Events

‘Miss the drumbeat’: the return of powwow season welcomed by First Nations

EDMONTON, AB. -- Under the early evening sun, dancers from across Canada and the United States filed onto the powwow grounds at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in central Alberta. It was the first time in ...

Jul 19, 2021

Remains of second Canadian pulled from collapsed Miami condo building: Global Affairs

MIAMI, FLORIDA -- The remains of a second Canadian have been pulled from the rubble of a condo building that collapsed near Miami more than two weeks ago, Global Affairs Canada confirmed Saturday. The...

Jul 11, 2021

‘Safe enough:’ Thousands gather at Calgary Stampede’s live music venue

CALGARY, AB. -- A bird's-eye view of a popular live music venue on its first night at the Calgary Stampede showed hundreds of people standing close together, waiting for a swab or to hand over proof o...

Jul 10, 2021

Calgary Stampede will require proof of vaccination at music venue

CALGARY, AB. -- Stampede organizers say proof of vaccination will be required to get into one popular live-music venue when the 10-day cowboy festival starts Friday."We will require guests to show pro...

Jul 07, 2021

Virtual parade plan announced, marshal named for scaled-down Calgary Stampede

CALGARY - There will be a parade to launch the upcoming Calgary Stampede, but it won't include hundreds of thousands of fans lining the city's downtown streets. Stampede officials announced Wednesday ...

Jun 09, 2021

Kenney eyes full capacity at CFL games this summer

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier is expressing hope for full capacity crowds at CFL games this summer. Jason Kenney says the Edmonton Football Team and Calgary Stampeders could sell as many seats as possi...

May 26, 2021

Derailment west of Coleman – no hazardous goods involved

CROWSNEST PASS, AB. - RCMP confirm a CP train derailed about a kilometre east of the B.C. border around 5:30 Friday (Feb 12) afternoon. The train, carrying potash, was moving along the rails adjacent ...

Feb 12, 2021

Documents show Biden plans Day 1 order nixing Keystone XL

WASHINGTON - One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition doc...

Olivia Thorington Jan 17, 2021

One person shot as Trump backers storm Capitol

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One person has been shot at the U.S. Capitol as dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building and violently clashed with police.That's according to a person f...

Jan 06, 2021

U.S beats previously undefeated Canada 2-0, wins world junior hockey championship

EDMONTON - Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold.The U....

Jan 06, 2021