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Residents living at a central Edmonton apartment had to be evacuated early Monday morning because of a fire at a building next door. Read More

”I’ve never claimed to be perfect,” says Mayor Jyoti Gondek, as she dons her political battle armour for an election just 10 months away. Read More

Ms. Smith goes to Washington in the New Year, and many more U.S. destinations besides. Read More

During the post-Christmas, pre — New Year’s Eve doldrums, the challenge is often what to do to recharge. Read More

Maybe it's not true now and we need to find a better researcher, but at one time the Regina Pats had proudly supplied more players to the world junior championships than any other hockey team. Read More

Dalton Fisher, a Regina man who illegally manufactured and sold 3D-printed firearms in 2023, has been given a four-year prison sentence. Read More

VANCOUVER — Online predators are becoming increasingly resourceful in trolling media platforms where children gravitate, prompting an explosion in police case loads, said an officer who works for the RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit in British Columbia. Read More

A judge has ordered the demolition of a fire-damaged West Vancouver home after one of the home's co-owners argued unsuccessfully to save the property. Read More

More than three years after deadly flooding devastated parts of B.C., the three most hard-hit communities still don’t have the funding needed to properly upgrade their flood protections. Read More

Look alive, it's almost 2025! Many businesses and workplaces will be closed for Jan. 1, which is a statutory holiday, as people enjoy the last days of the holiday season. Read More

More than 15 years after a coroner’s investigation recommended that B.C. establish landslide risk tolerance levels for existing homes and future developments, the province has not done so. Read More

Q: As our kids have grown up, we’ve started involving them in our annual short-term financial goals. For example, this year we all decided to make more meals at home so we could save money for a long weekend at an indoor water park. The kids loved it and are now excited about saving for a trip to Disneyland. They’ve even drawn a thermometer to track our savings progress and are brainstorming ways they can contribute. Hearing their discussions is both rewarding and enlightening. What they don’t know is that we have some leftover money from our recent trip, and my wife and I have decided to use it to jump-start our savings for the next one, aiming to take the trip in 2025 instead of 2026. It’s an ambitious goal, but we’re up for the challenge. They were bragging to their cousins about what we’re doing and now my brother’s family wants to try setting a family goal too. We’ve shared what we do to achieve our goals, but do you have general suggestions on making the journey toward financial goals easier? ~Ben  Read More

The "90-minute Rule" is being tested by the Vancouver Canucks. Read More

From food trucks to high-end eateries, our photographers have shot it all this year. Here's a sampling of their most savoury shoots. Read More

When a purebred rough collie went missing before Christmas, it took a village to return the errant pooch to his rural Alberta home after two weeks on the lam. Read More

Jeremy Welter is worried about the regulations that govern foreign purchasing and ownership of land. Read More

Looking back over columns published this past year, a lot happened Around Town that I had the pleasure of discovering and writing about. From pension fund activity to small retailers such as Niall MacTowey, owner and sole employee of the MacTowey Artisan Butcher, offering specialties such as haggis and black pudding. Interesting people to talk with; I find all of my interviews are a pleasure. Read More

Out with the old, in with the new. Here is how our editorial cartoonists put their spin on the end of 2024 this week in our editorial pages. Read More

Upstart and not uptight. That’s how Calgary International Hockey Academy looks at the 2024-25 Circle K Classic. Read More

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