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The occasional appearance of an actor on stage, sans clothing, is no longer an overly startling event. Established theatre companies across North America — including those in Calgary, such as Theatre Calgary and One Yellow Rabbit — have demonstrated that nudity on stage can successfully convey certain emotion and reflect theme, while pushing limits or stirring debate. Read More

Just say it ain't so, prime minister. Just say it ain't so. Read More

Last January in Calgary, Danielle Smith participated in and helped legitimize a Tucker Carlson presentation. Since that time Tucker has visited with Putin to listen without critically questioning his rationale for invading Ukraine. More recently, he hosted Holocaust-denier Darryl Cooper and the recording was posted by Elon Musk who described it as “very interesting” and “worth watching." Read More

2018 was something of a banner year for this long-term follower of the Edmonton Oilers to get his first in-person viewings of some up-and-comers whose futures would become intertwined with the local NHL club. Read More

Bill Pratt didn't mince words while publicly declaring himself as a candidate for mayor of Regina in the 2024 municipal election. Read More

A crash between two vehicles killed a 14-year-old girl in Lethbridge on Tuesday morning, according to the RCMP. Read More

JASPER — Town council in Jasper heard Tuesday it won't be possible to secure temporary housing for everyone who lost their homes in a devastating wildfire in July. Read More

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and innocent teenager Alfred Wong who was passing by in his parents' vehicle. Read More

Big spending on big projects in recent years like expensive LRT lines and road upgrades is leaving little room for new major projects in Edmonton's near future. Read More

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith is defending recent policy announcements at private party events, saying Albertans are kept in the know and shouldn't be caught off guard by her agenda. Read More

Delta Mayor George Harvie says he’s upset by a last-minute attempt to scrap a resolution before next week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention that is designed to fund port police to tackle organized crime on the waterfront. Read More

VICTORIA — This week’s election eve update on provincial finances was shocking even by the devil-may-care fiscal standards of the David Eby government. Read More

Many business leaders feel the province is “closed for business,” according to B.C. Chamber of Commerce CEO Fiona Famulak. Read More

Premier Danielle Smith remains committed to Calgary's Green Line project, a representative from her office said — but only if the future LRT line remains above-ground. Read More

We have a provincial election looming within the next month, so whichever decision British Columbians make will no doubt have a huge impact on the entire province. Unless we do our extensive research on candidates that run for office, we are certainly not going to end up with positive results. Staying home on election night is not the answer. So unless we get out there and vote, we get the provincial politicians we deserve. As the late comic genius George Carlin once said: “If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish, ignorant leaders.” Read More

Re: Metro Vancouver has a rare level of density Read More

Lethbridge police are investigating an early Tuesday morning incident in which a woman was violently attacked while sleeping. Read More

Hundreds of Calgarians paused in silence outside City Hall on Tuesday as a bell tolled 77 times to recognize the number of city firefighters who have given their lives in service to the city. Read More

A Vancouver police officer could face charges in the fatal shooting of a man in the Downtown Eastside two years ago, according to B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. Read More

Calgary has completed repairs on four out of eight sites along the Bearspaw south feeder main and is now in the final stages of backfilling the pipe and paving the route to bring the road along the sites back into service. Read More