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Banff is expected to make $6.5 million from parking fees by the end of the year

Alberta's energy regulator will go ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite concerns about the legality of the applications from the province's top court.

Arthur Wayne Penner and Elijah Blake Strawberry will have a joint trial in the shooting death of Airdrie man Colin Hough.

Members of a Lethbridge, Alberta high school football team accused of sexually assaulting a teammate last fall won't face trial.

Wildfire danger risk in the Calgary Forest Area, which covers the MD of Bighorn, Bow Valley and Kananaskis Country, is currently rated high, with pockets of very high and extreme risk. 

Spectators can get up close to hot air balloons at the International Balloon Festival in High River tonight.

New data shows Alberta spends the lowest amount of money per inmate in Canada – a number the province says is value for money but critics label short-sighted and worrisome.

“We’re fully expecting Kananaskis Country is going to be extremely busy with larch season, especially if the weather is favourable.”

Parks Canada says the fire impacted a minimal amount of caribou habitat, but most vegetation at the breeding centre sustained varying levels of damage.

"There are nearly four cougars per 100 square kilometres in some parts of southwestern Alberta," according to Alberta Parks estimates from 2020.