Erika Stark
Edmonton Journal
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Developing: ASIRT investigating police shooting in Red Deer
Few details are available about an officer-involved shooting that took place in Red Deer on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team tweeted that the agency is investigating the shooting. However, the tweet said that no details would be released until Saturday afternoon. Earlier this afternoon, RCMP tweeted about a situation […] → Read More
Woman in life-threatening condition after hit-and-run in southeast Calgary
A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a motorist struck her at an intersection in southeast Calgary. Police say the woman was at the intersection of Midlake Boulevard and Bannister Road S.E. just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when she was hit. The vehicle fled the scene. → Read More
Father charged in death of four-year-old Calgary girl
Nearly a year after the death of a four-year-old girl, police have charged her father with second-degree murder. → Read More
Okotoks youth charged with distributing intimate images
RCMP charged three boys from Okotoks Monday after the trio was discovered to be distributing photos of their female peers. "These charges stem from ongoing investigations in which several friends were sharing intimate images of female peers," RCMP said in a release. → Read More
Five Things about Calgary's old streetcars
"Street Cars Are Running to the Fair." That Calgary Herald headline, which ran on Monday, July 5, 1909, announced the arrival of electric transit. For the next 41 years, streetcars snaked across Calgary, providing citizens with a network to get around the city. → Read More
Women cyclists already surpassing cycle track targets
Rebecca Cleaver used to have to get psyched up to go to work. It wasn't because she didn't like her job, but her commute as a cyclist required sharing the roads with cars. "I'd have to gear myself up for it," Cleaver recalled. → Read More
Man and five-year-old boy killed in collision near Taber, three more injured
RCMP say a man and a child are dead following a collision in southern Alberta and three others are injured. Two vehicles were travelling westbound on Highway 3, about 16 kilometres east of Taber, said Sgt. Marlene Brown. → Read More
Cycle track complaints have significantly decreased, 3-1-1 data shows
It was one of the most controversial city projects of 2015, but complaints about Calgary's cycle track pilot project have significantly decreased in the months since the network opened. → Read More
Man critically injured in fall from roof
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from a roof in southeast Calgary on Wednsday morning. Paramedics were called to a business in the 5700 block of 84 street S.E., just after 10:30 a.m. → Read More
City seeking artists to creatively illuminate West Eau Claire pathway
The city's public art department is looking for an artist to create something that Calgarians can walk all over. In of of its recent call to artists, the city said it's seeking someone to develop a... → Read More
What's in a name? Daesh, ISIL, and the significance of how we talk about terrorists
In the wake of the Paris terror attacks that killed 129 people last Friday, a conversation has surfaced around what to call the group claiming responsibility for the act. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has many names, and now, some are arguing that the group should be called Daesh. → Read More
Calgarians gather to show support in wake of Paris attacks
Damien Coroller had to turn off the news on Friday night. "I had to actually stop as the count was going higher and higher," Coroller said. "I had to stop. I was really saddened. → Read More
Updated: Wildrose leader urges Alberta conservatives to come together
The Wildrose party confirmed its support for Leader Brian Jean during a leadership review Friday night. Jean, who was elected as the leader of the party in March and replaced interim leader Heather Forsyth, received 78 per cent of the vote cast at the party’s annual general meeting in Calgary. In the eleven months since […] → Read More
Police seek witnesses to potential abduction on Stephen Avenue
Calgary police say a man was forced into a vehicle against his will after an altercation between two groups of people on Stephen Avenue Wednesday night. They’re now asking for public assistance in identifying the man who was potentially abducted. At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, a blue Dodge Calibre and a grey Chevy Cruze […] → Read More
Calgary police shoot man after ‘shocking, wanton’ post-hit-and-run attack, narrow miss for officer
'One officer had to take evasive and decisive action and dove out of the way to gain cover inside a Calgary police vehicle,' the city's police chief said → Read More
Five things about historic City Hall
City council will vote this month on whether to approve a $34-million renovation to the historic City Hall. At 104 years old, the building is crumbling, leaking and in "critical condition." It also has a storied past. The building's been the subject of demolition debates for decades. → Read More
Police seek witnesses after random downtown slashing
A man suffered a "significant" cut to his face after being approached and slashed by a stranger downtown on Wednesday afternoon. Around 1 p.m. the man was standing on the northwest corner of Macleod Trail and 7 Avenue S.E. An unknown man approached the victim and asked if he was selling drugs. → Read More
Cyber, tech crimes officers called in to investigate Calgary woman's death
Homicide detectives are working with cyber and tech crimes officers as they investigate the death of Amanda Antoni, whose body was found in her northeast Calgary home. Police were called to Antoni's home in the 0-100 block of Castledale Way N.E. at about 3:45 p.m. Monday. → Read More
Alberta woman distraught after finding her beloved dog impaled by an arrow on her porch
The vet told Joanne Butts that her dog's lung had also collapsed when the arrow pierced its shoulder, and they decided to put the border collie down → Read More
Woman traumatized after arrow kills beloved pet
Joanne Butts had just returned home from work when she noticed that something was wrong with Rosie. As usual, the central Alberta woman's beloved border collie was waiting for her on the porch of her rural home west of Spruce View when Butts pulled up at after 11 p.m. on Oct. 11. → Read More