Local, Regional News

A new version of a government-commissioned report about Alberta's inactive oil wells and what to do about them now says the province should manage a new insurance fund, rather than backstop it with taxpayer funding. Read More

There could be another option for the next provincial election after Karin Kirkpatrick, a former B.C. United MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, registered a new party with Elections B.C. Read More

A B.C. Conservative MLA is under fire for posting a map that referred to Western Canada, including most of B.C., as a separate state under the protection of the U.S. Read More

A Mexican with alleged cartel ties is seeking refugee status in Canada — a decade after he told an undercover B.C. police officer that "he was a hitman for hire." Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't want to be "exuberant about dodging the bullet" with U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement but that it might push a trade agreement renegotiation until after the April 28 federal election. Read More

Downtown Vancouver is growing, but fewer people are visiting. According to a new report from the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association, foot traffic dropped by 7.8 per cent in 2024, the first decline in visitors since the pandemic recovery began in 2020. Read More

A new collective bargaining agreement for Saskatchewan teachers has been signed by both the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, according to the two parties. Read More

Calgary police have charged a man who is suspected of fraudulently selling lots at an undeveloped RV park southeast of Sundre, allegedly costing his victims $1.5 million. Read More

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby led off debate this week on Bill 7, the controversial legislation giving the NDP cabinet extraordinary powers to fight the tariffs from the U.S. Read More

CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't want to be "exuberant about dodging the bullet" with U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement but that it might push a trade agreement renegotiation until after the April 28 federal election. Read More

The September backdrop was drought and the 2024 California wildfires. The location was Donald Trump’s expensive Los Angeles golf course. The words uttered by the Republican presidential candidate were that the Columbia River Basin was “essentially a very large faucet” and if all that water was diverted from the Pacific Ocean, “all of that water would come ... right into Los Angeles.” Read More

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invites Americans to pause tariffs to enable her fellow-Albertan, Pierre Poilievre. At the same time pitching sovereignty, which in reality is a bid for secession. There’s just no other way to square her continually disruptive political rhetoric about "Alberta First". Read More

The Vancouver park board’s refusal to renew the 50-metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatics Centre (VAC) is a continuing trend of reducing aquatic facilities throughout the city. This occurs at a time when the population is booming, physical activity levels are at historic lows and mental illnesses are increasing. Read More

The last time the Canadian women’s soccer team wore their Maple Leaf crests on B.C. Place’s turf, it was a party. A bittersweet one, but a party nonetheless. Read More

On New Year's Day, most of the models that project NHL playoff odds said the Vancouver Canucks had a two-in-three chance of finishing the regular season as a Stanley Cup playoff team, give or take. Read More

Premier Danielle Smith is criticized from the outskirts of her Conservative camp for declaring that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war on Canada is virtually over. Read More

As the Saskatchewan government looks to buy local wherever possible in response to tariffs, the province also cautions it's not always that simple. Read More

Prosecutors have dropped a pair of charges against the owner of a problem-plagued Edmonton apartment building where a security guard was killed last year. Read More

The man accused of fatally stabbing a Calgary woman in the city’s Beltline three years ago is also alleged to have carried notebooks filled with disturbing handwritten notes and sketches the morning of the attack, a jury heard Thursday. Read More

Cavalry FC went into the off-season with an if-it-ain’t-broke, don’t-fix-it attitude towards its soccer roster. Read More