Local, Regional News

Alberta's health-care system has faced another challenging year, struggling to keep up with the surgical backlog, hours-long emergency department wait times, and the overhaul of the whole system. Read More

Canada’s health data are a shambles. During COVID-19, public health officials often could not even connect who was vaccinated with who was gravely ill in hospital. Read More

As the holiday season approaches, many of us reflect on the year gone by and consider how we can help others. Charitable giving often takes centre stage in our hearts, but the nature of charity itself is changing. Read More

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre gave a test drive in the House of Commons this week to his likely stump speech for the 2025 election. I'll suggest the speech did more than just hit the spot. It went viral online because it packed the punch of an Evan Bouchard slapshot, so devastating it brought to mind the question of just how low the popularity of the Liberals will sink in the final vote count. Read More

There’s nothing quite like spending Christmas with The King. Read More

Charity can be an abstract idea but when you bring it down to a single person who benefits, it becomes more meaningful. Read More

Many of us have things we like and dislike about the Christmas season. Perhaps we love the music, the outdoor lights, the tree, or family gatherings? Similarly, we have things we don’t. I am not a fan of inflatable lawn ornaments and tinsel on trees. Read More

Funny how nobody this Christmas asks Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld how many more police officers the city needs. Read More

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may now be considering his own metaphoric walk in the snow, it is perhaps no small irony that Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe may follow those footprints someday. Read More

A Christmas season shooting shook the city of Calgary 50 years ago today, while also providing the impetus for the Calgary Police Service to form its own tactical team — a key resource in dealing with high-risk events in the decades since. Read More

Most of us who were over the age of 50 in 2015 when Justin Trudeau was newly elected as prime minster saw through his improv theatre. We collectively wondered how could someone so utterly underqualified become our prime minster and lead a G7 country? Read More

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In a bizarre season of up and downs, one thing the Vancouver Canucks have legitimately done well is defend. Read More

The Edmonton Oilers looked out-classed early in this one. But the Oilers top-end players prevailed in the end. Read More

It’s been a long time since the Edmonton Oilers dropped a No. 2. Read More

A landslide in White Rock has temporarily halted Amtrak service between Vancouver and Seattle. Read More

A cooking fire in a North Haven home on Thursday afternoon has temporarily displaced a family, including their dog. Read More

The disappearance of a 30-year-old woman who hasn't been seen or heard from since late October is now being investigated as a homicide. Read More

A proposed class-action lawsuit over an overdose prevention site in downtown Vancouver that was accused of bringing public disorder and crime to its Yaletown neighbourhood has been thrown out in B.C. Supreme Court. Read More

VANCOUVER — When Vancouver police deputy chief Fiona Wilson addressed reporters Tuesday about two Central Saanich police officers facing sexual assault charges, she called the allegations "deeply corrosive to the public trust." Read More