A move by a Calgary grocer to put an end to the sale of certain chicken and pork products is being applauded by animal activists across the country, but industry players have warned that going cage-free is not without its challenges.

Calgary Co-op members voted Wednesday night to...

It only lasted about 10 minutes, but the hail storm that blew in and out of Calgary on Aug. 12 this summer packed enough punch to find a place on Environment Canada's top ten list of Canadian weather stories for 2012.

The mammoth storm rolled over city skies...

Going to a party in your pajamas sounds awesome. Going to a party in your pajamas to be hugged and spooned and massaged by strangers...well, let's just say that it might not be for everyone.

According to the website cuddleparty.com, Calgary is now the country's cuddliest city,

'The Amazing Race' is coming to Canada, and we in Alberta couldn't been more excited for the opportunity to share our beautiful province with the rest of the country.

The Canadian spin-off will take advantage of our massive geographic region and film exclusively withing Canada - a departure from the...

Is Calgary the prettiest place in Canada today?

Of course we're a bit biased, living in Alberta and all, but the heavy dusting of super-fine snow that fell over the weekend is clinging to every possible tree, bush, building and fence post, making the city look like a true winter...

Calgary's tallest building won't have the claim to fame at the highest skyscraper outside of Toronto for much longer.

The Calgary Herald reports that The Bow tower will soon be eclipsed by a brand new tower, after Brookfield Properties submitted plans this week for a 56-storey, 247 metre...

It was a campaign so effective at getting the word out to potential offenders of sexual assault, the Edmonton police are bringing it back.

According to the Edmonton Journal, the Edmonton Police Services and a local coalition, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton (SAVE), are relaunching a

Canada's, and possibly the world's, most famous drunk-in-the-backseat-of-a-cop-car crooner has been convicted of impaired driving and refusing a breathalyzer test.

Robert Wilkinson shot to internet fame in March after police car cameras caught him belting out Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" while in the back of a cruiser after being...

One of Alberta's most popular mountain ski resorts is suing two former employees for defamation.

According to the Calgary Herald, Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort is suing ex-employees Chris Chevalier and Christopher Conway for organizing a boycott campaign that they say significantly hurt sales of season and...

It's been a bad week for news coming out of the Alberta oilsands.

In the span of a day Environment Canada released research indicating contaminants from Alberta oilsands activity are traveling farther than previously thought and IHS CERA, a U.S.-based energy research group, released findings that Canadian...

As Naheed Nenshi ramps up his own election campaign, he told a youth gathering on Thursday he was turned off by the politics surrounding the recent U.S. election, a contest in which he accused both candidates of "shirking the issues."

Nenshi opened up the floor to...

In a bid to increase the safety of those traveling along northern Alberta's treacherous Highway 63, a newly twinned, four lane, 36-kilometre section will open today.

The stretch of highway, which runs north of Wandering River, was set to open in October but was delayed due...

UPDATE: The Stephen Harper wooden penis is now at a bidding price of $575.00, as of noon Oct. 16.

Have you ever thought to yourself "I would really like to own a wooden penis that looks like Stephen Harper"?

No. Of course you haven't. No one has. But...

Stop and think for a minute. How many people, on average, do you meet in one day? Perhaps one or two? Maybe you're feeling particularly friendly, or find yourself at a party, and meet a dozen. For simplicity's sake, let say that the average person meets about 1,000 people a...

It's something every Calgary LRT user has experienced: It's terribly hot or terribly cold out and you've been stuck on a C-Train for what seems like hours. There are a million other people standing too close to you, touching you, breathing on you. It smells kind of weird. You are...

Back in August we took a walk down Calgary's Memory Lane. We remembered and reminisced about the old times, the old buildings, the old personalities. It was such a hit we wanted to replay those memories, but this time we turned to Edmonton.

Some obvious examples come to...

It's a sure sign that hockey season is about to get underway - the ice is going in at the Saddledome in Calgary.

And while everyone dreams of riding the Zamboni, little attention is paid to how the ice gets there in the first place.

Thanks to the...

It's called the "Alberta Advantage" for a reason.

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that British Columbia's 20-something residents are leaving the province in droves, many of them coming to resource-rich Alberta for a chance at jobs and affordable housing.

A look at the numbers recently released...

Before you go throwing a bunch of drinks back and reaching for your car keys this long weekend, remember that Alberta's new impaired driving laws will come into effect.

Begining Sept. 1, being caught with a blood alcohol concentration between .05 and .08 means you could face a three day...

It would be sweet if Calgary had a real-life superhero running the city...Oh wait, they do!

Ok, ok. Not really. The above picture was tweeted out Friday afternoon by Nenshi after a string of Twitter conversation with Calgarians discussing the hypothetical situation if...