Wearing a cowboy hat, plaid shirt and jeans, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion strode into the Calgary Stampede, hoping to sell his Green Shift carbon tax plan in the heart of Alberta oil country.

Sixteen cats and three dogs died in a house fire in northeast Calgary on Friday evening that also sent one woman to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

A pregnant Ontario woman charged in Alberta's biggest heroin seizure was granted bail on Friday.

Federal Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion is hoping to ride the Calgary Stampede spirit in selling his carbon tax plan to Albertans.

A man trying to cross a southeast Calgary street was hit by a mobile crane unit and pinned under its front wheels for more than 30 minutes on Friday morning.

Ricky Ray hit Jason Tucker for a 36-yard circus catch of a touchdown with less than a minute to go, giving the Edmonton Eskimos a 34-31 victory over the visiting Calgary Stampeders in a wild CFL contest on Thursday night.

Two stray pit bulls from an overcrowded Montreal shelter are getting a second chance to find adoptive homes in Calgary.

The solvent that was dumped in the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton on Wednesday night was naphtha, a petroleum-based substance used in paint thinners, officials said Thursday.

An investigation that began with a routine traffic stop has led to charges of child pornography against a Calgary-area man.

After an impressive performance on both sides of the ball to open their season, the Calgary Stampeders will take their show on the road Thursday against the Edmonton Oilers at Commonwealth Stadium (10 p.m. ET).

Alberta's privacy commissioner has ordered the release of details of how a former provincial employee used his government credit card.

A man died after his gravel truck rolled over on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail just before the 16th Avenue turnoff Wednesday afternoon.

A woman who was seriously injured after a vicious sexual assault in Calgary's Beltline has given police enough information for them to release an updated sketch of her attacker.

Calgary police asked the public for help Wednesday as they named the two men who died in separate weekend homicides.

The Calgary Flames signed free agent forward Curtis Glencross and re-signed defenceman Jim Vandermeer on Wednesday.

Consumers are expected to rein in their spending habits as the job market softens and the real estate market cools, according to a TD report.

The mayor of Lethbridge lifted a state of local emergency Wednesday morning as flood waters from an intense storm began to recede in the southern Alberta city.

Two U.S. congressmen ended their oilsands fact-finding mission to Alberta, saying they will urge their colleagues to ignore talk of "dirty oil."

One of two men injured in a shooting near the Westside Recreation Centre early Wednesday morning is known to the gang unit, said police.

Donairs, a popular late-night snack in Halifax, are coming under new safety guidelines this summer.