Mike Blanchard

A battle of words surrounding the Rocky View School District budget played out on a public Facebook page Friday night, with Airdrie MLAs and RVS trustees trading barbs. The exchange reached a fever pitch when Airdrie-East UCP MLA Angela Pitt posted a comment suggesting RVS should face an investigation similar to the audit into the […]

A house fire that started late Friday night in the southwest community of Glendale left one man dead, Calgary Fire Department officials say. Fire crews arrived on scene at Kelwood Place S.W. around 11 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of a fire from neighbours. There, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the back […]

An Alberta judge has dismissed a $10,000 fine imposed by the election commissioner against a Calgary man who exceeded legal political donation limits, citing an issue of procedural fairness. In her Dec. 6 decision, Justice Corina Dario ruled that though Glen Rumpel violated election law by donating $9,000 to the UCP in 2018, exceeding the […]

One man remains in hospital in serious condition after being stabbed in the northeast Calgary community of Falconridge early Saturday morning. Officers received calls to a Falconridge home around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, where they found an adult man who had been stabbed. He was rushed to hospital in serious condition. “It’s been serious since they’ve […]

If you want to start a ruckus at the Christmas dinner table, just get somebody started on the question of nutritional supplements. For every diner who believes that turkey, Brussels sprouts and fruit cake provide everything we need, there will be somebody who pops a handful of pills each morning. Who’s right? I took that […]

Nipa will not be deported from Canada. Instead, barring any last-minute political intervention, her children will

Comment Nation: We claim it, but we're not using it, while China and Russia build new icebreakers

Something will eventually knock us out of our complacency — and it'll take more than a letter from Washington, sadly

McKenna has gone from Minister of Build You Can’t, to overseer of Build We Must. Now her charge even includes dear me — eek! — pipelines

Canada would make an important contribution to the world if it proposed serious reforms to the UN, tying voting rights to respect for defined human rights