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• Deadline day to submit applications to perform at Lethbridge Canada Day celebrations

  If you're a Lethbridge musician looking for a main stage to perform on, Friday is deadline day to apply for one of the big events of the summer.

  

• No ‘April Fools’ joke: Albertans to see carbon tax increase on April 1, higher rebates also expected

  Calgarians can expect to pay more to fill up their car or heat their homes starting Saturday when the federal government’s carbon tax is set to increase national carbon prices.

  

• Police investigation closes Highway 552 northeast of Okotoks, Alta.

  RCMP blocked off a highway southeast of Calgary on Thursday night as part of an investigation.

  

• 'Into the air': One victim of Calgary house explosion likely in hospital for 6 months

  A member of Calgary's South Sudanese community says 10 victims of a home explosion were blown into the air before falling into a fiery basement below.

  

• Bush to perform at The Back Alley during Stampede 2023

  The Back Alley has unveiled another musical guest set to perform at the venue's new Stampede tent this year.

• Family, police search for missing Calgary man

  A Calgary family wants nothing more than to hear from their missing member, as police turn to the public for help in the search.

• Ottawa gives final approval, with conditions, for Rogers' $26B purchase of Shaw

  The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday.

• These are the conditions -- and penalties if violated -- of the Rogers-Shaw deal

  Canadian Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of rival telecom Shaw Communications Inc., but there are conditions attached and penalties of up to $1 billion if the companies violate them.

• UCP candidate, slammed for comments on pornography in schools, quits

  A candidate for the United Conservative Party in southern Alberta has resigned after she posted a video claiming children are being exposed to pornography in schools.

• Calgary woman charged in connection with LRT stabbing

  Calgary police say a 31-year-old woman is charged with aggravated assault in connection with a stabbing that took place following a fight on an LRT platform.

• 3 Calgary men face multiple charges after police seize $250K worth of drugs, firearms, cash and ammunition

  Three Calgary men face multiple charges after a police investigation that targeted drug traffickers resulted in the seizure of more than $250,000 in drugs, firearms and various rounds of ammunition, other weapons and drug paraphernalia.

• 'A humongous symbolic victory': Indigenous people react to Vatican rejection of Discovery Doctrine

  Last summer in Maskwacis, Alta., Pope Francis formally apologized for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential school system.

• Retirement plans just got 'nicer' for Calgary resident after $1-million lottery win

  Sandra Markovich's retirement plans just got a little 'nicer.'

• Economic experts look towards Alberta’s future and upcoming election

  More than 100 members of the southern Alberta business community listened as fellow professionals, including some of Alberta’s top economists, spoke on key issues facing the province, both internally and externally.