Lauryn Heintz

Calgary, Okotoks

Web Editor and Reporter at CityNews Calgary

Web Editor and Reporter at CKAL-TV (Calgary, AB)

Web Editor/Reporter @CityNewsCalgary. Formerly @WesternWheel. @MountRoyalU alumni. Self-proclaimed celiac aficionado. Oilers fan in Flames land. Opinions=mine.

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Articles

Ground broken on new NW Calgary affordable housing project

2 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

Ground has broke on a new affordable housing development in the northwest Calgary community of Mount Pleasant. The 16-home mixed-income development will be built on the site of the former St. Joseph School and is expected to serve up to 45 residents. Construction is scheduled to be finished next summer, and residents should be able to move it shortly after.
Parkade cleaning, poor ventilation prompts carbon monoxide alarm at NW Calgary apartment building

2 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

An inadequate HVAC system combined with parkade cleaning prompted the evacuation of a northwest Calgary apartment building due to carbon monoxide Wednesday evening, the Calgary Fire Department (CFD) says. Firefighters were called to the area of 2 Avenue and 19 Street NW in West Hillhurst just before 6 p.m. Crews detected carbon monoxide levels as high as 100 parts per million within the building. Sixty people were evacuated as a result.
Alleged Medicine Hat drug dealers face charges after seizure

2 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

Two alleged drug dealers in Medicine Hat are facing several charges after police seized more than one kilogram of cocaine. Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) made the arrests and seizures on Tuesday with help from the Medicine Hat Police Service and Redcliff RCMP. The drugs seized have an estimated street value of $125,000. Two homes in Medicine Hat were searched following a planned traffic stop in Redcliff.
Child hit by vehicle in NE Calgary left with minor injuries

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

By Lauryn Heintz A child was left with minor injuries after being hit by a vehicle in Calgary's northeast Thursday morning. Calgary police say it happened around 8:48 a.m. at the intersection of Templehill Drive NE and Temple Drive NE, just blocks from St. Thomas More School. The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene.
Alberta teachers cast strike vote ballots

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

Starting Thursday, Alberta teachers will cast their votes on whether or not to proceed with a strike. Voting will continue until June 8. If the strike vote is approved, it will be good for 120 days. A 72-hour notice would have to be issued before educators could hit the picket lines. This comes after teachers voted 99 per cent in favour of job action last week.
Blanket rezoning increasing Calgary housing supply, variety: report

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

About a year since it was brought in, blanket rezoning is ushering in not only significant increases in housing supply in Calgary but also more diverse types of homes, according to a new city report. But some residents of Bowness, one of the communities in the city seeing a lot of development, still aren't fans of it. "It's been a challenge," said Marc Dennis, who has lived in Bowness for six years but plans to leave the community this summer.
Oilers fans find home in Calgary bars this Stanley Cup Final

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

About an hour before every Edmonton Oilers game for the next few weeks, Ernie Tsu plans to stroll down the street in Calgary for a cup of sake. Wearing his Oilers jersey, he'll then walk from the restaurant back to join a raucous crowd of Edmonton fans at his bar in the heart of Calgary's Red Mile, the name given to the stretch of 17th Avenue during the Flames' 2004 Stanley Cup run.
Calgary marks one year since catastrophic feeder main break

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

Thursday marks one year since the pipe carrying 60 per cent of Calgary's water supply burst in the northwest, prompting months of restricted water use and several investigations. It all started on the evening of June 5, 2024, when water began flowing onto 16th Avenue NW in Montgomery, drenching the Trans Canada Highway and neighbouring areas like Shouldice Park. Calgary later declared a state of local emergency.
Woman fined for dumping headless deer carcass at NE Calgary shopping plaza

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

A Calgary woman will pay a $3,000 fine for dumping a headless deer carcass in a northeast Calgary parking lot last year. Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers were called to the Monterrey Square Plaza at the northeast corner of 68 Street NE and the Trans-Canada Highway on Dec. 16, 2024 for reports a gutted and headless carcass of a mature white-tailed buck had been left near the commercial dumpsters behind a Co-op grocery store.
AHS warns of measles exposure at Calgary International Airport

3 days ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Lauryn Heintz

Alberta Health Services is issuing a warning after a person was in the Calgary International Airport while contagious with measles. Individuals who were at YYC on May 19 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the United States departure and Gate 90/92, as well as on WestJet/Delta flight #6336 to Salt Lake City International Airport, could have been exposed to the disease, AHS says.