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'Never give up': 19-year-old Calgarian defies presumptions by earning Grade 12 diploma
A Calgary family celebrates a major milestone for their son — a dream they were never encouraged to believe was possible. Ishaan Holloway has severe regressive autism and this month he's going to graduate from high school.
$75 OBO: Calgary woman lists husband for sale after he jumps on Oilers bandwagon
After 17 years, April Janecke thought she knew her husband and their shared passion for the Calgary Flames. She thought wrong.
Calgary plans to pave pothole-ridden Edworthy Park lot, then charge for parking
The City of Calgary plans to pave the north parking lot at Edworthy Park at the end of Shaganappi Trail N.W., which it says is plagued with potholes, drainage issues and dust. And to recoup the cost the city also plans to start charging to park in the lot.
Canadians alarmed by text messages asking their vote preference. Then their postal code. Then their name
The Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC), a polling industry association, has received numerous complaints about these text-message tactics from ERG National Research.
New Alberta working group to tackle problem of $253M in unpaid oil and gas property taxes
The Alberta government and Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) are forming a working group to try to solve the issue of unpaid property taxes owed by oil and gas companies and collect what has now amounted to at least $253 million.
Efforts bolstered to keep invasive mussels out of Alberta waterways
Province announced it will spend $18.2 million over five years to expand its aquatic invasive species inspection, detection and rapid response programs.
Price of wine set to go up in Alberta with new 'value added' fee
The price of a bottle of wine in Alberta is set to go up on April 1 after the province announced changes to its liquor markups in last week's budget.
Calgary Bluesfest organizer calls proposed changes to park venue 'heartbreaking'
Calgary International Blues Festival organizer Cindy McLeod says earlier this month the city sent an updated map of their venue Cowboys Park, formerly called Shaw Millennium Park, on the west end of downtown.
Alberta tourism operators look to capitalize on weaker Canadian dollar
Banff Sunshine Village says it's seeing more Americans hit the ski hills this winter, a bump they attribute in part to the Canadian loonie that has been hovering around 70 cents compared with the U.S. dollar for weeks.
Construction underway on Cochrane high school expansion
A $48 million expansion and renovation of Bow Valley High School in Cochrane will bring an additional 485 student spaces, an upgraded gym and other career-related spaces.