Amidst a week of attention on major music festivals and City of Calgary noise policies, a coalition of local festivals has quietly been meeting with city councillors to share concerns around mounting costs. The group, which includes annual city staples like GlobalFest and the Calgary International BluesFest, has met with several city councillors as conversations…
The Okanagan’s water crisis didn’t begin with the scorching summer heat. It began months ago, high in the mountains, where winter failed to deliver enough snow. Now, the consequences are flowing downstream. The okanagan lake will not fluctuate much but the water downstream will be greatly effected. Cohan Sassaman The valley is entering its fourth…
BUFFALO – The Vancouver Canucks have still never picked first at an NHL draft. The club owned the best odds heading into last month’s lottery following a last-place finish in its 55th season — 14 points adrift of the league’s next-worst team — only to get bumped down to the No. 3 slot when the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. Premier David Eby will be leaving for his trade mission to China on Saturday, but will be flying home a few days early. He says he has been asked by the federal government to be available in early July for an announcement of a finalized memorandum…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Consumer Protection BC has opened an investigation into complaints from people who purchased FIFA World Cup tickets from StubHub and did not receive them. B.C.’s Attorney General, Niki Sharma, issued a statement on Friday saying these reports are deeply concerning. “Major events like the FIFA World Cup…
On Wednesday, June 24, a woman who was out walking her dog in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country had an encounter with an aggressive grizzly bear. Jelmer de Blois, a guide with Wilderness Escape Adventures, which provides guided camping and hiking trips in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, said the woman was out for a morning walk with her…
It’s peak nesting season for turtles in Ontario and, in line with Turtles Kingston Government Director Tara Bauer, individuals can count on to see extra turtles crossing roads or looking for a spot to put their eggs. “They primarily have like a month and a half the place each single turtle’s gonna come and nest,”…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents in the town of Gibbons have had their say on whether they should remain a town or dissolve into a hamlet governed by Sturgeon Country and they have voted, by a large majority, to remain a town. Voters in Gibbons, located about 30 kilometres north of…
A recent report says one in 10 patients — equalling around 180,000 people — who were admitted to an emergency department in Canada spent more than 48 hours waiting for an inpatient bed in 2024-25. In addition, about 1.5 million people spent more than 14 hours in emergency rooms during the same time span, a…
Disturbing content warning: This story contains details of sexual assault allegations involving minors that some readers may find disturbing. The Windsor Police Service has charged a 15-year-old Ontario boy after police said two girls were sexually assaulted and a third girl was physically assaulted in a home in Windsor, Ont. Shortly after noon on Wednesday,…
