Mike Blanchard

Weeks after nine-year-old Amal Alshteiwi committed suicide after allegedly being bullied at school, CBE officials are refusing to discuss the case but insist their anti-harassment protocols are working. That was vehemently rejected Monday by the girl’s parents, Syrians who fled that country’s war and came to Canada three years ago. The mother and father say […]

Businesses are bracing for more construction headaches along 17th Avenue S.W., as road work is set to resume next week following a temporary suspension while the Calgary Flames were in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The city pledged last month to suspend the project for the duration of the Flames’ playoff run, and local bar and […]

Calgary high school students are hoping to send a message to premier-designate Jason Kenney with a walkout to protest the incoming United Conservative Party’s stance on gay-straight alliances. Aimee, a 16-year-old Grade 10 student in Calgary, is one of the organizers of Alberta School Walkout. Postmedia has agreed not to use Aimee’s last name because […] […]

Three professional climbers killed in Banff National Park last week weren’t equipped with avalanche beacons during their descent of a remote peak off the Icefields Parkway when an avalanche came crashing down. The bodies of American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer were found Sunday after being swept away while climbing the […]

After a dismal winter, there are signs Canada’s housing market is coming to life. There was a slight bump in housing sales and prices in March, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.  Home sales rose 0.9 per cent nationally while the benchmark price rose 0.8 per cent. While the results are an improvement from […]

The figures underscore the enduring toll the war has taken on the mental health of many military members who served there

The Quebec and New Brunswick governments called for federal assistance as the provinces brace for heavy spring flooding this weekend

In one of her last acts as justice minister, Wilson-Raybould instructed Crown lawyers to be less adversarial in cases involving Indigenous groups

Alvin Yeung absorbed liberal notions during a youth spent in Canada — ideas he is now trying to disseminate in a less tolerant system

Such documents may be crucial for the defence's abuse-of-process motion, likely to be argued sometime in May