Local, Regional News

The most alarming comment about Canada-U.S. relations this week? It did not come out of the mouth of incoming President Donald Trump, even as he outraged many people with his social media troll job of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Read More

Regina's new city council has backed away from a reconsideration motion on the proposed indoor aquatic facility left outstanding from a previous council member. Read More

There was going to be some measure of rust, but trust was the bigger must for Thatcher Demko on Tuesday at Rogers Arena. Read More

Mattias Ekholm spoke earlier this week about teams needing to make a statement every once in a while. Read More

CALGARY — Chloe Primerano will lead Canada into the women's world under-18 hockey championship. Read More

Bringing all their loving, and hopefully hugs and kisses, too, hard-driving Texas blues-rock legends ZZ Top plays River Cree June 6. Read More

The B.C. Supreme Court has permitted a class action to proceed against Electronic Arts over the use of "loot boxes" within games. Read More

An alleged Canadian drug smuggler tried to sneak over 10 kilograms of meth into New Zealand wrapped up as a Christmas present. Read More

The Vancouver Whitecaps were drawn on Tuesday to face Costa Rica’s Deportivo Saprissa, while the Canadian Premier League’s Cavalry FC and Forge FC were paired with tough Mexican opposition in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Read More

Ottawa has a big decision to make that could come any day now. It will have a direct impact on the 72 critically endangered southern resident orcas, whose population has reached its lowest number in 30 years, following the massive losses last month of L-128, the newest calf, and K-26, a 31-year-old male. Read More

Good news for the Edmonton Oilers by way of NHL insider Brian Lawton, news that the NHL salary cap is likely to go higher than the expected $92 million next year. This extra cap space will give owner Daryl Katz and his hockey bosses enough to secure top players Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard and maybe others as well. Read More

Cavalry FC has drawn Mexican giant Pumas UNAM to begin its journey in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup. Read More

The City of Vancouver's operating budget for 2025 will be funded by a 3.9 per cent property tax increase, a significantly smaller hike than the first two budgets under ABC Vancouver. Read More

Premier David Eby will be forced to confront significant economic challenges in the new year, including the threat by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all Canadian imports, as well as fallout from the recent cancellation and suspension of large-scale green energy projects. Read More

Local Syrian Canadians say the toppling of Syria’s dictatorship this week left them with a dizzying mix of emotions — shock, happiness and sadness — and at least one young man is now eager to return to the country he left as a child to help it rebuild. Read More

VICTORIA — John Rustad says he expects a spirit of defiance and for free speech to reign in his British Columbia Conservative Party caucus — even if it involves pitting team members against each other, including himself. Read More

A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes and forced tens of thousands to flee is Environment and Climate Change Canada’s most impactful weather story of 2024. Read More

The sounds of roaring pipe organs and a chorus of more than a thousand voices echoed through St. Mary's Cathedral as Calgary Catholics came together at the funeral mass for Bishop Emeritus Frederick Henry on Tuesday morning. Read More

“Almost everyone I know has either quit,” my friend paused, “or died.” She said the “or died” part with more resignation than horror. Read More

Regina firefighters saved multiple pets from a burning building in the Rosemont-Mount Royal neighbourhood on Monday evening — but the rescuers were unable to save them all. Read More