Crews sent to clean up oil spill at Lloydminster, Sask.

Crews were cleaning up after an oil spill northeast of Lloydminster, Sask., on Tuesday.

Video Hope for gorilla love at Calgary Zoo grows stronger

Matchmakers have identified a young male to take the place of Kakinga with the all-female lowland gorilla troop.

Video How chinook winds bring warmth to southern Alberta

Calgary almost broke a 101-year-old temperature record for Valentine’s Day as chinook winds continue to bring warm winds to southern Alberta this week. Here's a look at why chinooks happen, and how often the city has them.

'I'm just suggesting that you're harming your cause the more you talk': Nenshi and Chu trade barbs in council

by Drew Anderson

It's not the first time and it likely won't be the last, as Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Coun. Sean Chu exchanged barbed words in council chambers on Tuesday.

Now-empty air hangar has cost Alberta government $4.9M since 2013

by Michelle Bellefontaine

The government hopes to find someone to take over its decade-long lease for an empty air hangar at Edmonton International Airport, says Transportation Minister Brian Mason.

Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart quits Calgary Police Commission

The move comes a day after commission chair Brian Thiessen said she may have violated its code of conduct by speaking publicly against the Calgary Police Service

Men who killed Calgary teen in 2013 swarming ask Appeal Court to overturn convictions

by Meghan Grant

All three men convicted of killing Lukas Strasser-Hird — a Calgary teen who was swarmed and beaten in a Calgary alley in 2013 — have asked the Alberta Court of Appeal to overturn their convictions and order a new trial.

Video Childhood chums have exchanged same Valentine's card since 1937

by Dave Dormer

Childhood chums Bob Trentham, now 89, and Don Borwick, now 88, have been exchanging the same Valentine’s Day card since they were Grade 3 classmates at a one-room schoolhouse in Alberta.

MLA Deborah Drever mourns sister, Victoria Levesque, whose body was found east of Calgary

Calgary MLA Deborah Drever is grieving the loss of her sister, Victoria Levesque, whose body was found east of the city on Saturday.

Seeking L.B. Middleton or family: Your stolen WWI medals have been found in Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat police say they've recovered two medals from the First World War that belong to an "L.B. Middleton," and they haven't been able to locate the rightful owner.

'When you meet the right person you really don't see the religion': Jewish man, Muslim woman happily married

by David Bell

His mother wanted him to marry a nice Jewish girl. Her mother didn't talk to her for months, then kept offering up dates with Muslim men within days of the wedding. But their interfaith marriage works: "I never thought I would, but when you meet the right person you really don't see the religion, the colour, you just marry that person."

Adjournment granted again in Lethbridge violent sexual assault court case

Another adjournment has been granted to an Alberta man accused in a violent sexual assault last September.

WinSport rink closures put Calgary hockey teams on standby

Hockey teams are scrambling to find ice time in Calgary this week after WinSport closed three of its four hockey rinks.

Rachel Notley: Alberta's most threatened premier

by Kim Trynacity

From deflecting an unrelenting torrent of social media attacks to seeing her face on a golf tournament target, Rachel Notley holds the distinction of being the most threatened Premier in Alberta history.

Video Edmonton man's dying wish to leave body to science denied

by Gareth Hampshire

The Alberta government is taking steps to improve programs that allow people to donate their bodies to science after one man's dying wish was recently refused.

Farmer harvests frozen field to salvage oat crop in viral video

by Wallis Snowdon

Clarence Ewasiw’s combine churns through the icy furrows, flinging straw into the snow. It’s a strange sight in February, even for an agricultural stronghold like Alberta’s Thorhild County.

CFL free agency: Stamps extend McDaniel, Johnson

There was a flurry of moves across the CFL as the league's free agency period opened on Tuesday.

'The last 5 weeks have taken a heavy toll,' say family of Douglas Garland's alleged victims

by Meghan Grant

The families of Nathan O'Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes, have issued a statement as they sit in a Calgary courtroom, once again listening to the gruesome details of their loved ones final, violent hours, as the Crown makes its closing arguments to the jury.

Bow Valley housing sales hum along

Realtors say 2016 housing sales along the Bow Valley between Harvie Heights and Exshaw showed some of the strongest numbers in more than a decade.

Video Life sweeter after husband receives kidney from wife

More than 330,000 Albertans have registered to be organ donors since Alberta's Organ and Tissue Donation Registry was launched three years ago. But 600 people are still waiting for organ transplants.

Calgary rethinks 17th Avenue overhaul as businesses sound alarm

The city is re-evaluating plans for a major reconstruction of 17th Avenue S.W. in response to concerned business owners along Calgary's vibrant stretch of restaurants, bars and shops.

Calgary CEO named to women's business council announced by Trump and Trudeau

A Calgarian is one of 10 female executives named to a new Canada-U.S. council focused on promoting women in business.

Nearly 80% of refugees employed within a year of landing in Alberta: StatsCan

by Erika Stark

A large majority of immigrants to Alberta integrate into the workforce within a few years of landing, new data from Statistics Canada show.

Q&A; Why your natural gas bill may seem higher than usual this month

Next time you open your natural gas bill, get ready for potential sticker shock. Alberta's new carbon levy is being tacked on for the first time this month — but that's only a small portion of the charge, according to Enmax.

Video Calgary's cōchu chocolatier wins international award

Anne Sellmer is the only Canadian to be named one of the 2017 International Chocolate Salon's top 10 best chocolatiers and confectioners in America.

Green Line LRT will be built in stages, city officials say

It's looking less likely that Calgary's next LRT line can be built from one end to the other at the same time, according to city officials.

Calgarian convicted of stabbing teacher to death arrested for alleged bail breaches

by Meghan Grant

Nicholas Rasberry — a Calgarian who is appealing a conviction for manslaughter after stabbing a neighbour to death — is facing four new charges for allegedly breaching his release conditions and obstructing a peace officer.

Super Bowl blamed for slow snowstorm cleanup

The Super Bowl affected Calgary's ability to deal with last week's multi-day snowstorm, officials say, as workers were hard to find.

WestJet takes on Air Canada on its home turf by adding service in Quebec

by Ross Marowits

WestJet is taking on Air Canada on its home turf in Quebec by pursuing one of the largest expansions in the airline's history after beefing up its service in French.

Lethbridge standoff with police leads to charges against 2 men

Two Lethbridge men have been charged with multiple offences after a lengthy standoff with police on Friday.

To infinity and beyond: Calgarians shortlisted to become Canada's next astronauts

by Dave Dormer

Calgarian Jameel Janjua’s current day job affords him some pretty spectacular views, but he’s hoping his next one will be even better.