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A lawyer says there are options for the Vancouver park board and voters to legally challenge Mayor Ken Sim's bid to dissolve the board before the next municipal election. Read More

Moose Jaw chief of police Rick Bourassa has announced he will retire from the force in 2025 after 45 years in policing. Read More

Representatives of family doctors in B.C. say giving physicians paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a pension plan is one way to help attract more doctors to work in the province. Read More

The PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) unveiled the names and logos of the organization's six teams this week, ahead of the league's second season which begins in November. Read More

Police on southern Vancouver Island say they’ve arrested almost as many impaired drivers in the first eight months of this year than they did in 2023 in a concerning trend of people getting behind the wheel while drunk or on drugs. Read More

The Taylor Swift Eras tour will be landing in Canada in mid-November and fans are already planning special events and ways to celebrate the pop queen. Read More

An Edmonton Police Service 911 operator whose handling of a call from a trans advocate triggered a human rights complaint says he regrets some assumptions he made during the conversation, but otherwise defended his decision-making. Read More

A former teacher at a Bonnyville school is charged with multiple sex offences after a student was assaulted late last month, Alberta RCMP say. Read More

Two people have been charged after a drug-trafficking investigation in the Lower Mainland. Read More

Two men from Edmonton are facing multiple charges after a home invasion in Parkland County. Read More

1. Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays — Wade Davis (Greystone Books).  Read More

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Dear Rouge has a proven track record penning top 10 tunes. The Vancouver group's latest single Goon is its third to hit top spot on the Canadian Alternative Rock Chart. Read More

A man who allegedly stabbed two people while they were setting up a Regina yard sale has been released on bail. Read More

If you're looking to get lost in a book, maybe a free book will help. Read More

When I walked into Regina's Court of King's Bench on March 6, 2023, I sat down near a frail, 80-year-old man with a walker. Read More

If only we could "Stick to sports!" Read More

Home sales across B.C. slowed down in August compared to the same month last year and is nearly a quarter lower than the 10-year-seasonal average, said the B.C. Real Estate Association. Read More

Tonight marks the final game of the season at Nat Bailey Stadium as the Vancouver Canadians look to knot up the Northwest League championship with the Spokane Indians at 1-1 before the series shifts to Spokane for the remainder of the five-game set. Read More

RCMP exclusions and checkpoints used during the Fairy Creek logging protests on Vancouver Island were unreasonable, the federal RCMP complaints commission said Wednesday. Read More