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• No injuries in northeast house fire Saturday

  A fire caused significant damage to a northeast Calgary home Saturday afternoon, officials said.

  

• Pedestrians and cyclists rule Calgary's Memorial Drive once more

  Barricades have been set up and traffic lights have been switched off on a stretch of road along the Bow River in Calgary, but it's not because of a serious traffic problem.

  

• Blood drive held to pay tribute to Sgt. Andrew Harnett

  A blood drive in honour of a fallen Calgary police officer happened in the city Saturday.

• Police search for suspect who fled from traffic stop in Canmore

  Canmore RCMP are searching for a suspect who fled a traffic stop after authorities discovered a cache of guns and drugs inside another vehicle.

• Calgary charity strives to regain lost funding through city-wide event

  Volunteers with a charity that works to help children fighting cancer gathered for a massive effort on Saturday.

• Investigation underway after damaged substation results in power outage for Brooks and area

  After about five hours, power has been restored to thousands of residents in Brooks and area Saturday and crews are still determining what caused the outage.

• Calgary police investigating after attempted child abduction

  Police are searching for a vehicle believed to be used in an attempted child abduction Friday in northeast Calgary.

• Alta. reports 411 COVID-19 infections a year after its first case

  On March 5, 2020, Alberta reported its first case of COVID-19. On the same day a year later, the province added 411 infections of the disease it now knows so well.

• Use it or lose it: Alberta Parks calls out anyone attempting to re-sell camping reservations

  After more than 27,000 campsite reservations were made through the Alberta Parks website in just over 24 hours, there are rumours of an illicit trade taking place.

• One year later: Why Canada's COVID-19 crisis is being called a 'senicide'

  March 8th 2021 marks one year since Canada's first death from COVID-19, a senior in a long-term care facility in British Columbia. Since then 55 per cent of all deaths have been long-term care residents. It has been described as a senicide: the killing of the elderly or their abandonment to death.

• Ontario records fewer than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases

  Ontario is reporting a single-day drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases with less than 1,000 new infections logged.

• 'Canada's hockey dad': Funeral for Walter Gretzky held in Brantford, Ont.

  Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky remembered his father as a man with 'a heart of gold' on Saturday at Walter Gretzky's funeral in Brantford, Ont.

• First case of COVID-19 U.K. variant detected in an Alberta acute care centre

  The province has announced that a case of COVID-19 linked to the Westlock Healthcare Centre has been confirmed to be a case of the U.K. variant.

• Hundreds switch to online courses after COVID-19 outbreak at Alberta high school

  Approximately 280 students will be learning from home for the next couple weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at a high school in Cochrane, Alta.

• Lethbridge youth rescued from frozen lake with a little ingenuity from friends

  Lethbridge police are warning the public about the dangers of thin ice in the unseasonably warm weather following a close call at a local lake.

• 'Wally was a Canadian icon': Oilers hall of famers share fond memories of 'Canada's hockey dad'

  The father of the Great One died Thursday at the age of 82. And while tributes poured in for "Canada's Hockey Dad," Messier and longtime teammate Kevin Lowe shared fond memories of the man they affectionately called Wally.