Local, Regional News

If you told the Edmonton Oilers, before they set out on their four-game journey of discovery through the heart of the NHL’s heavyweight division, that they’d go 3-1 and outscore the other guys 20-11, they’d have been good with that. Read More

Patrik Allvin should log some table time at a Las Vegas casino on Thursday. Read More

Travel times on Metro Vancouver's roads have roughly doubled in recent decades, say fed-up residents. Read More

Prominent local financier Frank Giustra is among the critics cautioning Vancouver against incorporating bitcoin into its financial strategy, especially if it plans to hold any of its reserves in cryptocurrency. Read More

Many of us have hit the breaking point for hearing certain holiday songs by mid-November. That leaves at least two months more to try to avoid hearing them. It's an impossible challenge. Read More

In 2001, Cathy Gallagher retired from teaching. But when she wanted to come back a few years later she couldn’t — mandatory retirement at 65 was the law. Read More

Looking back with a smile at the local concerts, most years are pretty decent — but 2024 was an absolute tornado of awe and delight. Read More

Vigilant teens are being credited with spotting a house fire in northwest Calgary and calling for help. Read More

Matt Paranych got what he wanted: A trade away from one of the WHL's top teams. Read More

Regarding all the hype over U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariffs, our politicians — and especially our Premier Scott Moe — are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Read More

It will come as no surprise that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would have preferred a different outcome in the recent U.S. presidential election. Read More

Q: I recall several years ago you talked about a method of preserving cut boughs of cedar and spruce over the holidays. I want to use the boughs on the stairway handrail and I need to keep them looking well for at least two weeks. I looked in the clippings I keep of your column but cannot find it. Any chance you could mention it again? Thank you for your wonderful column. Saturday is now my favourite day as it brings your column. Read More

Amid the stress whirl of bumper-car traffic and the holiday “frantics” sits an inward-looking art show, a place of certain calm in its consideration of ourselves, others and the organic machinery that makes us tick. Read More

At 93, Mary Balazs is no stranger to a hospital recovery, but she says a recent experience in Regina's Pasqua Hospital left her feeling less than human. Read More

The once ever-present thrum of Edmonton nightlife no longer pulses down Whyte Avenue but the beat hasn't gone cold, it's just evolving. Read More

When driving recently near our home in Diamond Valley, we came across a car parked on the side of a secondary road. We noticed the couple in the car had walked over to a grove of trees and was sizing up a good-sized spruce tree. Read More

Alberta's transportation sector has undergone several changes over the past year, most recently with the announced plan to reduce photo radar sites across the province by 70 per cent. Read More

While 2024 wasn't exactly stamped with all the hallmarks of change in Saskatchewan, it may yet prove to be one of those years that becomes a prelude to big change. Read More

In December 1935, a mining accident in Coalhurst (about 15 kilometres north of Lethbridge) left 16 men dead. The accident touched the lives of virtually every one of the 1,200 residents in that town, including a young girl who reflected on the tragedy 70 years later for the following news story. She recalled that while life was difficult, the small kindnesses shown by others stayed with her always and contributed to her ability to remember what really matters at Christmas. Author, photojournalist and former Calgary Herald journalist David Bly interviewed her for this story, originally published in 2005. Read More

Premier Danielle Smith believes it would be a terrible idea for Canada to impose counter-tariffs on oil and gas shipped to the U.S., but doesn't rule out looking at other tools — if needed — to protect the province if such a levy is applied south of the border. Read More