Global Calgary

01/22/2025

"We all recognize that these are uncertain times, but these are the people who can least afford to be further impacted and marginalized by the lack of support."

Inclusion Alberta CEO Trish Bowman said she's deeply concerned with what appears to be a trend of government funding cuts to disability organizations.

01/21/2025

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Officers were called to the Monterrey Square Plaza after it was reported that a “gutted and headless carcass of a mature white-tailed buck” had been found behind the Co-op.

01/18/2025

"Frankly, most farms would go bankrupt real quick."

The Calgary Chamber of Commerce said it strongly opposes retaliatory measures from the federal government in response to potential tariffs from the United States.

01/16/2025

The continued demand for housing and net migration to Calgary are playing the biggest factors in this year’s assessments.

According to the City of Calgary, the typical residential property market value change is a 15-per cent increase over the previous year.

01/16/2025

"It doesn't change the process of bail at all."

'The Criminal Code is dealt with by the federal government and that Criminal Code has not changed in Alberta.'

01/15/2025

Three Alberta disability advocacy groups say they're shocked and saddened to learn the provincial government plans to back out of their funding contracts more than a year early.

The three groups support Albertans with intellectual and physical disabilities by connecting them with peers and helping them develop skills to advocate for themselves.

01/15/2025

Brady Tardif, 25, from the Calgary area was one of three young people killed last summer in an alleged drunk driving crash near Invermere in B.C.'s Columbia Valley.

“It was important for everyone as a family, as an extended family,” friend Quentin Nicholas said. “We’re not all family but it feels like we are with the tragedy.”

01/14/2025

“The farmers will get hurt; the businessmen will get hurt. Just everybody gets hurt by tariffs.”

As Environment Canada calls the southern Alberta precipitation forecast a coin toss, farmers are expressing concerns beyond the control of Mother Nature.

01/10/2025

While the inferno bears similarities to the fire that ravaged the town of Jasper last summer, the ex-pat Albertans Global News spoke with say they’ve never lived through anything quite like this.

Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.

01/09/2025

The UCP said the first MLA pay raise in 12 years aims to align with the province's average public service rate increase, which, if calculated today, would mean a 2.5 per cent bump.

The UCP said the first MLA pay raise in 12 years aims to align with the province's average public service rate increase, which, if calculated today, would mean a 2.5 per cent bump.

01/09/2025

A man is accused of driving uninsured and in possession of m**h when a horrific crash occurred between a convoy of charity motorcycle riders and a semi last summer in northern Alberta.

A man is accused of driving uninsured and in possession of m**h when a fatal crash occurred between a convoy of charity motorcyclists and a semi last summer in northern Alberta.

01/09/2025

The idea of a train to the airport appears to be gaining steam.

Full findings from Calgary Airport Rail Connection Study will be made public later this quarter, and will be shared with the Government of Alberta to support its rail plans.

01/08/2025

The University of Calgary is embarking on a research project to remedy the long-standing concern that, for families, there is very little that's civil about civil courts.

'It's not just a vision of a little fix to the justice system. We need to do this differently. We've got to reimagine it.'

01/07/2025

01/06/2025

Global Calgary chief meteorologist Tiffany Lizée joins evening newscasts in Calgary and Lethbridge

Global Calgary chief meteorologist, Tiffany Lizée, will share her weather expertise with viewers of Global Calgary and Global Lethbridge evening newscasts starting on January 13.

01/06/2025

Congratulations are in order for Tom Holland and Zendaya.

When Zendaya was spotted wearing an enormous rock on her ring finger at the Golden Globes, people knew som**hing was up.

01/06/2025

Four people charged after Calgary police uncover fentanyl trafficking operation

Police say the investigation began in September and continued through the fall of 2024.

01/06/2025

Premier Danielle Smith says she hopes lawmakers in Ottawa will force an election “at the first available opportunity” after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plan to step down from his role once his Liberal party selects a new leader.

Smith said it is a "critical time" for Canada with Donald Trump threatening tariffs against the country as he prepares to begin a new term as U.S. president.