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They say: A collection of colour makeup pencils for lips and eyes that are offered in 24 colours, a nod to the luxury French house’s flagship store in Paris located at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The brand has also released a line of lip liners under the same name. Read More

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say six impaired driving charges have been approved against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year. Read More

The Edmonton Police Commission recently produced some political pyrotechnics. John McDougall wanted to continue to chair the commission until the end of December 2024, and remain a member until the end of his term in 2026. None of that would be an issue except that he also planned to relocate to Portugal and engage remotely with the oversight process of a half-a-billion-dollar organization in Edmonton. Public criticism was swift and acerbic. Read More

Parents who let their toddler son die a painful, gruesome death; an unrepentant cat killer; and the murderer of a popular Banff resident. Read More

WestJet had a bumpy journey in 2024, enduring its first strike, a massive hailstorm in Calgary that damaged 10 per cent of its fleet, and delays in receiving new planes ordered from Boeing. Read More

Dane Dobbie and Curtis Dickson are proof positive you can come home — and make it work. Read More

Video of an Indigenous man who died during a confrontation with Calgary officers at a city hotel is "concerning," says city police Chief Mark Neufeld. Read More

The body of a 13-year-old boy was found outside a business in the south side of Lethbridge on Thursday, according to police. Read More

General manager Jeremy O'Day didn't even wait till Boxing Day to finish his quarterback shopping for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Read More

Regina police are seeking further information from the public after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the early hours of Dec. 25 in east-central Regina. Read More

A death investigation that began on Boxing Day is now being treated as the city’s sixth homicide of 2024, according to the Regina Police Service (RPS). Read More

Police are asking for the public's help after an inmate of Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre in Yorkton went missing. Read More

A look at Friday's Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. Read More

Seven-year-old Afra had her first Christmas tree this year. She and mother Mina Esteghamat learned together about stockings and decorations and the way a freshly cut fir tree smells indoors. Read More

WISH Drop-In Centre on Alexander Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will close its doors on Feb. 7 for two months, citing funding constraints, ahead of restructuring and service reductions. Read More

Somewhere in Winnipeg, there is a 41-year-old commemorative piece of Saskatchewan history that shouldn't much matter anymore. Read More

When Amber Walker met Ron Dutt, her collection of Fluevog Shoes numbered exactly four pairs. Read More

The colour of the semi-hollow electric guitar is called Blueberry Blast, the inlaid "Prestige" logo made of mother of pearl carefully cut into tiny pieces and glued into place — no stick-on decals for this North Vancouver guitar factory. Read More

A B.C. program that provides interest-free loans and grants to low- and moderate-income households to cover rent and bills has saved thousands of British Columbians from going homeless, according to a recent report. Read More

In Canada’s narrative of reconciliation, one chapter remains painfully incomplete: the story of the Métis Scrip System. Scrip was a sordid tool of dispossession that fractured Métis communities, took our lands, and left generations of Métis people marginalized in our own homeland. Until Canada fully acknowledges and addresses the deep injustices of the Métis scrip system, reconciliation will remain out of reach. Read More