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Calgary Zoo adds 5th female gorilla to troop
The female population of western lowland gorillas at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo just grew by one, with the addition of 24-year-old Johari, who arrived from Toronto last Friday.
Smoke blankets Calgary area as air quality warning urges caution
The wildfire-induced smoke currently blanketing the Calgary area, is so bad Environment Canada (EC) is telling people to go back inside, in an air quality warning issued early Wednesday.
16-unit affordable housing project breaks ground in Mount Pleasant neighbourhood
A new mixed-income affordable housing project broke ground in a northwest community on Thursday as the mayor highlighted Calgary’s top spot in national housing starts.
'Terrible for the community': Medicine Hat's CHAT-TV shuts down after nearly 70 years
A southern Alberta television station is going off the air after nearly seven decades, the parent company said Tuesday in a statement.
Man dies after shooting in southwest Calgary
One man is dead and one woman was sent to hospital after a shooting in a southwest Calgary community Tuesday morning, police reported.
Alberta separation movement criticized by business groups, analyst
Deborah Yedlin gets that some folks in Alberta are not thrilled with yet another federal Liberal government, but she says the separation movement the premier is flirting with could seriously hurt the province and the country.
'I'm the only one left': 102-year-old veteran among those at Taber's VE-Day ceremony
He’s the only one left, but a southern Alberta community came together to show him love and respect. Burns Wood, a veteran of the Second World War, was born in Taber, Alta., more than a century ago.
'Record year for demolitions': Calgary heritage expert laments blanket rezoning
The 115-year-old MacLean house at the top of MacDonald Avenue in Ramsay will soon come down, replaced by a multi-unit complex covering the footprint of several adjacent homes.
Former Calgary real estate agent facing fraud charges in huge investment scam
A former Calgary real estate agent is facing charges after police say he defrauded investment clients out of nearly $2 million.
Calgary pours tech into traffic-congestion mitigation
The City of Calgary says it’s doing a good job managing vehicular traffic congestion and it wants drivers in the city to help out by thinking ahead.