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Tanker calling at the Westridge Marine Terminal in the Port of Vancouver.

Ottawa fast-tracks $5.9 billion port expansion to boost overseas trade

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Bridle Path family identified in violent home invasion

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

17 hours ago

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Alberta ends daylight saving time changes as province adopts permanent Alberta Time

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Edmonton police investigate suspicious death of two-year-old girl in Castle Downs

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Jeffrey Rath at the Stay Free Alberta petition submission event.

UPDATED: Jeffrey Rath ejected from UCP

Will Vasseur

Will Vasseur

16 hours ago

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Premier Danielle Smith speaking about UCP caucus unity following Alberta's referendum.

Alberta to freeze education property taxes for three years, saving taxpayers nearly $99 million

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14 hours ago

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Ontario finishes Bloor Street West bike lane removal

Geoff Knight

Geoff Knight

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Province restores vehicle lanes on 1.2-kilometre Etobicoke stretch after court win and protests

BEYOND COLD: How Canada set North America’s coldest day on record

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

19 hours ago

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Half of Canadians avoid medical care due to long wait times, new poll finds

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THE GREAT STORK DERBY: How a dead lawyer’s prank sparked a 10-year baby race in Toronto

Leah Mushet

Leah Mushet

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Canadian grocery bills could rise by $1,000 next year as diesel costs drive food inflation

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Opinion

BC NDP leader David Eby makes a campaign stop with nurses’ union members in Vancouver, October 22, 2026. One of his last promises before losing the election was to pass a law setting nurse-to-patient ratios in healthcare facilities.

FLETCHER: BC Conservatives must untangle the NDP-union alliance

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Pierre Trudeau, Ivan Rand, and the debate over Canada’s Charter and inherited freedoms.

WAGNER: Canadians sold their birthright of freedom for Pierre Trudeau’s Charter of limitations

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Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is spilling across the border, threatening Canadian public health.

LES: Exporting danger — American vaccine skepticism is leaking into Canada

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Riots erupted across several European cities following the end of a dramatic Africa Cup of Nations soccer final between Senegal and Morocco after a match marked by controversy.

HANNAFORD: Why would Canada seek closer ties with a struggling Europe?

Nigel Hannaford

18 hours ago

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Alberta’s growth should build prosperity people can feel.

WENZEL: Alberta does not need to reinvent itself

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Jim Reiter, left, and Tony Wakeham, right, illustrate contrasting approaches to oil-revenue windfalls.

HAUBRICH: Newfoundland handles its windfall correctly — Saskatchewan should learn

Western Standard Guest Columnist

30 Oct 2026

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What? Get rid of the Indian Act?

HANNAFORD: What? Get rid of the Indian Act?

Nigel Hannaford

30 Oct 2026

4 min read

A climate lawsuit brings competing visions of Canada’s energy future before the courts.

STIRLING: I removed the climate emergency sign at committee — now let’s challenge it in federal court

Michelle Stirling

29 Oct 2026

4 min read

Watch

What? Get rid of the Indian Act?

HANNAFORD: What? Get rid of the Indian Act?

'Status cards are great; we should all have one.'

Nigel Hannaford

30 Oct 2026

4 min read

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy

WATCH: Ontario projects $16.9B deficit as balance date is delayed again

29 Oct 2026

2 min read

Marit Stiles

WATCH: Ontario opposition says it will seek Integrity Commissioner probe of MPP Scott over lobbyist texts

29 Oct 2026

2 min read

Alienating her base?

WATCH LIVE: Is Danielle Smith purposely trying to alienate her base?

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29 Oct 2026

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Business

Tanker calling at the Westridge Marine Terminal in the Port of Vancouver.

Ottawa fast-tracks $5.9 billion port expansion to boost overseas trade

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15 hours ago

2 min read

Oil pump jack

Alberta heavy oil discount hits widest level since 2022 as global prices surge

22 hours ago

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Rendering of Meta's Sturgeon County AI data centre.

Sturgeon County official says residents ignored public notices about Meta AI data centre

29 Oct 2026

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The Vista thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alberta.

Feds abandoned thermal coal export ban without public notice

29 Oct 2026

2 min read

The site of Northback's proposed Grassy Mountain metallurgical coal project in Alberta's Eastern Slopes.

Canada’s coal industry seeks critical mineral status amid growing global steel demand

29 Oct 2026

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Features

Coldest day; Snag, Yukon; 1947

BEYOND COLD: How Canada set North America’s coldest day on record

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The Great Stork Derby; Timleck family, one of four winners of the Great Stork Derby, 1936

THE GREAT STORK DERBY: How a dead lawyer’s prank sparked a 10-year baby race in Toronto

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