Local, Regional News

A convict who became Canada's youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver. Read More

In the early 1900s, Canadian Northern aspired to become Canada’s second transcontinental railway. Read More

Vancouver is inching closer to allowing so-called "pod hotels," but the tiny accommodations aren't likely to be available in time for visitors in town for Taylor Swift's December concerts. Read More

The Surrey school district is looking for a contractor to handle recurring pest problems in some parts of the district. Read More

Rising pop starlet Sabrina Carpenter making her headlining debut, and a new Canadian hard-rock act packed with veteran players are among the five concerts in November that would look good on anyone's events calendar. Read More

A prolific shoplifter who pleaded guilty to stealing from three downtown Vancouver clothing stores and was sentenced to nine months of house arrest — more than double what prosecutors requested — has lost her appeal of the sentence. Read More

Police on Vancouver Island say they've arrested a man over gunshots and arson at the home of Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon in September, and another suspect is believed to have fled to India. Read More

Melina Bushenlonga was born in Greece, has lived in the Middle East and Switzerland and is now looking to bring parts of those places to Regina if successfully chosen as the city's next mayor. Read More

Carla Beck and the NDP came oh, so close ... yet somehow they remain oh, so far from governing Saskatchewan. Read More

Re. "Dropped charges against cop sends 'real bad message,' " Oct. 31 Read More

We still don’t know how the Edmonton Oilers are going to fare in the long haul without Connor McDavid, but what we do know for sure is they can beat the Nashville Predators no matter who is in the lineup. Read More

In the absence of their best player, the Edmonton Oilers played their best game of the 2024-25 season, a hard-working, hard-checking, hard-punching, hard-shooting 5-1 win over the Nashville Predators. Read More

An elderly woman is dead and her son is in hospital after a townhouse fire in the southeast community of Lynnwood. Read More

A transgender athlete at Vancouver Island University has taken to social media to speak out against mistreatment at the hands of her opponents from Columbia Bible College in a women's basketball game last weekend. Read More

A Law Society of B.C. tribunal has upheld and added to professional misconduct findings against Vancouver lawyer Neal Burton Wang. Read More

Vancouver police are preparing a report about how its officers notify families when a loved one dies after three sisters learned their mother died of an overdose three years after it happened. Read More

Vancouver city council’s recent decision to “confirm its interest” in granting the police access to more than 200 traffic cameras represents a significant step toward mass surveillance — one that should concern all Canadians. Read More

Commercial robberies were up by 70 per cent last month compared to historical averages, with downtown liquor stores, convenience stores and cannabis shops being the most frequent targets, new Calgary Police Service statistics show. Read More

Congratulations, Chris Morris. Read More

A specialized RCMP unit has taken down the largest illicit drug lab ever found in Canada, seizing record amounts of drugs, precursor chemicals and firearms. Read More