Local, Regional News

Voters across B.C. of different political stripes say they've sent a message to Premier David Eby: they "are not happy" and want major policy changes in his new government. Read More

As with most things, there are pros and cons to conducting an orchestra from a piano bench. Read More

OneCity Coun. Christine Boyle has confirmed the timeline for her departure from city hall to take her new job as an NDP MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain. Read More

With Halloween creeping up in a day, little goblins and ghouls across Metro Vancouver are witching for good weather but wondering if they should pack an umbrella with the costume. Read More

Canada’s financial intelligence agency is warning about the ways that lawyers and other legal professionals could be aiding in money laundering. Read More

When/where: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Rogers Arena Read More

When Brett Kissel was 14 years old, his parents took him to the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Read More

Tom Barrett has forgotten more about the world than most of us will ever know. Read More

The keys to the Remedy Cafe kingdom are for sale. Read More

The 2024 Canadian Football League playoffs are here with the divisional semifinals set to get underway on Saturday. Read More

The humbled Premier Scott Moe telling voters he has heard them — even those voters of the NDP variety — might not have been most telling moment of Saskatchewan's 2024 election night. Read More

I have written previously about how dysfunction in public services, whether deliberate or not, can be weaponized by those who have something to lose from those services working properly. Read More

With that spookiest time of the year almost here, it seemed fitting to again dust off a few of our favourite ghost stories. Some of the following stories are old while others are newer and these ghostly tales that float around Calgary range from fun to frightening. An eerie bloodstain changes size in the attic of a 116-year-old house. A young boy cries for help near the bridge where he was brutally murdered more than seven decades ago. A disconnected phone mysteriously rings in a heritage home. The laughter of children drifts across the prairie where a schoolhouse fire once claimed their lives. Read More

Only one in two Saskatchewan residents who were registered to vote actually cast their ballots in the 2024 general election — a ratio one political science researcher says is troublesome. Read More

In May, the Alberta Electric System Operator tracked several proposed data centres that wanted to connect to the province’s transmission system. Read More

I just returned from a wonderful trip to the British Isles and was struck by how locals no longer choke on poisonous vehicle emissions in their city centres. In fact, I noticed the wonderful sounds of people instead of zooming car sounds. Whether by London’s Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles Zone, increased bike and pedestrian infrastructure in Midlands cities, and restrictions on when vehicles can enter city centres elsewhere, this is yet another example of Europe getting it right on downtown vibrancy. Read More

This in from TSN insider Darren Dreger from The Nielson Show, news that Oilers GM Stan Bowman is upping his aggression when it comes to acquiring another d-man for the Oilers. Read More

So with Connor McDavid hurt, and as of now no medical update on his left leg injury, the Edmonton Oilers have called up, not one, but two players from the farm. Read More

The average first-time homebuyer in Vancouver needs 13 1/2 years to save enough for a 10 per cent down payment, according to a new report from financial news site Money.ca. Read More

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby started the day with a summary of what the electorate did to the NDP government, even as it prepares to enter its third term of office. Read More