Calgary police say a medical condition likely caused a fatal three-vehicle collision on southbound Crowchild Trail during the drive home Tuesday afternoon. Police say a 53-year-old man died in hospital after slamming into the back of a pick-up truck near 33rd Avenue on Crowchild at around 4:30 p.m. That truck then hit a small SUV. The other two drivers and a passenger escaped with minor injuries ...

It wasn't quite the turnout organizers were hoping for at Tuesday night's forum on H1N1 at the U of C's Health Sciences Centre. Only about 20 people showed up. Organizer Wilfreda Thurston says people seem to be complacent about H1N1 and that needs to change. She says from a public health perspective, people can't think this pandemic is over just because of the Grey Cup or Christmas. Four experts ...

The Western Conference champion Saskatchewan Roughriders touched down at Calgary International Airport Tuesday afternoon and were greeted by a marching band and dozens of fans wearing green. Players say they are expecting something similar to home field advantage at McMahon Stadium this Sunday. Lifelong rider prider Garry showed up to greet the team and get his jersey signed. Garry has lived in ...

A team from Edmonton's Grey Cup Committee will be in Calgary this week taking in all the festivities. Executive Director of Grey Cup 2010, Duane Vienneau says it is an opportunity to see what works and what does not. For the first time ever, the Grey Cup is being held two years in a row in Alberta - Calgary this year and Edmonton in 2010.

A deal worth more than $550 million has been signed to transport carbon dioxide via pipeline from Alberta's industrial heartland to producing oilfields. The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line will stretch 240 kilometres from the Fort Saskatchewan region to central Alberta, and transport 14 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. The line will be constructed by Enhance Energy and North West Upgrading ...

Innisfail RCMP are asking for your help in locating a man who has not been seen since Friday morning. Bruce Thacker has a medium build with brown hair and blue eyes. His 2005 Chevy Silverado is also missing, Alberta plate number RZW-750.

Police have busted a marijuana grow-op at a home in Edgemont in the northwest. Over 1200 pot plants were located, worth an estimated street value of just over $1.5 million. No one was at home at the time and no arrests have been made yet. Police were called to the home on a report of suspicious activity.

Police are looking for a man in connection with a stolen truck that went up a curb, ran over a stop sign, and landed on some decking next to a condemed house in the north east community of Temple. Police noticed a black Ford truck driving eratically. They kept their distance but the man likely noticed them and wound up crashing up onto the lawn of a Temple home. Duty Inspector Rob Williams says ...

RCMP in Redcliff made a big drug bust Tuesday. After pulling over an S-U-V for a traffic infraction, they discovered $50-thousand worth of ecstasy. A twenty three year old man and an eighteen year old from Regina are facing charges for possession for the purpose. Both will be appearing in Medicine Hat Provincial Court.

Police have arrested one of two suspects wanted in connection with a weekend bomb scare in the northeast. A phone tip to police alerted cops to the whereabouts of a seventeen year old suspect. He was arrested getting off the bus in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Monday night. Cops are still searching for a second suspect, twenty four year old Kyle Robert McKee, who has links to the white ...

We will get a better idea this week of what is in the province's piggy bank. Finance Minister Iris Evans and Treasury Board President Lloyd Snelgrove will give a second quarter fiscal update on Thursday in Edmonton. Three months ago, we were told to expect a $6.9 billion deficit. But Premier Stelmach says his government could shave more than two billion dollars off of that by the spring.

City council has approved a 2010 property tax increase of 4.79 percent. That is a hair lower than the 4.8 percent they were initially looking at, but still not good enough for one business lobby group. Richard Truscott, the Calgary Director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says it is too high. The CFIB says Alberta municipalities need to reign in spending in order to set ...

City council has passed the budget, but did not make any major cuts. Next year's property tax hike sits at 4.79, just a hair below the 4.8 per cent increase council had been looking at heading into budget talks Monday morning. Council did agree to a motion by Alderman Ric McIver to ask all city departments to look for a further 1 per cent in reductions and report back in the Spring as to w...

A passerby is getting credit for saving three people in a southwest duplex late Monday night. A man driving by on 37th Street southwest spotted smoke coming from the home in the 33-hundred block in the Glenbrook area. The man stopped and notified residents who escaped, although one was taken to hospital by EMS. Firefighter says the thick smoke was blanketing the street when they arrived. The ...

City council has approved a two-year pilot project to help remove snow from secondary streets after snowfalls. The $1 Million a year pricetag will come out of the Fiscal Sustainability Reserve fund - meaning it won't affect the property tax rate. The idea was pushed by Mayor Dave Bronconnier. He says the City would call on private firms to help clear out residential streets that city crews are ...

By a vote of 9-6, City council rejected cutting LRT Park n' Ride fees from $3 to $1. Transportation General Manager John Hubbel says if the fee cut went ahead, it would mean another 40 000 hours of transit service cuts, less money spent on cleaning LRT stations and layoffs of protective staff. Earlier, council voted to scrap the $3 parking fee at bus rapid transit parking lots. The city had only ...

A house on Cliff Street S.W. is being demolished after the foundation at the rear of the home gave way Monday afternoon. The fire department says the home, which was apparently undergoing renovations, is a safety hazard. Neighbours on either side have been evacuated. Despite four people being inside at the time of the collapse, no one was hurt.

Seven protesters have been charged with mischief after sitting in the Federal Environment Minister's Calgary office for eight hours. The protesters walked into Jim Prentice's riding office about 10 a.m. Monday, saying they weren't leaving until he signed a promise about global warming in advance of climate talks in copenhagen next month. They want him to commit Canada to reducing greenhouse gas ...

RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating a fatal incident at Syncrude's Mildred Lake North mine site near Fort McMurray. Two heavy hauler trucks were involved. One driver is dead, the other is recovering in hospital. Syncrude emergency response personnel attended the scene, which is now secured for the investigation.

Calgary police are ready for this week's Grey Cup festivities in the city. Inspector Blair White says planning started in September on how to keep the peace during the party-like atmosphere. "We have mostly in the downtown it's going to be beat officers and the mountain bike team. Then the game itself up at McMahon Stadium on November 29th is going to be filled with pay-duty officers just like ...