Local, Regional News

The "Canadian dream" persists among most homebuyers with single-family detached homes remaining their housing type of choice, a new survey has found. Read More

Housing affordability in Canada is improving, a new study has found. National Bank of Canada Financial Markets issued a report in March examining mortgage payments as a percentage of household income at the end of 2024, finding the metric fell nearly one percentage point in the fourth quarter from the previous one. Read More

Canadians remain bullish on homes despite a challenging economic environment, a new survey has found. Online personal finance resource NerdWallet released a new survey in March that found 54 per cent of the more than 1,000 respondents stated they plan to buy a home in the next five years. Read More

Zayne Parekh was, honestly, a little shook. Read More

The national media aren't saying much about our Vancouver Canucks after their 5-0 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night. And maybe that's how you know we're done – they've moved on. The vultures have stopped circling. Read More

At the very top of the list of things nobody thought they would ever say about the Edmonton Oilers is this: “Aside from McDavid and Draisaitl being injured two weeks before the playoffs, things are going pretty well right now.” Read More

Canadians are losing billions to online investment fraud, according to Pamela McDonald of the B.C. Securities Commission. Read More

Now that B.C. has scrapped its consumer carbon tax, an energy advocacy group has renewed its call to change incoming building code requirements for the electrification of home heating. Read More

Pool season seems imminent. So, naturally, we’re thinking of stylish new swimsuits to slip into to make a stylish splash this spring. Read More

B.C. Conservative MLA Jody Toor is on the verge of accomplishing a rare feat: getting an opposition private member's bill passed in the legislature. Read More

Cult of Hockey writer and podcaster Bruce McCurdy always loved to explore how luck played out in Edmonton Oilers games, his half-joking suggestion being that the fate of each contest was in the hands of "the Hockey Gords," a reference to the late great Gordie Howe in hockey heaven. Read More

Tenants of the recently sold historic Edmonton building, the Annamoe Mansion at 11950 100 Ave., will be looking for new homes over the coming months after the property's new owners sprung an $1,800 jump in rent for all units on Tuesday. Read More

A: Let me start off by saying how sorry I am that you lost your home. You and all the other brave homeowners in Jasper are an inspiration to all of us. When it comes to your peonies, it would be best if you could put them in some potting mix in a plastic garbage bag or in a large pail. Make sure they are covered with the mix. The potting mix will act as insulation and also help keep them from drying out. You can mist the mix lightly every so often as well. Read More

Smokey: It’s local musician and public art master Smokey Johnson’s 45th birthday and, in honour of it, he’s released a beautiful, rather chipper new indie pop song called Ready to Die. Read More

It should have been a good day for Premier Scott Moe. Read More

Planning to spend the weekend indoors? Wide Mouth Mason has you covered. Read More

According to calculations by Vancouver’s Fraser Institute, between 2007 and 2022 Alberta and Albertans sent $245 billion more to the federal government than the federal government sent back to this province in the form of pensions and social payments, unemployment benefits, research grants, health care contributions, affordable housing construction and so on. Read More

"Never in doubt", as our dearly departed colleague would have said... Read More

The Calgary Flames did exactly what they were supposed to do. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers had just two objectives when they took on the easiest mark in the NHL Thursday night — collect the free points and stay healthy. Read More