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If you want to get rid of ghosts, you call Ghostbusters, but what do you do if you're the ghost and you want to get rid of humans? Well, you call Beetlejuice but make sure you call him three times. Read More

The seizure intervention unit — it could be the name of a crime show about B.C.'s Civil Forfeiture Act, but it is in fact the name of the team that saved Keri-Rose Tiessen's life when a rare form of epilepsy began stopping her heart during seizures. Read More

When/where: Thursday, 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena Read More

The federal government has abruptly cut funding to programs throughout B.C. that help immigrants and refugees with language, literacy and community integration. Read More

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Ottawa Senators (16-13-2) at Calgary Flames (15-11-6) Read More

United States president-elect Donald Trump has bandied about the idea of Canada joining the USA. I think this is a boffo idea, which could be achieved after a few minor pre-conditions are met: Read More

An Indian national who was in Canada on a student visa has been handed an eight-year prison sentence for possessing fentanyl in Regina for the purpose of trafficking. Read More

Another year has passed, gifting us many exceptional albums from Edmonton musicians. While the Fresh Tracks column can't cover every release from local artists, here is a selection of some of the albums we continue to hit replay on. Read More

Declining inflation, a lowered interest rate, and a GST hiatus aren't likely to bring consumer spending over the holidays back to their historic highs, but they have helped push spending above last year, says an ATB analyst. Read More

The Siksika First Nation has made the difficult decision to file a legal challenge opposing the Alberta government’s decision to expand the Ghost Reservoir on the Bow River. We find ourselves fighting a project that, in broad terms, we were willing to support. Read More

The Town of Canmore’s leadership has framed second-home owners as an “existential threat” to the community, arguing that their presence drives up housing prices, making it unaffordable for local workers to live here. Read More

Edmonton Oilers (18-11-2) vs. Boston Bruins (17-13-3) Read More

The UCP will announce Thursday a pay boost of up to $250 million a year for Alberta family doctors, making them among the best paid in the country. Read More

The past year has been a good one for Calgary’s commercial real estate industry, bouncing back big time, says David Wallach, owner/broker at Barclay Street Real Estate. Read More

To his credit, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has not been feasting on the chaos created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in what surely are the waning days of his political career and this federal government. Read More

Re. "UCP government fails to live up to its stay-in-your-lane brand," Keith Gerein, Dec. 18 Read More

This in from Vancouver Canucks fan Liam Miller @millerthegoat, a viral video clip now viewed more than 500,000 times castigating Edmonton Oilers d-man Evan Bouchard for a goal against the Oilers against Florida where Sam Reinhart shot the puck from behind the net off goalie Stuart Skinner's facemask and into the Oilers net. Read More

Utah follows mountain standard time and maybe the adjustment of being one hour ahead is what confused the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Read More

SHAWNIGAN LAKE — Several B.C. media reports say one of two Central Saanich Police officers charged with sexual assaulting a woman they met on duty has died by suicide. Read More