Organizers pitch G7 summit as opportunity to showcase best of Banff to the world | Preliminary inquiry begins for men accused of killing Good Samaritan in rural shooting | 3 Alberta provincial byelections called for June 23
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Organizers pitch G7 summit as opportunity to showcase best of Banff to the world; An aerial view of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, left, where up to 700 members of the media from across the globe will set up to cover the G7 summit in Kananaskis\.

Organizers pitch G7 summit as opportunity to showcase best of Banff to the world

May 26 , 2025 at 05:34:48 p.m. MDT • :

Organizers are pitching the G7 leaders' summit as an opportunity to showcase the best of Banff to the world, with up to 700 members of international news outlets setting up in the town to cover the Kananaskis event.

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Preliminary inquiry begins for men accused of killing Good Samaritan in rural shooting; Colin Hough died last August when he was shot on a rural road east of Calgary while working as a Rocky View County employee\.

Preliminary inquiry begins for men accused of killing Good Samaritan in rural shooting

May 26 , 2025 at 03:53:11 p.m. MDT • :

A preliminary inquiry got underway Monday for the two men accused of shooting a Good Samaritan in a fatal carjacking east of Calgary.

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3 Alberta provincial byelections called for June 23; Three provincial byelections will be held on June 23\.

3 Alberta provincial byelections called for June 23

May 26 , 2025 at 04:01:01 p.m. MDT • :

Albertans in three ridings will go to the polls on June 23 after three byelections were called Monday.

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Evacuation order issued in northern Alberta as wildfire rages; Wildfire SWF076, located seven kilometres north of Swan Hills, Alta\., is classified as out of control as of Monday\.

Evacuation order issued in northern Alberta as wildfire rages

May 26 , 2025 at 07:19:17 a.m. MDT • :

Residents of a community in northern Alberta have been ordered to evacuate as powerful and unpredictable winds fan the flames of a wildfire burning nearby.

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Alberta judge calls for changes after man kills wife days after leaving mental health centre; Jesslyn Fenton was murdered at age 25 in November 2018\. A fatality inquiry was held to examine the circumstances of her death\.

Alberta judge calls for changes after man kills wife days after leaving mental health centre

May 26 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

An Alberta judge has made 14 recommendations for RCMP and Alberta's mental health and addiction services agency after scrutinizing the case of a young mother who was killed by her husband less than two weeks after he was discharged from a mental health centre. 

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Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary; A woman was killed on Thursday after she was struck by a vehicle going through a drive-thru restaurant in northwest Calgary\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 07:38:58 a.m. MDT • :

Woman dies after being run over at drive-thru in northwest Calgary

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Alberta-U.S. travel down but not as sharply as the rest of Canada. Is it politics? Pragmatism? Peer pressure?; A passenger walks past Air Canada and WestJet planes at the Calgary International Airport in this file photo from August 2022\. So far in 2025, travel to and from the U\.S\. is down, but not as much as at other airports in Canada\.  

May 26 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta-U.S. travel down but not as sharply as the rest of Canada. Is it politics? Pragmatism? Peer pressure?

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Life sentence for Calgary man who shot drug dealer in the back; Jonathan Huebner, pictured, was killed in a garage in Calgary on June 14, 2022\. Sam Barbera was convicted of second-degree murder and handed a life sentence\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 05:04:17 p.m. MDT • :

Life sentence for Calgary man who shot drug dealer in the back

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Bow Valley kids picking berries to keep bears away from G7; A black bear in Kananaskis, Alta\., pictured in May, shortly before the G7 leaders' summit scheduled for June 15 to 17, 2025 in the surrounding area\.  

May 24 , 2025 at 09:59:09 a.m. MDT • :

Bow Valley kids picking berries to keep bears away from G7

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Record-breaking 17,280 runners lace up for Calgary Marathon weekend; A record number of people ran the 2025 Calgary Marathon\. Participants started the race in Stampede Park, jogged northwest to Bowness, then travelled back towards the city centre, finishing in Enmax Park\.  

May 25 , 2025 at 03:37:21 p.m. MDT • :

Record-breaking 17,280 runners lace up for Calgary Marathon weekend

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May 22 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

'Rifts in families': Parents seek better talk on vaccines as measles outbreak grows

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May 25 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

As Parliament returns, routine proceedings will see some novel twists, flair and a visit from King Charles

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May 26 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

G7 expected to boost economy and fill hotels in Calgary and mountain towns

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May 23 , 2025 at 01:41:19 p.m. MDT • :

'Depraved' beating, drugging, dismemberment of young man nets 8-year sentence for Calgary drug dealer

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May 26 , 2025 at 11:44:58 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta to change rules to ensure books in schools are 'age-appropriate'

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