84 m. ago Bell: Amid bike lane crackdown, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

'We can do this the easy way or the hard way,' says Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, as Calgary city refuses to reveal bike lane numbers

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84 m. ago Bell: Bike lane crackdown looms, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

'We can do this the easy way or the hard way,' says Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, as Calgary city refuses to reveal bike lane numbers

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2 h. ago Letters: The city’s talk of new traffic safety approach punishing drivers

Do you support more day shelter spaces? Vote in our daily poll! As usual, Andrew Knack has gone off the deep end in going after drivers. He breathlessly says we desperately need more enforcement of traffic laws. What we need is more oversight of driving schools. I live just off Downtown, and every day is […]

Transport

2 h. ago What your poppy bought: $1.2 million helping Edmonton and other veterans at university

'This all started because a group of veterans came into my office one day, having a coffee, and they were all going through different post-secondaries, and they're talking about their struggles, and as we watch them chat, it's like, oh, wait a minute, you know, they're feeding off each other'

Economics

2 h. ago As winter settles in, Edmonton opens up 300 new day shelter spaces

Four people froze to death in bus shelters and 110 people faced amputations when temperatures plummeted in 2024

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5 h. ago “On December 6, We Remember”: Community members honour the memory of murdered women and girls with a Shoe Memorial in New Westminster

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Dec. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On December 6, BC food workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 247 and 1518 will gather at Hyack Square in New Westminster to hold their 21st annual Shoe Memorial commemorating the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The […]

Events

8 h. ago World Cup Draw Live: Canada’s Group stage opponents revealed at star

The groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are drawn at star-studded event in Washington, D.C.

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9 h. ago U.S. advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

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10 h. ago Kim Cattrall marries longtime beau Russell Thomas in secret ceremony

Cattrall and Thomas met in 2016 at the BBC, where he worked

Economics

12 h. ago Nigeria Plans to Review Capital Gains Tax That Tanked Equities

Nigeria will review a capital gains tax set to come into effect at the start of January, after stakeholders including the nation’s stock exchange called for a moratorium because of concern it will deter foreign investors.

Economics

13 h. ago Mountain mayhem: Alberta and B.C. ski resorts hope 'insane conditions' continue all year

Nobody can remember a start to the winter like this one in Banff. Sunshine Village had its earliest opening in memory, on Nov. 2, and both Lake Louise and Mount Norquay kicked off their seasons soon after. Then, throughout the month, the snow just kept falling and delivering out-of-this-world, early-season conditions. Recent snowfall in Calgary […]

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14 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Edmonton city council refuses to live within taxpayers’ means

Well, that didn’t take long. Tuesday was just the 44th day since the current city council was elected in October’s municipal election. And already the majority on council (who are the same lefties who were on the previous council) had already warmly welcomed a recommendation from city administration for a 6.4 per cent property tax […]

Economics

14 h. ago Letters, Dec. 5, 2025: ‘UCP looking increasingly separatist’

Call them the ASP I think it’s time for the UCP to change its name to the Alberta Separatist Party. Pretty sure a large portion of the people who voted UCP in the last election thought they were just voting conservative. Hey, Thomas Lukaszuk, I voted NDP last election. Start up a central-leaning conservative party […]

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14 h. ago Groups on both sides of Quebec constitution debate say more consultation was needed

Bill 1 met with criticism and praise on first day of what are expected to be weeks-long public hearings.

Society

14 h. ago Both sides of Quebec constitution debate say more consultation was needed

Bill 1 met with criticism and praise on first day of what are expected to be weeks-long public hearings.

Society

15 h. ago Pope cancels Holy See fundraising commission announced under questionable circumstances

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken his biggest step yet to correct one of Pope Francis’ more problematic financial moves, canceling a special Holy See fundraising commission that was announced under questionable circumstances while Francis was hospitalized. Leo on Thursday formally suppressed the fundraising commission, abrogated its statutes and fired its members. He […]

Society

16 h. ago Crypto Exchange HashKey Is Said to Take Investor Orders for Hong Kong IPO Next Week

Cryptocurrency-exchange operator HashKey Holdings Ltd. is set to start taking investor orders as soon as next week for its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

Technology

21 h. ago «L’agent secret»: le résistant clandestin, les tueurs à gages et le requin

Kleber Mendonça Filho livre une méditation sur le passé dictatorial corrompu du Brésil autant qu’un vrai thriller.

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25 h. ago Millions of dollars worth of fraud alleged to have happened at B.C. social development ministry

A Global News investigation is revealing the many ways the Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry is exposed to potential fraud.

Politics

26 h. ago Stopping speeders and Whitemud widening top priorities on last day of budget talks

Property tax increase holds at 6.9 per cent after four days of debate while councillors tiptoe around additional tax hikes

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