Shannon Williams

Dozens gathered outside Sturgeon County Centre on Sunday to protest Meta's $13 billion data centre, organized by a 20-year-old county resident who says the opposition crosses party lines. A public town hall follows on August 22. The project is already approved on land zoned for heavy industry decades ago, which is why the tactic that stopped similar projects elsewhere isn't available here.

River Cree Resort and Casino is hiring twelve roles for Gordon Ramsay's first Canadian Hell's Kitchen, and six of them are front of house, so no culinary training required. The restaurant was announced for early 2026, moved to summer, and the resort's CEO said in February they were aiming at July. July has passed with no opening and no reservations. Ramsay may be there on the first night.

A banner hung on a barbed wire fence along Highway 779 northwest of Edmonton reads "The Indians have done nothing in over 100 years and now they wanna tell us how to run Alberta." Kara Burnstick of Alexander First Nation wants it investigated as hate speech. Three days later, Premier Danielle Smith said police should focus on violent crime, not free speech.

The Energy City Cactus Rats announced Sunday that no more games will be played at Energy City Metro Ballpark during the 2026 season, with the team's playoff games moving to Okotoks. The $50-million ballpark was announced in 2020 with a planned 2022 opening but remains unfinished, currently operating under a permit limited to 150 people while its website continues to advertise an "Inaugural Game Package."

Explore Downtown YYC is offering complimentary evening and weekend parking at the Harmony Parkade through June 2027, and drivers need to register their licence plate. It's part of a campaign launched Wednesday alongside a completed block of street reconstruction and a new safety hub staffed by police, Community Standards and Transit Public Safety.

Environment Canada is carrying a risk of a thunderstorm for Calgary today, and an Alberta storm forecaster says model guidance points to a setup capable of producing damaging hail, with initiation expected west of Water Valley and impacts possible in north Calgary or Airdrie.

Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's help finding Vada Baptiste, 15, last seen on August 6. She is described as five foot five, about 114 pounds, with long brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2200.

Environment Canada issued red alerts Tuesday evening for extremely dangerous thunderstorms near Coaldale and Claresholm, warning of baseball size or greater hail. Claresholm was pounded. Storms tracked east across southern Alberta into the night as part of a system running the length of the province.

Grammy award-winning country singer Luke Combs plays Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, May 29, 2027, one of just two Canadian dates on his 12-show My Kinda Saturday Night Tour. Treaty Oak Revival, Avery Anna, Shenandoah and Wyatt McCubbin open. Tickets go on sale August 21.

The Alexander Spa Hotel opens at 300 Spring Creek Drive in Canmore in early 2027. Adults-only, 45 suites, a 13,000-square-foot spa, geothermal heating, and an underground tunnel to The Malcolm Hotel next door. It's the second of three hotels planned on land the Kernick family has owned since the 1920s.