Teemu Selanne scored the shootout winner as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Monday night.

Officials have ordered the demolition of a southwest Calgary house that partly collapsed Monday afternoon during renovations.

Calgary city council rejected adding funding for new transit peace officers on its first day of budget deliberations, keeping the proposed property tax increase at 4.8 per cent for now.

Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann is standing by comments he made about how the rollout of the province's H1N1 vaccination program may have created delays that resulted in deaths.

Flames captain Jarome Iginla looks to build on his first hat trick of the season and help Calgary end its recent struggles against the lowly Ducks in Anaheim on Monday at 7 p.m. PT.

Alberta’s H1N1 vaccination program will open up to the general public on Monday.

Farmers and ranchers shouldn’t be blamed for low-flying aircraft suspected of being used by big game hunters, a rancher says.

A Rocky Mountain House trucking firm will appear in court in December facing environmental charges for waste burning.

Two people face drug trafficking charges after Rimbey RCMP busted a marijuana growing operation on Wednesday near Gull Lake.

Students from the Samson Band High School and the Muskwachees Cultural College in Hobbema take to the streets in Hobbema on Thursday to celebrate National Addictions Awareness Week.

City council has approved a two-year pilot project to help remove snow from secondary streets after snowfalls. The $1 Million a year pricetag will come out of the Fiscal Sustainability Reserve fund - meaning it won't affect the property tax rate. The idea was pushed by Mayor Dave Bronconnier. He says the City would call on private firms to help clear out residential streets that city crews are ...

By a vote of 9-6, City council rejected cutting LRT Park n' Ride fees from $3 to $1. Transportation General Manager John Hubbel says if the fee cut went ahead, it would mean another 40 000 hours of transit service cuts, less money spent on cleaning LRT stations and layoffs of protective staff. Earlier, council voted to scrap the $3 parking fee at bus rapid transit parking lots. The city had only ...

A house on Cliff Street S.W. is being demolished after the foundation at the rear of the home gave way Monday afternoon. The fire department says the home, which was apparently undergoing renovations, is a safety hazard. Neighbours on either side have been evacuated. Despite four people being inside at the time of the collapse, no one was hurt.

Seven protesters have been charged with mischief after sitting in the Federal Environment Minister's Calgary office for eight hours. The protesters walked into Jim Prentice's riding office about 10 a.m. Monday, saying they weren't leaving until he signed a promise about global warming in advance of climate talks in copenhagen next month. They want him to commit Canada to reducing greenhouse gas ...

RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating a fatal incident at Syncrude's Mildred Lake North mine site near Fort McMurray. Two heavy hauler trucks were involved. One driver is dead, the other is recovering in hospital. Syncrude emergency response personnel attended the scene, which is now secured for the investigation.

This past year's spring drought has continued to have ripple effects beyond the fall harvest. Chole Cartwright owns Hummingbird B+B and hay farm near Bottrel. She still has hay sitting in her shed since she decided not to sell it to a hay plant, but keep it in the area for the local market.[...]

Thanks to some good years and proper fiscal management, the Town of Cochrane will be able to deal with a rough 2010 and prepare for brighter times ahead, said the Mayor. Mayor Truper McBride said Nov.[...]

The Cochrane Environmental Action Committee (CEAC) and its members are a testament to the power a small group of dedicated citizens can wield. As 2009 draws to a close, so to does the 20th anniversary of CEAC.[...]

Reagen Sulewski sports@cochranetimes.com The Cochrane Movie House will temporarily close up shop for two days to finish renovations, but some movie buffs will get a sneak peak at the brand new layout of the theatre this week.[...]

Cochrane's cowboys had a rough ride at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. Three local cowboys were in competition at the CFR in Edmonton from Nov. 11 to 15, brothers Tanner and Baillie Milan in steer wrestling, and Steven Turner in bullriding, with none of them coming away with a championship.[...]

CALGARY - Calgary council has decided not to add the cost of 12 new transit peace officers to next year's budget.

Alberta's privacy watchdog says he's "stunned" by a report the city has lost an average of one laptop a month that could contain personal data.

EDMONTON - Mayor Stephen Mandel says he's concerned by an auditor's report indicating officials have only looked into the circumstances of one of 48 missing city laptops to see if personal data was lost.

EDMONTON - The Leduc man who died in a fiery crash outside Hinton Thursday was an animal lover who enjoyed fishing and camping, his family said Monday.

CALGARY - Warrants for attempted murder have been issued for two people after an improvised explosive device was left at a Rundlehorn Drive NE home over the weekend.

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Larry Gilmour, 55, unsuccessfully panhandles former federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion in downtown Victoria, where Dion attended a meeting on homelessness in November 2007.

VICTORIA – All B.C. residents are now eligible for the H1N1 influenza vaccine, and the provincial health officer is hoping that available supplies available around the province are used up as soon as possible.

Finance Minister Colin Hansen has extended an extra break for new homes from next year's harmonized sales tax. VICTORIA – The B.C. government is giving a bigger break to new home buyers in the latest move to ease the impact of next year's harmonized sales tax.

A plan to triple the size of the emergency room at the Kootenay Lake Hospital became a little more real with the hospital announcing it awarded the contract for the project.