- Bearspaw water main fixed, restrictions lifted
- Calgary and surrounding municipalities (1.6 million residents) had water restrictions lifted Friday after the Bearspaw South Feeder Main returned to service.
- Mayor Jeromy Farkas said the line has failed twice in under two years and has been deemed "terminally defective." The city says the pipe must be replaced and repairs will be fast-tracked.
- Officials warned the repair is a race against time: it’s not if but when the line may fail again.
- New E.R. triage physician pilot to start Feb. 1 in Calgary and Edmonton
- Alberta announced a pilot for a triage physician liaison to help ease "extreme pressures" in emergency departments, starting Feb. 1 in Calgary and Edmonton hospitals.
- Role to be filled initially by existing doctors; long-term recruitment to follow, said Aaron Low, Chief Medical Officer of Acute Care Alberta.
- The physician will work alongside triage nurses and often begin care in waiting rooms to better stratify who needs urgent attention.
- Stabbing outside Henry Wise Wood High School: 17-year-old hospitalized
- Calgary police say a 17-year-old was stabbed around 2 p.m. Friday on a Calgary Transit bus near Henry Wise Wood High School (Kelvin Grove). The victim was rushed to Foothills Hospital in life-threatening condition; later upgraded to stable.
- The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution. One suspect fled but was taken into custody shortly after at another location.
- Crown seeks 16-year sentence for Calgary man who joined ISIS
- Crown prosecutor recommends 16 years for Jamal Borhot, 35, convicted in December of three counts for participation in ISIS activities in Syria in 2013.
- Defence recommended 12 years. Borhot’s cousin, Hussein, received a 12-year sentence in 2022. Court found Jamal recruited others, participated in violent acts and worked in administration; he returned to Calgary after about one year.
- Night ice canoeing on the Bow: multigenerational team heads to St. Lawrence race
- Calgary’s unusual night-time ice canoeing scene continues. Barney Mcilhargey, recruited in 1999 and now 72, still trains with a multigenerational team preparing to compete on the St. Lawrence River.
- Athletes practise navigating jagged ice and fast, frigid water; the story includes video coverage.
- E-bike battery sparked Edmonton highrise blaze; 2 hospitalized
- Edmonton Fire Rescue says a lithium-ion battery from an electric bike on a sixth-floor balcony caused a Wednesday apartment fire.
- Two people sent to hospital; 80 evacuated and 20 people remain displaced. Assistant Deputy Chief Justin Lallemand warned of rising incidents involving lithium batteries.
