Airdrie is threatening to shut off water to homes without new meters.

A man who drove up to the main doors of Calgary City Hall wanting to deliver a package to the mayor was arrested on Friday around noon.

A Canadian soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb that narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the commander of coalition troops in Kandahar.

Sold signs are a more common sight in Calgary and the local real estate association is hopeful the city might have reached the "bottom of the market."

Alberta's premier has set up a panel to advise the province on how to prevent its economy from swinging between boom and bust.

The head of the Canadian Forces is expressing sympathy over the latest casualty in Afghanistan. General Walter Natynczyk, in Calgary for the Stampede, says the country lost another of its valiant soldiers but had few details when talking to reporters. Canada's top soldier, along with general David Petraeus who will overseas U.S. forces in Afghanistan, are attending Stampede events at the grounds ...

City Hall had to be locked down friday after a suspicious man claimed to have a package for the mayor. He was quickly arrested by police, who were in the area for the Stampede parade. He apprently drove his car up to the doors of City Hall and demanded to see the mayor. A baseball bat was also found near his vehicle.

A forty eight year old man who was stabbed Friday morning and rushed to hospital has died. Police say the stabbing happened at a home in Ogden just before 8am. Another man, also in his forties, had to be taken to hospital with less serious injuries. Three suspects, two males and a female, fled the home in a K-car type vehicle. Two have since been arrested. One of the suspects is known to police.

Bright, sunny skies and warm temperatures helped draw massive crowds to the annual Calgary Stampede parade Friday morning. An estimated 300,000 people lined downtown streets to catch the marching bands and floats. A military fly-by by CF-18 fighter jets kicked off the event at 9 a.m., and the parade was led by TV handyman Mike Holmes as parade marshal. The Calgary Stampede expects to once again ...

An Australian man has died after falling from a peak in K-country. RCMP say the 24-year-old was scrambling up Mount Kidd Thursday afternoon when he fell about 50 metres. A second man was safely lifted off of the mountain by helicopter. The dead man's remains were recovered from the mountain and his relatives have been notified. His name has not been released at the request of his family. A day ...

When Ian Coates set out on his 1992 Honda African Twin motorcycle in 1999, it was supposed to be a four-month trip.

Canada Day revellers who bucked the rules felt the financial pain as RCMP handed out more than 50 liquor-related tickets and about half a dozen other tickets under the town’s new community standards bylaw over the last couple of days.

A young woman who attempted to smuggle drugs into a federal prison will be sentenced in September.

Red Deer residents who have regulated natural gas rates will see their heating bills decrease this month.

Eligible Rocky Mountain House voters who will be away for a plebiscite on July 27 now have the opportunity to cast a vote on the controversial video lottery terminal question in an advance poll.

Poetry in Motion:Paige Dinnie guides her steed Bear's Way over a log jump at the Cochrane Ag Society cross country course during the Cochrane Horse Trials. [...]

The Twin Arena in Airdrie might look more like Parliament Hill than a hockey arena on July 5 as one team of Conservatives battle another for the glory of being the finest political hockey team in the land.[...]

Last week, the Parent Link Centre celebrated its third year of providing parents with solutions and programs to help with their children’s development. The centre offers specialized programming to parents of children aged zero to six.[...]

In light of a lawsuit against Golden Search and Rescue, Cochrane Search and Rescue is taking a second look at their insurance policy. But they have no intention to disband any time soon and are still actively responding to calls.[...]

She may not have many years under her belt, but one young Cochrane singer has the talent to make up for it. Even at the young age of 11 Kaleigh Jo Kirk is beginning to make a name for herself in the music industry.[...]

EDMONTON - A car pulled by RCMP from the Athabasca River Friday belongs to two hunters who went missing almost five years ago. Brian Nadeau and Dave Pushor went hunting in the Fort Assiniboine area on Nov. 25, 2004, and never returned.

CALGARY- Canada's top soldier applauded the United States military's heightened efforts in Afghanistan Friday, but cautioned that there is still a "tough fight" ahead for NATO-led forces.

Two juries have rendered unprecedented and controversial guilty verdicts in the murder case of Katrina Effert, but Effert's peer group in the town of Wetaskiwin is still trying to make sense of what went wrong with Effert.

EDMONTON - Convicted baby killer Katrina Effert has appealed her second-degree murder conviction, claiming the jury's verdict was "unreasonable" and "a miscarriage of justice."

EDMONTON - An Edmonton man stabbed to death at a crowded downtown bus stop Wednesday has been identified by family as Shane Edward Howarth, a construction worker originally from Onoway.

It took less than 30 minutes for the patriotic crowd to eat its way through a massive Canada flag birthday cake at Lakeside Park on July 1.

An empty piece of land on the 1200 block of McQuarrie Ave. in Rosemont will be the future site for a student-built house to be sold with proceeds going the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation to pay for a CT scanner.

George Penfold wants to know how local non-profit organizations are being affected by the current economic downturn.