1 hour ago Will the City of Ottawa get a 'bump' from being home to the next prime minister?

For the first time in Canadian history, leaders from the two main parties — Liberal Mark Carney and Conservative Pierre Poilievre — are candidates in the same city.

Politics

2 h. ago International Petroleum Corp. Annual General Meeting to be held on May 7, 2025

TORONTO, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International Petroleum Corporation (“IPC” or the “Corporation”) (TSX, Nasdaq Stockholm: IPCO) is pleased to announce that the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) of holders of common shares (“Shareholders”) will be held at the offices of Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, Suite 3500, 855 – 2nd Street S.W., Calgary, […]

Society

10 h. ago 'Hard to survive': Calgary drivers hopeful for carbon tax savings following latest gas price spike

Prime Minister Mark Carney killed the consumer carbon levy as one of his first acts upon taking office earlier this month

Economics

10 h. ago World of Wheels, July Talk, pickleball and Transgender Day of Visibility: What our photographers saw this weekend

Check out what Postmedia Calgary photographers saw in and around the city this weekend, from World of Wheels to Transgender Day of Visibility

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11 h. ago Wild FC add Irish goalie Jackie Burns, American forward Sarah Griffith

The luck of the Irish has arrived in Calgary as goalkeeper Jackie Burns (Cookstown, Northern Ireland) and forward Sarah Griffith (Naperville, Ill.) have added their names to Calgary Wild FC’s soccer roster. Griffith, a dynamic attacking player, adds offensive resiliency to the Wild’s lineup, while Burns completes a trio of élite goalkeepers poised to make […]

Events

15 h. ago Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is on: Here's what to know

Annual celebration of Japan and the blooms of spring across the city returns with a fair, pop-ups, block parties, walks, rides and more

Culture

17 h. ago Edmontonian, 13, to be official national anthem singer for Elks' 2025 season

After moving to Edmonton just over a year ago, 13-year-old Suraiya Liapis will be the Edmonton Elks’ official national anthem singer for the 2025 football season. Settling into a new city isn’t always easy. Liapis and her family moved from the U.S. to Edmonton, where much of her mother’s side of the family lives, in […]

Society

18 h. ago 2 killed and dozens wounded in Russian attack on Kharkiv as Trump lashes out at Putin

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping center and apartment blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff denounced the “deliberate, targeted […]

Events

18 h. ago Raptors coach defends Toronto as 'one of the best cities in the world'

During their 30 years of being an NBA franchise, the Toronto Raptors have often been fighting an uphill battle to earn recognition from players around the league.As the only current Canadian team in the league, Toronto has often struggled to attract top free agents, while fighting for media relevancy south of the border.In recent weeks, ex-Raptors Thad Young, Rudy Gay, and Lou Williams had all made remarks about some of the downsides about playing in Canada, with one uniting factor being an added trip to the customs line at the airport each time the team returned to Toronto.But for Serbian-born Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic, he wasn't buying into any of the perceived downsides of having an NBA career in Canada."Toronto is one of the best cities in the world. Toronto Raptors have the best fans in NBA. It's a privilege to play in this city," Rajakovic said Friday in response to our question."It's amazing every time I go out, when I go to the store, and when I talk to regular peop...

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19 h. ago Vancouver strawweight Loopy Godinez wins unanimous decision on Mexico City UFC card

MEXICO CITY — Vancouver-based Lupita (Loopy) Godinez snapped a two-fight losing streak with a decision win Saturday over Brazil’s Julia (Psycho) Polastri in an entertaining bout on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show in Mexico City. All three judges scored it 29-28 for Godinez, giving her the first two rounds on each card. […]

Transport

21 h. ago ‘A great idea’: How office conversions could resurrect Calgary’s ailing downtown

CALGARY — Four years ago, Maxim Olshevsky abandoned his business for a new opportunity. After years of observing an exodus of downtown workers, Calgary announced it would be offering handsome payouts to developers to turn abandoned office towers into apartments. “We completely pivoted in 2021,” said Olshevsky, owner of Peoplefirst Developments. Until then, his company […]

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27 h. ago Three takeaways as Flames admit ‘we kind of blew it’ in Edmonton

