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Bestselling Vancouver author Bill Arnott’s latest book A Perfect Day for a Walk: The History, Cultures, and Communities of Vancouver, on Foot highlights the city's secrets and its people as it offers walkers a reminder to slow down and look around. Read More

The Vancouver Canucks. The Stanley Cup. Read More

Brandy West-McMaster rejoined the University of Regina Cougars in the offseason as their "interim" coach, an arrangement that included an 11-day trip to Finland that allowed her to learn very quickly about the players on her women's hockey team. Read More

You’ve really got to love Calgary city hall.  Read More

This month marks 37 years since we first saw Jonathan Frakes playing straight-backed William T. Riker on the bright, rumpus-room bridge of Enterprise-D — yet it’s hard to think of a more glowing era for the Star Trek actor-director and meme star than this one. Read More

The next Calgary driver who complains about traffic congestion — Marda Loop comes to mind — needs to be forcibly deported to the Centre of the Universe. Read More

Over the years, long-time Herald researcher/librarian Norma Marr prepared a feature called The H Files, in which she looked back at a myriad of Calgary news events. Here are some of her instalments that were published for September, including one article that encouraged kids to collect money for the Milk for Britain campaign instead of collecting Halloween candy.  Due to the Second World War, Britain put out a call for help, asking for donations that could support nutritional needs for kids in that country. The Kin Canada clubs were instrumental in taking up the call and by the end of the Milk for Britain campaign they had raised almost $3 million and sent 50 million quarts of milk to Britain. Read More

Re. "What they won't tell you about carbon capture," Opinion, Sept. 10 Read More

It's a good thing seals aren't on a humpback whale's menu. Read More

There's one big reason that Kris Knoblauch's Edmonton Oilers will be even better this season: championship-level defensive play. Read More

The wicked, intertwined nature of the problems facing B.C. communities of all sizes was described from the perspective of frustrated and fatigued municipal politicians and staff, police and public health officials at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference on Tuesday. Read More

Premier Danielle Smith insists she gets it. Read More

Water is life. Without water, there is no food. Read More

The number of big promises from Premier Danielle Smith is mounting sky-high. Read More

Premier Danielle Smith is uncorking the Alberta treasury for one of the biggest capital project announcements in Alberta’s history. Read More

The Alberta government says it will spend $8.6 billion over the next seven years to build as many as 30 new schools and create 200,000 more student spaces across the province. Read More

Patients waiting for days in a hallway. A lack of support during mass casualty events. Emergency room physicians quitting due to burnout. Read More

The Grey Cup Festival announced Tuesday that Canadian rocker Bif Naked will be one of its musical guests and she showed off a little of her B.C. Lions fandom in the aftermath. Read More

The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday that defenceman Alex Edler will sign a one-day contract in order to officially retire as a member of the NHL team. Read More

The Canada Border Services Agency has intercepted more than 1,200 litres of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a consignment of juice bottles inside a container bound for Australia. Read More