A Calgary father who found his injured son at Nakiska on Boxing Day says the 17-year-old wasn't discovered for nearly three hours, after a mishap on his first run of the day. The teenager suffered major trauma to his head and remains in a coma in hospital.

Okotoks artist Therese Dal Kunicky's work involves a messy and labour-intensive first step: she makes her own paint. While it takes about 20 minutes to make a small batch of one colour of oil paint using such traditional methods, Dal Kunicky appreciates how the process slows her down.

After presiding over more than 6,000 weddings, Nomi Whalen helped tie the knot for one last couple Saturday. The well-known Calgary marriage commissioner is retiring after 37 years.

The Alberta SPCA's new investigation into the sale of fake hairless sphynx kittens will focus on the welfare of the counterfeit cats.

When bad weather stalled the helicopter rescue of an injured hiker off a mountain in southern Alberta, Jonas Hoke volunteered to spend the night outside with the hiker.

Calgary started with cops on horses when the N.W.M.P rode in around 1875. We still have mounted officers. Beyond the iconic image, it seems horse patrols can change the way we think of our neighbourhoods. Yep. Seeing an officer riding down your street just might make you feel a little safer.