‘People are tired’: Calgary officials say new round of water cutbacks won’t be as bad
City officials are seeking to reassure Calgarians that the water restrictions needed for more pipe repairs starting next week won’t be as…
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Campaign underway to save the University of Victoria’s only pool
Users of UVic’s McKinnon Pool were caught off guard last month when the university suddenly announced the 50-year-old facility would…
Giant squid on a stick, sour candy soft serve and more on offer at this year’s PNE
PNE organizers said in 2023 that visitors this year gulped down more than 40,000 slushies and noshed on more than…
York reaches tentative deal with faculty association ahead of fall semester
The York University Faculty Association says the deal to extend the collective agreement until April 2027 was brokered just before…
Emotional victim impact statements detail trauma and fear in N.S. school stabbing case
Two staff members who were stabbed at a Halifax-area high school made victim impact statements at a sentencing hearing for…
Winnipeg cops seek second suspect in spring homicide
Five months after a homicide at a Selkirk Avenue home, Winnipeg police say they’ve identified a second suspect.
Inflation cools to 2.5% in July, slowest pace in more than 3 years
July consumer price index data from Statistics Canada will be the central bank’s last look at the latest inflation trends…
Vancouver man faces voyeurism charges, gets banned from Park Royal mall
A 32-year-old man charged with unlawfully observing or recording people for a sexual purpose has also been banned from visiting…
White Rock, B.C. residents want solution to closure of ‘unsafe’ beach access
The City of White Rock on the Lower Mainland closed the Coldicutt Park Ravine south of Marine Drive three years…
How a B.C. community brought joy to Earl, a lonely donkey whose owner died
Earl Gray lost his only friend when his owner died. At his new home at the Home for Hooves Farm…