Local, Regional News

When the Edmonton Oilers opened the scoring just a couple of minutes into their Round 2 series opener at Rogers Arena on Wednesday night, a lonely voice could be heard shouting "Yes! Yes!" Read More

It’s not taking a punch or two, it’s how you respond. Read More

The Abbotsford Canucks were swept aside and out of the AHL playoffs by the Ontario Reign on Wednesday night, dropping a 4-3 Game 3 decision in the best-of-five second round series. Read More

The board of the Surrey School District has approved a budget for 2024/2025 of over $1.1 billion, but will still need to make some cuts to services. Read More

TORONTO — A book about the legal implications of developing outer space has won the $60,000 Donner Prize. Read More

VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby said late Wednesday that the province had identified “sophisticated cybersecurity incidents” involving government networks. Read More

Timber harvester West Fraser said the open house Wednesday that drew a large crowd was to allay fears over its plans to clear-cut in a popular recreational area near Bragg Creek, and to collect input on how it'll be done. Read More

The sale of butane lighters that can be locked to produce a continuous flame has been banned in the city of Vancouver. Read More

Health Canada’s decision to allow B.C. to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says. Read More

Delta Mayor George Harvie says political manoeuvring, and not genuine concerns about his performance, motivated his council’s stunning move this week to strip him of some of his powers. Read More

The Kamloops RCMP is asking residents to steer clear of two men it alleges are at the centre of an ongoing gang conflict. Read More

Premier David Eby’s government seems bent on domination. Not world domination, but the next best thing. Domination of every industry and profession in our province. And it’s time to push back. Read More

Calgarian Matthew Mills is free to have group sex parties in his Silver Springs home, but not under the guise of an organized social club, a judge has ruled. Read More

The game within the game has never gone away. Read More

Edmonton city council is asking the province to scrap Bill 18 and Bill 20 and engage more closely with the municipalities and public agencies the controversial proposed laws impact. Read More

The Vancouver Canucks are playing their first playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers in 32 years. Read More

The B.C. Ministry of Housing recently announced the names of an additional 20 priority municipalities that will be receiving housing targets this summer as part of the Housing Supply Act. Read More

In the midst of a bargaining impasse, City of Calgary workers will hold a strike vote next week, according to the president of the union that represents more than 5,000 of the city's indoor employees. Read More

I grew up in Toronto, down the street from Riverdale Zoo (now Riverdale Farm). I spent a lot of time there as a child – but not to watch the animals. Nope. I was figuring out how to break them out and return them to the wild. Lofty goals for a 10-year-old. Read More

The previously polite NDP leadership race turned red-hot Wednesday with allegations that candidate Naheed Nenshi is anti-union. Read More