🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- ASIRT continues investigating a police shooting in southwest Calgary. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is named in the report as handling the matter in southwest Calgary. ASIRT's involvement means the incident remains under provincial oversight while police operational details are withheld pending the investigation.
💼 Economy & Business
- Calgarians' natural gas bills could soon rise as city addresses an infrastructure gap. City officials are examining an infrastructure gap that the report links to potential increases in natural gas bills for Calgary residents. The city is considering steps to tackle that gap while monitoring household energy costs.
🎨 Community & Culture
- Construction begins this month on the next phase of a $30 million revitalization along 8th Street S.W. The project is the next phase of a $30M revitalization focused on 8th Street S.W. Construction starts this month and will reshape commercial and pedestrian spaces on that corridor.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- E-scooter lithium battery fires in Calgary prompt safety reminders. Multiple lithium battery fires involving e-scooters in Calgary triggered a city response of public safety reminders. City fire officials issued guidance to residents and riders after the incidents.
🌦️ Weather & Roads
- Floating the Bow this summer? Officials offer a safety advisory for river users. The advisory targets Calgarians planning to float the Bow River this summer and provides safety guidance for river recreation users.
🏈 Sports
- Nathan Rourke returns and B.C. Lions win 27-24 over Hamilton after late 28-yard field goal. Rourke passed for 370 yards and completed 22 of 39 attempts, with touchdowns to Zander Horvath and Justin McInnis; Sean Whyte kicked a 24-yard field goal with 28 seconds left to seal the 27-24 victory. B.C. improved to 3-5 while Hamilton fell to 3-6.
- Trevor Harris throws for 401 yards as Saskatchewan routs Ottawa 42-20 and hits 40,352 career passing yards. Harris completed 30 of 38 passes for 401 yards and became the 12th CFL quarterback to surpass 40,000 career passing yards, reaching 40,352 and moving within 182 yards of Tracy Ham's 11th-place total.
📰 Also Today
- Fast-moving wildfire forces all of Summerland, B.C., to evacuate.
- Two years after the Jasper fire, tourism economy reassessed across Jasper.
- Air travel industry was on the brink, yet travellers continue flying.
- Canada faces demand for more Canadian-made water bombers; production questioned.
- Roughriders' Trevor Harris reaches 40,352 career passing yards.
- Guide published for floating the Bow River this summer.
- Evacuation order issued for Summerland, B.C., amid fast-moving wildfire.
