Latest news by Global News contributors

• Driver behind fatal 2025 Leduc County drunk driving crash pleads guilty

  The driver behind the wheel of a SUV that crashed head-on into a car carrying a Alberta woman and her son plead guilty to impaired driving causing their deaths Thursday.

  Crime

  Aug 13
  
• 69-year-old Edmonton man dead following Parkland collision

  Parkland RCMP are still investigating the cause of a crash between a motorcycle and pickup truck on Highway 627 that resulted in the death of the motorcyclist.

  Canada

  Aug 13
  
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• City of Calgary making safety improvements at 15 storm ponds

  The city will be installing new signage and thicker vegetation around more than a dozen retention ponds, including one where a young girl drowned this summer.

  Canada

  Aug 13
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• Legendary Calgary Flames broadcaster Peter Maher dead at 79

  The legendary voice spent more than three decades filling the vehicles and living rooms of Flames fans, calling 2,954 Flames games -- including their 1989 Stanley Cup victory.

  Sports

  Aug 13
• 21-year-old woman killed in Strathcona County rollover

  An early-morning rollover Thursday roughly 20 kilometres east of Sherwood Park involving four young people has left a 21-year-old woman dead.

  Canada

  Aug 13
• Pumpkin problems: Alberta’s wet summer affecting annual crop

  Pumpkin patch owners in northern Alberta are looking at unprecedented options, like charging admission, or shipping in pumpkins, as the wet summer wreaks havoc on their crops.

  Canada

  Aug 12
• Charges laid in fatal 2025 crash in Calgary’s Temple neighbourhood

  A 26-year-old man has been charged with criminal dangerous driving causing death almost one year after a crash killed a woman in her 50s.

  Crime

  Aug 12
• Calgary police investigating masked, armed robbery at restaurant in Canyon Meadows

  Police received reports just before midnight on Aug. 10 of two men entering Austin's Bar and Grill with a weapon. The suspects stole cash before fleeing in a dark SUV, police say.

  Crime

  Aug 12
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• Alberta RCMP officers set to switch to new uniforms this week

  The new navy blue uniforms will begin to be worn by front-line officers starting on Aug. 15. Some officers may continue wearing the current grey uniforms for some time, RCMP say.

  Canada

  Aug 12
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• Adult, youth charged with firearms offences after Louis Bull First Nation incident

  A 23-year-old and 17-year-old are now facing charges after a call for a firearm threat on Louis Bull First Nation on Aug. 6, RCMP say.

  Crime

  Aug 12