Local, Regional News

It can be difficult to get people to pay attention to municipal government, but this week, Vancouver city council found a way to do it — just not the way it would have wanted. Read More

Just hours after the home of a Calgary homicide victim was torched, one of his alleged murderers confessed to his sister, court heard Thursday. Read More

The federal government's move to slash immigration levels could be a step in the right direction, as long as it doesn't come with cuts to funding for settlement and infrastructure supports for existing migrants, local advocates and experts say. Read More

This in from The Athletic, their rankings of NHL front-offices based on votes from 40 NHL executives, with the Edmonton Oilers ranking 15th out of 32 teams, tied there with two other teams, Utah and Pittsburgh, Read More

As the story goes, Dr. Jack Taunton and Phil Knight were buddies from running marathons together, and Knight asked Taunton if he wanted to get involved in a little running shoe company he was starting up called Nike. Read More

Connor McDavid treated the question like it was dumb-dumb stuff, like an empty net shot, middle of the ice from 15 feet out, goalie pulled, nobody chasing him. Read More

The District of North Vancouver is getting ready for another bout of rain after an atmospheric river weather system drenched B.C.’s south coast last weekend, triggering a mudslide and localized flooding that killed at least three people. Read More

Climate change means heat waves will affect river flows earlier in the spring until later in autumn, raising concerns about summer water supplies for municipalities and farmers, according to new research carried out at Simon Fraser University. Read More

A week after its official opening, Dr. Don Morris was still between his offices in the city's old cancer centre and its sparkling successor. Read More

'Touchdown' Tommy Stevens is a step or two away from joining elite company. Read More

Jenga the giraffe has died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Read More

Where NHL Central Scouting slotted Vancouver Giants star Cameron Schmidt this week smacks another dent into the whole idea that size is mattering less in the league. Read More

With Brian Thiessen entering as another mayor hopeful, the 2025 race already has several players vying for city council's lead seat. Read More

Changes to provincial levies mean the cost of buying a home in Alberta has increased — though the province still has the country's lowest fees for homebuyers. Read More

VICTORIA — Voting officials say recounts in two ridings that could determine the outcome of B.C.’s election won’t start until Sunday afternoon — and it won’t be until Monday before the makeup of the legislature is finalized. Read More

Edmontonians are increasingly big on bungalows. Read More

A crowd of several thousand public sector union workers rallied outside the Alberta legislature building over the noon hour Thursday demanding better pay and improved working conditions in a demonstration amid continued bargaining with some of the province's largest unions. Read More

Cheryl and Bill Massie adored acreage life just outside Calgary. Yet like so many greying couples whose children have grown up and had kids of their own, they found their home became too much home. Read More

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he will commit to working with the federal government to address homelessness, even as Ottawa plans to bypass the province and work directly with municipalities. Read More

Police have arrested the last of four men charged in a 2023 homicide in Edmonton's McCauley neighbourhood, police said Thursday. Read More