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Six years ago, I was thrilled to finally be able to move back to Canada to work at Simon Fraser University, although I had a good job at a well-regarded U.S. research university. Like most of my family, I am a proud product of our Canadian institutions. My son recently graduated from the University of Toronto, following in the footsteps of my mother, whose family came to Canada as post-war refugees from Estonia. Read More

Failing to slow down when blinded by the sunrise before striking and killing a jaywalking pedestrian should land a Calgary man a conviction under the Alberta Traffic Safety Act, a prosecutor said Thursday. Read More

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Two men and one woman from Alberta are charged with first-degree murder after human remains were found in a fire pit in the Kikino Metis Settlement in April 2024, police said in a news release Thursday. Read More

Nearly two years after being charged with ripping off an employer, a woman stands accused of embezzling nearly $600,000 from another Calgary workplace. Read More

Alberta Health Services has ordered the immediate closure of a Chinatown restaurant due to a "significant" cockroach infestation and several other Public Health Act violations. Read More

The defence will not be calling evidence in the trial of five members of Calgary's Eritrean community accused of taking part in a riot, court was told Thursday. Read More

While U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned the founder of the dark web's "Silk Road" drug market, a B.C. man charged in the same case still faces an extradition hearing next month. Read More

VICTORIA — British Columbia ombudsperson Jay Chalke says he’s satisfied the provincial government has fixed a problem that shortchanged caregivers of children with disabilities by nearly $1.2 million in federal funding. Read More

In the early 1960s, the Canadian government shuttered the Indian Day School on the Kehewin Cree Nation reserve, leaving a community of students without a place to learn. Read More

Demolition of the River Run condo complex is officially underway, eight months after residents were forced to vacate the downtown property. Read More

There have been a lot of scary moments and feelings of uncertainty for Cindy Rowan over the last week when she's visited her 18-year-old son Chase Delorme-Rowan in a hospital in the Dominican Republic. But on Wednesday, she simply couldn't contain her excitement. Read More

Kicking off Wednesday and running through next Saturday, the adventure-based Flying Canoë Volant returns to Mill Creek Ravine and beyond! Read More

Four housing operators have been selected to deliver nearly 400 below-market housing units across Calgary, the city announced Thursday. Read More

Representing Canada at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or competition will be a major career moment for Chef Keith Pears. Read More

There's a wonky narrative out of wild-eyed Vancouver right now that Canucks forward Conor Garland is Public Enemy #1 in Edmonton, with a target on Garland's back for tonight's rematch from Saturday's controversial game. Read More

There aren’t many people who have watched Clark Bishop up close recently more than Rory Kerins. Read More

After Piikani Nation RCMP repaired a "broken relationship" with the community, starting the first Citizens on Patrol chapter in the community was much easier, says the detachment's commander. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers without Connor McDavid, or the Vancouver Canucks without Tyler Myers. Read More

One man has been charged in connection with a shooting in Dawson Creek on the weekend that left one person dead and another injured. Read More