patients who have problems chewing or swallowing solid food. The food is pureed, then reshaped into its original form.

A man died Friday when his bicycle was involved in a collision in west Edmonton, marking the fourth traffic-related death in the city in the past week.

A junior high school teacher in Spruce Grove, west of Edmonton, is facing sex charges, RCMP said Friday.

The Normandy Room will be hopping next month as the Legion hosts a Maritime entertainer after serving a traditional Newfoundland dinner.

Customers currently without a contract for natural gas will likely see their cost plummet for this month. Direct Energy Regulated Services has proposed a rate of $4.56 per gigajoule (GJ) for customers north of Red Deer, and incorporates a 20-cent adjustment.

Despite the end of summer, the need for blood continues and that means donors are always in need. Fort Saskatchewan and area residents can do there part to help by coming to the Lakeview Inn and Suites on Sept. 11.

These smiling faces have a reason to smile. This lively group of dedicated women serves the community as the Fort Saskatchewan Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary.

Alberta sheriffs cracked down on unsafe drivers by handing out more than 2,400 traffic tickets over the long weekend.

The University of Alberta will have the capability to welcome a greater number of first-year students next fall as the provincial government recently announced a province-wide addition of 2500 postsecondary student spaces. A total of 496 of those spots have been allocated to the U of A, and as Minister of Advanced Education and Technology Doug Horner explained, the focus of funding this year ...

After two days of icebreakers, cheers, and presentations, new students were welcomed to the University of Alberta at the annual President’s Address, which took place Tuesday evening at Hawrelak Park. The address, headlined by University President Indira Samarasekera and Students’ Union President Janelle Morin, concluded the festivities of Orientation 2008, where hundreds of outgoing high ...

Shortly after announcing an expected surplus of $8.5 billion this year, the Alberta government has adapted a number of abundant spending habits, especially in the areas of health and wellness. On top of committing $37 million to the University of Alberta Hospital’s newly built Mazankowski Heart Institute, Health Minister Ron Liepert also announced that $23 million would be directed to the ...

After more than two decades in the quiet of the Bruce Peels Special Collections Library, the Home Museum collection of rare artists’ books received a well-deserved and long-awaited breath of fresh air at FAB gallery. Although only 46 of the 637 books were displayed between 5–30 August, it’s likely that the unusual collection of books turned some heads, or even strained some backs. At least ...

In a move that will drastically change the immigration application process for international postsecondary education students, the federal government recently unveiled its new Canadian Experience Class Program. The program has yet to be officially approved, but if and when successful, skilled temporary foreign workers and international students would have to wait months instead of years to ...