- Salon theft: two women allegedly run out on $800 bill
- Where: Harvest Hair Salon & Spa, northeast Calgary. Stylist: Rajie Virk.
- What: Colour correction, full-head highlights, haircuts and treatment on Dec. 19, 2025; total about $800.
- Status: Calgary police investigating; one woman left salon with a child, the other did not return from her car.
- Fatal Edgemont confrontation ruled self-defence
- Where: Residence on Edgemont Court, northwest Calgary; call to police about 4:15 p.m. (Friday).
- Victims: Man in his 40s died on scene; woman in her 30s injured and taken to hospital in stable condition; a third person (the woman’s father) uninjured.
- Police: After investigation, believe the death was an act of self-defence.
- Lethbridge River Valley fire ban after overnight blaze
- Where: River Valley near Scenic Drive and 10 Avenue South, Lethbridge.
- Incident: Grass/vegetation fire called in early Tuesday; crews contained fire before homes were reached.
- Action: Fire ban in place due to strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures; high risk of spread.
- Three teenage girls rescued from alleged sex‑trafficking in Lethbridge
- Date: Initial call Dec. 19, 2025; location: 500 block of 8 Street South.
- Victims: Three girls (one reported 14 years old); one allegedly drugged and forced to see several men over multiple days.
- Charges: Man charged with unlawful confinement, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
- Coastal First Nations meet PM Carney; pipeline opposition unchanged
- Where: Prince Rupert; who: Coastal First Nations, Lax Kw’alaams, Haisla Nation and Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- Message: Meeting described as "productive" but nations reaffirm opposition to any project that brings oil tankers to the north coast.
- Alberta flu peak likely past, hospitalizations falling
- Official: Dr. Vivien Suttorp, Alberta chief medical officer of health.
- Numbers: Peak hospitalizations 700 influenza patients on Dec. 31; current count reported at 513.
- Note: Influenza A test positivity and cases beginning to fall, but season not declared over.