For nearly 57 minutes, Dustin Wolf and the Calgary Flames had silenced the NHL’s leading lamp-lighter. And then, with 3:12 remaining in regulation, Leon Draisaitl sniped his 50th of the season. During the sudden-death session, the Edmonton Oilers’ second-fiddle superstar scored No. 51. In what was a speedy, scrappy, tight-checking and hard-hitting edition of the […]

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29 h. ago New pickleball court is about to open in the middle of a Toronto mall

Grab your paddles and lace up those running shoes, because Toronto is about to get a brand-new pickleball court, and it's located smack-dab in the centre of one of the city's most popular malls.Last summer, it seemed like all the sporty-and-fun population of Toronto could talk about was Pickleball. The relatively low-barrier, low-impact and low-cost sport has taken the city, and the world at large, by storm, leading it to earn the distinction as the fastest-growing sport worldwide, adored by athletes and casual players of all ages, abilities and ilk.When it comes to Toronto, the foundation of devoted pickleball clubs like The Jar and Fairgrounds only heightened the fever, making the sport more accessible for pickle-thusiasts the city over, and this summer is shaping up to be no different. If warm weather ever arrives to stay, that is.In anticipation of prime pickleball season, though, there's already some news for avid players (and aspiring ones) to get excited about: The ...

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29 h. ago Former Toronto steakhouse to finally get new tenant after months sitting vacant

One of Toronto's preeminent downtown steakhouses has closed down permanently, and after sitting dormant for months, it's finally about to get a new tenant.Let's face it: steakhouses in Toronto are a dime a dozen, but that doesn't discredit the very real and good things they're doing for the city's residents, namely ensuring we all get our fair share of Surf and Turf and $25 cocktails when the whim strikes.In the past year or so, the city's steakhouse numbers, both within and beyond the downtown core, seem to have been on a steep increase, with new-ish additions like Animl, Linny's and Blue Bovine earning their fair share of limelight in the past several months.Unfortunately, with such a surge also comes the inevitable loss of some preexisting establishments: it's just the law of the concrete jungle.This past summer, one such casualty was The Shore Club, Toronto's own location of what was once a nationwide chain that has since been reduced to just a sing...

Sport

29 h. ago The history of the Selby Hotel in Toronto and its connection to Ernest Hemingway

The Selby Hotel, once located at 592 Sherbourne St., is a Victorian mansion with a history that spans over 140 years and boasts an interesting connection to writer Ernest Hemingway.Originally built for Henry Falwell Gooderham, a member of the influential Gooderham family, the mansion was designed by renowned architect David Roberts Jr. between 1882 and 1883.Roberts Jr. also designed many buildings in Toronto's Distillery District, and is perhaps most known for his iconic Gooderham Flatiron Building at 49 Wellington St.The Selby Hotel in 1940. Photo by City of Toronto Archives.The red brick mansion's Queen Anne Revival style pays homage to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and was constructed during a residential boom in Toronto.During the time it was built, the St. James Town neighbourhood was home to several of the city's most affluent families, and many grand Victorian homes sat on Sherbourne Street. However, only a few of these original mansions remain int...

Other

34 h. ago Trio of political parties to officially make the ballot in Calgary election

Recently certified, A Better Calgary said it has a plan to prevent vote splitting amongst conservative voters by bypassing certain wards.

Politics

35 h. ago Edmonton federal Liberal Party candidates Amarjeet Sohi and Rod Loyola kick off campaigns

Two federal Liberal Party candidates in Edmonton launched their campaigns on Saturday, almost a week since the federal election was called. Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is officially launching his campaign as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Southeast. He is officially on leave from his mayoral duties after city council approved his unpaid […]

Culture

36 h. ago NHL's leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl coming back in for Oilers

Something might as well start going right for the Edmonton Oilers. With league-leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl returning to the lineup as early as Saturday’s Battle of Alberta against a diehard Calgary Flames squad battling for its playoff life, the Oilers will take any and all help they can get at this point in the […]

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37 h. ago Liberals drop Thomas Keeper as Calgary confederation candidate

According to a CBC News report, Keeper was dropped for failing to disclose a stayed domestic assault charge from 2005.

Other

38 h. ago Mexico bans junk food sales in schools in its latest salvo against child obesity

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics. The health guidelines, first published last fall, take a direct shot at salty and sweet processed products that have become a […]

Society