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Calgary·Updated Alberta is bringing in new rules this fall to ensure that only what it calls “age appropriate” books are available in school libraries. Minister says move spurred by novels depicting sexual, LGBTQ+ content in librariesThe Canadian Press · Posted: May 26, 2025 1:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14Continue Reading

Calgary The Calgary region is getting prepared for a surge in visitors ahead of next month’s G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.,  and hotel rooms are already nearly impossible to find. Calgary Chamber says summit could generate $190M for local economy Joel Dryden · CBC News · Posted: May 26, 2025 8:00Continue Reading

Calgary The new federal energy minister delivered a boisterous speech in support of the country’s energy sector on Friday morning, while highlighting his past involvement in the sector and the urgent need to build a variety of new energy projects. Tim Hodgson gets loud applause at sold-out event in downtownContinue Reading

Calgary·Updated Canada’s Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says there’s a sense of unity after emerging from a summit with his counterparts across the G7. Ministers and central bankers gathered in Banff, Alta., ahead of G7 leaders’ meetingThe Canadian Press · Posted: May 22, 2025 10:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 23Continue Reading

Albertans in the process of setting up new child-care facilities say they’ve had the rug pulled out from under them as the Alberta government abruptly informed them last week they would not qualify for grants under the federal-provincial child-care agreement. “I am devastated,” said Arshdeep Kaur, who is in the processContinue Reading

Calgary Federal prisons won’t be used to house inmates displaced by the G7 summit in Alberta in June. The province says it doesn’t plan to manage its prison populations the same way it did the last time world leaders met in Kananaskis, Alta. Ottawa hasn’t been asked to house thoseContinue Reading

As the measles outbreak grows in Alberta, some parents are feeling the strain. They’re trying to keep kids safe and navigate touchy vaccine conversations with friends and family, whether they’re pro-vaccines or not. Jillian Carter lives in Lethbridge, where the vaccination rate for kids who were seven last year rangeContinue Reading

Calgary Emergency room doctors in Lethbridge are warning that ongoing staffing shortages could make growing wait times even longer. AHS trying to hire 7 more ER doctors for Chinook Regional Hospital Jennifer Lee · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2025 3:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 21 DoctorsContinue Reading

Calgary Top economic officials from the G7 have locked in for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics, including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. Heads of World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Financial Stability Board also participating Matthew Scace · TheContinue Reading