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Alberta becomes first province to allow optometrists to perform laser eye surgery

12 hours ago

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WATCH: Mom says 3-year-old soccer star 'traumatized' after police called to game, league launches review

11 hours ago

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Smith facing criticism over expanded COVID-19 vaccine accessibility program

14 hours ago

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EXCLUSIVE: ConocoPhillips confirms new Canadian layoffs, won’t disclose job-cut numbers

15 hours ago

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Megan Sheldon and her husband Johan Hoglund sit on the rocks along the North Shore.

British Columbians invited to 'process the election' with a 'grief swim'

Alex Zoltan

13 hours ago

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Alberta Institute president Peter McCaffrey shared the Instagram invitation with the comment “This can’t be real.”

A still from a video posted September 27 shows a person on the sidewalk near supporters holding a Terry Yung campaign sign in Vancouver-Yaletown.

Many longtime BC NDP incumbents will not return to the legislature

Alex Zoltan

14 hours ago

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“It breaks my heart, and I accept full responsibility for that outcome,” Eby said.

Alvin Tedjo wins Mississauga mayor race on tax freeze pledge

7 hours ago

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Councillor defeats incumbent Carolyn Parrish and former mayor Bonnie Crombie.

UPDATED: UCP MLA resigns effective immediately

8 hours ago

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Alberta First Nation criticizes Smith's absence from First Nations-First Ministers Meeting

11 hours ago

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WATCH: Mom says 3-year-old soccer star 'traumatized' after police called to game, league launches review

11 hours ago

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Olivia Chow wins Toronto mayor’s race

5 hours ago

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Incumbent’s re-election locks in higher transit subsidies and new housing and food programs funded by taxpayers.

Sutcliffe wins second term as Ottawa mayor

Walid Tamtam

6 hours ago

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Referendum TPA donation roundup: Nationalist advertisers top final campaign fundraising leaderboard

12 hours ago

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Free flu and COVID shots open to Ontarians today

12 hours ago

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Alberta becomes first province to allow optometrists to perform laser eye surgery

12 hours ago

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WATCH: Enes Kanter Freedom recruits Kid Rock for 2027 WNBA Draft

13 hours ago

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British Columbians invited to 'process the election' with a 'grief swim'

Alex Zoltan

13 hours ago

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Alberta’s natural gas could power AI factories and keep more of the value at home.

MACLEOD: Alberta’s AI awakening — stop exporting LNG and start building ‘super intelligence’ factories

Colin MacLeod

11 hours ago

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From left to right: BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan, former BC NDP leader David Eby, Conservative Party of BC leader Lorne Doerkson, CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko, and OneBC leader Dallas Brodie.

MORGAN: The BC election is a warning for Albertans

Cory Morgan

15 hours ago

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Canada’s MAID program raises troubling questions about care, compassion, and the value of life.

HEINRICHS: MAID is a slow-burning fuse

19 hours ago

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PINDER: Alberta's independence fight is just beginning

Herb Pinder

20 hours ago

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FORSETH: The BC Conservatives’ resurgence that saved British Columbia

25 Oct 2026

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CRESCIA: Toronto cannot survive another term of Olivia Chow

25 Oct 2026

4 min read

RUBENSTEIN: Time for Alberta to reconsider its independence obsession

25 Oct 2026

6 min read

GIESBRECHT: The DRIPA gamble — BC chiefs handed Conservatives the election

Brian Giesbrecht

25 Oct 2026

3 min read

Watch

A viral controversy involving a three-year-old Florida soccer player has taken a new turn after police disputed claims that officers were called because the child was ''too good at soccer."

WATCH: Mom says 3-year-old soccer star 'traumatized' after police called to game, league launches review

11 hours ago

3 min read

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom has brought American rock musician Kid Rock into his ongoing dispute with the WNBA

WATCH: Enes Kanter Freedom recruits Kid Rock for 2027 WNBA Draft

13 hours ago

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WATCH: Ford government spends $3.4 billion on primary care plan with little movement in attachment rate

14 hours ago

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WATCH: BC teen caught driving 175 km/h by RCMP helicopter has father's Cadillac impounded for second time

25 Oct 2026

2 min read

Teck Resources’ Highland Valley copper project in British Columbia.

Strike forces Canada’s largest open-pit copper mine to scale back operations

13 hours ago

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ConocoPhillips is set to eliminate an undisclosed number of Canadian employee and contractor positions Tuesday, following previous workforce reductions that were carried out in 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: ConocoPhillips confirms new Canadian layoffs, won’t disclose job-cut numbers

15 hours ago

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Smith, Poilievre push Carney to scrap oil tanker ban

Walid Tamtam

15 hours ago

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Ovintiv to buy Logan Energy in $890 million deal to expand Montney production

17 hours ago

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Global oil prices have dropped back to levels seen before the start of the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but Canadians won’t be seeing gasoline prices fall significantly at the pumps anytime soon.

WTI crude tops $102 as Middle East conflict drives oil prices higher

23 Oct 2026

2 min read

Unsolved cases and mysteries from Canada.

LOST AND UNEXPLAINED: Unsolved cases from each Canadian province and territory

25 Oct 2026

15 min read

FROM BEARS TO BUGS: Most dangerous animal from every Canadian province and territory