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• Dawgs fade late, dropping 8-6 decision to Fort McMurray in 12 innings

  The Okotoks Dawgs suffered a tough defeat Thursday, dropping an 8-6 decision in extra innings to the Fort McMurray Giants.

  

• 'He was a character,' Canada's Bret 'Hitman' Hart remembers the late Iron Sheik

  Bret Hart's longtime connection with the late Iron Sheik was first made in the early 1970s when an Iranian amateur wrestler -- real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri -- came to Calgary to learn from promoter Stu Hart.

  

• Alberta's jobless rate shrinks slightly in May

  Statistics Canada released its May 2023 Labour Force Survey on Friday, which showed Alberta's unemployment rate dipping to 5.7 per cent, down from 5.9 per cent in April.

  

• Lethbridge road closure to impact traffic, transit routes

  The city of Lethbridge announced a road closure Friday that is expected to disrupt traffic and impact transit routes.

  

• Motorcycle crash leads to brief shut down of Deerfoot Trail

  Police shut down the northbound lanes of Calgary's busiest highway for a brief period on Friday morning due to a serious crash.

• Body of Calgary worker, buried in trench, recovered

  Investigations are ongoing after a man, working on a sewer line in northwest Calgary, died after he was buried in a trench.

• Silver Springs sinkhole swallows front-end of SUV

  Members of the Calgary Fire Department were called to a sinkhole that opened up in the community of Silver Springs on Thursday.

• No danger found at Nanton, Alta., high school after threat: police

  A southern Alberta school was evacuated earlier this week but RCMP say there 'was no imminent threat.'

• Adams Jr., Rhymes in sync in B.C. Lions' 25-15 win over Calgary Stampeders

  Vernon Adams Jr. and Dominique Rhymes clicked early for the B.C. Lions in a 25-15 win over the Calgary Stampeders to open the CFL season Thursday.

• Heat spell, dry season hurting western Alberta crops

  The extreme heat and lack of precipitation is being felt on farms across Alberta, and there's a high probability of it hurting this year's yield.

• Police investigating after Ogden home targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti three weeks straight

  After the first incident left a Nazi symbol on his election lawn sign, Jordan Barrett thought it was just someone upset about his voting intentions.

• Charges pending against Langdon, Alta. man in fatal attack

  A 31-year-old resident of Langdon, Alberta, faces charges in relation to a fatal assault.

• Freight train derails in field east of Calgary

  Crews are cleaning up after a train derailment about 100 kilometres east Calgary Thursday afternoon.

• Victims of serious crash east of Calgary identified as sisters from France

  RCMP say two victims injured in a horrific crash east of Calgary earlier this week were family members visiting from France.