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Ex-UCP MLAs reviving Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party; Peter Guthrie, the former infrastructure minister, is one of two ousted United Conservative members who plan to re-register the PC party that ruled Alberta for more than four decades\.

Ex-UCP MLAs reviving Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party

July 2 , 2025 at 10:07:40 a.m. MDT • :

Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair, ousted from Danielle Smith's caucus, hope to relaunch Tories as opposition group in fall.

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Alberta names provincial police force, appoints former Calgary officer as first chief; Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis says Alberta's new police force will be a viable option to replace the RCMP in 2032\.

Alberta names provincial police force, appoints former Calgary officer as first chief

July 2 , 2025 at 03:46:34 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta's government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief.

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I was proud to be Canadian. Now, I support separatism for Alberta; Gord Larson moved to Calgary in 2002 while the city was in the midst of an oil boom\.

I was proud to be Canadian. Now, I support separatism for Alberta

July 2 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Calgary resident Gord Larson supports the separatist movement in Alberta. But that wasn't always the case. When the trucker convoy and other protesters first set out to get the attention of Ottawa, he felt tremendously proud of his country.

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Alberta man faces 27 charges for allegedly making child pornography, online luring;  A 49-year-old Leduc man is facing 27 charges, including luring and making child pornography, following an investigation by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation unit\.

Alberta man faces 27 charges for allegedly making child pornography, online luring

July 2 , 2025 at 11:03:53 a.m. MDT • :

Police say an Alberta man is facing 27 child exploitation charges targeted young girls online before luring his victims to meet him in person. Police believe there may be additional victims they have yet to identify. 

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Eau Claire Plaza billed as 'postcard location in downtown Calgary' ahead of reopening; City gives sneak peek of Eau Claire Plaza ahead of Wednesday's official opening

Eau Claire Plaza billed as 'postcard location in downtown Calgary' ahead of reopening

June 30 , 2025 at 05:18:56 p.m. MDT • :

The renovated Eau Claire Plaza is officially returning to downtown Calgary with an opening celebration scheduled for July 2, with a new design incorporating accessibility and greater flexibility for event organizers while retaining many elements of the original space.

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RCMP lay 29 charges in alleged $40M money laundering scheme tied to Calgary business; RCMP say they have charged two individuals and one company with 29 offences relating to money laundering and fraud\.  

June 30 , 2025 at 11:43:18 a.m. MDT • :

RCMP lay 29 charges in alleged $40M money laundering scheme tied to Calgary business

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Calgary Zoo adds 5th female gorilla to troop; Johari is a western lowland gorilla who just landed at the Calgary Zoo\.  

July 2 , 2025 at 02:06:40 p.m. MDT • :

Calgary Zoo adds 5th female gorilla to troop

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Section of Banff National Park remains closed to visitors 2 weeks after rockfall; Helicopters are seen responding to the site of a rockfall in the Bow Glacier Falls area that killed two hikers on June 19\.  

July 2 , 2025 at 03:42:42 p.m. MDT • :

Section of Banff National Park remains closed to visitors 2 weeks after rockfall

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Sued for $1.45M by Calgary art gallery, Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. denies all claims; Renowned Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau is pictured painting for an exhibition in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, in September 1969\. Since the 1990s, there have been many investigations into fake works falsely attributed to Morrisseau, who died in 2007 at age 75\.  

July 2 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Sued for $1.45M by Calgary art gallery, Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. denies all claims

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16-year-old driver killed in one of 2 fatal weekend Stoney Trail collisions; Police are investigating two fatal collisions which left a 16-year-old driver dead on Friday and a 25-year-old driver dead on Sunday\.  

June 29 , 2025 at 08:03:49 p.m. MDT • :

16-year-old driver killed in one of 2 fatal weekend Stoney Trail collisions

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June 30 , 2025 at 03:16:05 p.m. MDT • :

'Seriously troubled' woman gets 6-year manslaughter sentence for abetting, videoing attack on ex

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June 29 , 2025 at 05:01:00 a.m. MDT • :

Greyhound owner FlixBus launching daily bus trips in Sask. starting July 1

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July 2 , 2025 at 12:12:37 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta women buck tradition and blaze their own trail in ranch bronc riding

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June 29 , 2025 at 07:28:52 p.m. MDT • :

Police respond to 2nd bobcat encounter in southeast Calgary, woman left injured

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July 2 , 2025 at 10:36:04 a.m. MDT • :

Extreme heat fuels Alberta's wildfire risk as rain in the forecast offers relief

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