A bylaw amendment that would allow Sylvan Lake RCMP to become the first RCMP detachment in Canada to use Segways will likely go before council next week.

It’s said good fences make for good neighbours.

Vanessa Paradis, right, and Keifer Jepson wash lines of buoys used to mark swim lanes at the Recreation Centre outdoor pool Thursday. The pool opens for the season Saturday at noon and will be open daily until the Labour Day weekend.

Red Lodge Provincial Park near Bowden is packed with campers and booked solid for the long weekend despite the risk the adjacent river will rise rapidly.

Waskasoo residents loudly favour no housing development on current River Glen School land that could be up for grabs.

One firefighter was injured Thursday while battling a house fire in southwest Calgary and has been treated for heat exhaustion.

Residents of Calgary and Ottawa had their eye on the deadline Friday for cities bidding to host the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Alberta's move from nine health authorities to one "superboard" could result in rural needs being overlooked, experts and health-care workers warn.

More than 85 low-income families in Calgary will be educated and equipped for home safety as part of a new Child and Youth Friendly Calgary project introduced Thursday.

Avalanches may still pose a threat to long-weekend travellers in the backcountry of Alberta and British Columbia, the Canadian Avalanche Centre warned Thursday.

In case you forgot, it is the long weekend! Monday is Victoria day, and as a result all city administrative offices will be closed, as well as all the banks. Buses will run, but it will be on the Sunday ...

A solemn procession in downtown Calgary will affect afternoon traffic today. The public is invited to attend a service for Corporal Michael Starker of Calgary, who died serving in Afghanistan on May 6th ...

Reaction is pouring in following the announcement that big changes are on the way for healthcare delivery in Alberta. The provincial tories are merging Alberta's nine health regions into one superboard ...

Feelings at the Calgary Zoo could best best be described as mixed. As the investigation into what's killed 40 Cownose Stingrays continues, the zoo has announced the birth of a Western Lowland Gorilla ...

Looks like traffic tie-ups on the Queen Elizabeth II highway will last longer than originally planned. The seal coating work was scheduled to be complete on Friday, but will now continue until May 23. ...

About a dozen people who were forced from their homes by a brush fire northeast of Edmonton should be able to return to their homes soon, fire officials in Strathcona County said Friday.

Alberta's move from nine health authorities to one "superboard" could result in rural needs being overlooked, experts and health-care workers warn.

Mourners and supporters are being encouraged to participate in Friday's public memorial for a Calgary paramedic and reservist killed in Afghanistan last week.

A massive bush fire northeast of Edmonton engulfed a rural home and damaged six other houses on Thursday night near the community of Bruderheim.

A two-year-old boy from Taber, Alta., died Wednesday after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding on crashed into a rock.

In support of the Alberta Traffic Safety Plan, the RCMP and their road safety partners stepped up enforcement efforts with regards to speed limits on Alberta’s roadways throughout the month of April.

Contradicting old research that says exercise is harmful for people with multiple sclerosis, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is now promoting exercise as a way of alleviating symptoms of the disease.

The City of Fort Saskatchewan is asking motorists to show extra caution on Southfort Drive between Allard Way and the entrance into Southfort Bend Gardens.

Let the waiting begin. Drivers in the city and commuters can expect to see lots more delays and traffic volumes as road construction season begins in the area this week.

The crowds of race fans will soon return to the confines of Heartland Park in Bruderheim. Following a year-long renovation and restoration of the racetrack at the park, it will be the site of the opening week of races for the regional chariot and chuckwagon association.