When Sudarshan Gautam said "disability is not inability," he really meant it.

The Calgarian man who lost both his arms in a kite-flying accident at the age of 14, reached the top of Mount Everest on Monday.

He is the first person missing both arms to summit the...

The newest additions to the Calgary Stampede's 2013 midway have gotten bigger and wetter.

Stampede will feature a brand new Bell aqua ranch, a pool the size of a hockey rink, with daring, high-energy stunts on jet skis and a water display show, right in the middle of...

Home prices increased by 1.3 per cent versus a year ago in Canada, bringing the average price to approximately $380,600, according to a new report by TD Economics.

Home sales also improved in some cities including Calgary and rose by 0.6 per cent in April compared...

'Top Chef Canada' is ending its third season with a delicious finale in Calgary.

Connie DeSousa, finalist on Top Chef Canada's first season and co-owner of CHARCUT Roast House, is a guest judge on the show. Juno Award winning singer Jann Arden and Rush Restaurant owner...

While the love for bacon might be reason enough to wear a bacon suit, Trevor Gibbons decided to participate in Calgary's burger week wearing one.

"My friends always ask me where the best burger is," says Gibbons, so he declared himself an unofficial judge and ate every participating burger in...

You know who loves Reddit? Canada.

Canadian cities ranked among some of the top users of Reddit across the world in the past 12 months.

Maybe it's the long cold winters or the NHL lockout that inspired the obsession, or maybe Canadians just can't get enough...

It's a burger lover's dream come true.

An entire week, dedicated to finding the best burger in Calgary, with dishes created to impress.

Calgary burger week puts 16 restaurants across the city to the test. Running from May 3-10, the initiative lets food enthusiasts vote online for their...

A Calgary Craigslist poster is taking the "honesty is the best policy" rule to heart.

Selling a 1993 pickup truck, the poster warns its "ugly as f***," but "it runs forever," balancing the good and the bad about the vehicle.

There's a crack right across the...

Calgary celebrated its first ever Pay It Forward Day on Thursday and the movement quickly picked up steam across the city.

Calgarians took to social media to share how they paid it forward, which included buying coffee for people and handing out chocolates around town.

"I...

Calgary celebrated its first ever Pay It Forward Day on Thursday, joining in on a global movement to fuel positive energy and acts of kindness that ask for nothing in return.

The event was held at Olympic Plaza and had a DJ, a dance competition, free bottles of...

Police have charged Frederik Dekker, of Burdett, Alta. after a customer found a video camera in a washroom at a Taber gas station.

The public played a huge part in the investigation, police say.

"Without the tips we received from the community at large, we would not have been able...

The rate of inflation in Alberta was the lowest across the country for the month of February, a slight increase for a province that experienced deflation in January.

Last month's rare deflation meant that the price of foods and services actually dropped in Alberta.

But across...

A vote by Calgary Co-op members on Wednesday set the chain on the path to becoming the first major grocer in Canada to phase out eggs and pork produced from pigs and chickens kept in confinement cages.

Members present at the general meeting voted in favour of phasing out, over...

A new air travel initiative will see jetliners currently sitting idle, after ferrying labour to and from the oilsands during the week, offering a cheap, on-demand international flying option on the weekends.

Jump On Flyaways and Enerjet have partnered to provide a sort of on-demand charter service, that...

When Alberta artist Patrick LaMontagne painted a portrait of Martin Sheen and shared it on his social media account, he did not expect his work to find its way to Sheen himself.

But when Sheen's son Emilio Estevez, who was tagged in LaMontagne's mention on Twitter, saw the...

Calgary is home to a new centre designed to help conservatives win elections.

Preston Manning launched the new Manning Centre in Calgary on Wednesday, a training facility primarily for those who subscribe to conservative values.

The facility will train those involved in various aspects of politics and campaigning...

PETA protesters, wearing nothing but green bikinis and body paint, took to Stephen Avenue Mall on Tuesday to tell downtown Calgary passersby to go vegan.

The pair handed out leaflets that read "Meat's not green," and "Live Green. Go Vegan."

"Between polluting the soil, water, and air and gobbling up...

We know, its scary to think about it. While we're all praying to the hockey Gods to give us a season full of cheerful, body checking, energized hockey, its always good to be prepared for the worst.

If the NHL and Players' Association can't come to an agreement soon,...

Recent beef recalls from Alberta plant XL Foods has led to heated discussions, as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and XL Foods defend a delay in alerting the public about a possible E. coli contamination while others question it.

Food safety officials in Ottawa insist that there was...

E. coli fears have prompted a beef recall from stores in 30 states in the U.S., including Walmart and Safeway.

Along with Walmart and Safeway, the retail chains involved in the XL Foods recall in the U.S. include Kroger, Jay C, FoodsCo., Food4Less, Albertson's and Sam's...