Local, Regional News

OTTAWA — Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of colleges in Canada and two "entities" in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-United States border. Read More

After living for years in a refugee camp in Kenya, on the run from the regime in Ethiopia, Peter Tig made his way to Canada to start over. Read More

The 2024-25 Circle K Classic begins Friday with near consensus on which team is the one to beat in Calgary. Read More

Edmonton firefighters have reached a new deal with the City of Edmonton. Read More

The deals may not be what they once were but some Edmontonians continue to find themselves back at the mall every year for Boxing Day. Read More

Ah, the holidays. A time for everyone to eat, drink and be merry, and for Edmonton Oilers fans to take time to consider what is going on with their team. Read More

They were world-junior teammates and then minor-league roommates. Read More

CFB SUFFIELD, ALBERTA — A sprawling military training base more than twice the size of New York City in southeastern Alberta appears to be a shadow of its former self while its future use remains up in the air. Read More

The Velveteins: Rainbow-bridging the crisp and soaring psychedelia of the ’60s and the crunchy indie rock explosion that kicked off the millennium, these local funboys put on the kind of show where you end up effortlessly smiling and happy. Read More

The product: &Or Collective x Deux Lions. Read More

Bubbly really should be enjoyed throughout the year. Read More

It used to be Boxing Day sales meant big lineups and big savings on coveted products, especially electronics. Retailers used the sales to move items not sold before Christmas and customers would line up (sometimes overnight!) to snap up something they wanted at a steep discount. Read More

For the last 14 years, Edmonton's own Can Man Dan has been holding charity drives where he camps out in front of multiple Sobey's locations around town with an open door into the back of a truck. Read More

It's been a tough year for Mayor Jyoti Gondek, who contended with a citizen-attempted recall petition, slumping polling numbers, a catastrophic water main rupture and repeated clashes with the Alberta government in 2024 — particularly over the beleaguered Green Line LRT project. Read More

Sex parties; elder abuse; a Calgary father who wanted his daughter's killer to burn in hell; and one dad desperately trying to save his daughter's life. Read More

A new Lethbridge-based medical program that aims to ease southern Alberta's doctor shortage recently took a significant step toward preparing for its first students, naming Dr. Richard M. Buck as its regional lead. Read More

Surrey's Jagdeep Hayre works one full-time and four part-time jobs to pay the rent and put food on the table for her two children. Read More

Have you been to a museum lately? Read More

Over the course of the past year, Regina Leader-Post photojournalist Kayle Neis took thousands of pictures that tell the story of the city. Read More

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump apparently joked about Canada becoming the 51st state during his dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago last month. — from CBC News, Dec. 10. Read More