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Alberta drivers were hit with higher pump prices as a result of both the provincial gas tax and the federal carbon levy rising on April 1.Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia Network Thousands of people are hoping to hit the open road this summer and head to Drumheller to see the dinosaurs or to the Western … Read more

Singling out Macdonald or Dewdney creates scapegoats and ignores history. They were supported by the institutions and churches of the day. A street sign in the corner of Dewdney Avenue and Athol Street in Regina.Photo by KAYLE NEIS /Regina Leader-Post Edgar Dewdney was a British immigrant who came from Devonshire, England. He was raised in … Read more

Rep. Cori Bush questioning witnesses at a Supreme Court ethics roundtable hosted by House Oversight Committee Democrats, Washington, DC on June 11, 2024. Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images A parody social media account of the fake “Chief Rabbi of Gaza” has duped another Squad member. The re-election campaign of stridently pro-Palestinian Rep. Cori Bush … Read more

A Queens man is making life hell for neighbors in his Astoria building, where he runs through the hallway naked, screams out of a megaphone, bashes walls with a hammer — and gives kids nightmares, according to terrified residents and court records. Alexandre Lais’ unhinged, two-year reign of terror at 23-35 Broadway has led three … Read more

Larry Ruhl and Sandy Winters, with their pilot, performed an acrobatic act dangling from a helicopter at the 1957 Stampede. Calgary Herald Archives. Then-Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh — along with J.B. Cross, president of the Calgary Stampede, and Mayor Don Mackay (seated) — are seen during a rodeo demonstration in Calgary in … Read more

At 72, Dr. Ellen Wiebe devotes half her practice to medical aid in dying. It’s the last work she’s prepared to give up Dr Ellen Wiebe is pictured at her office in Vancouver B.C. on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never shied away from speaking publicly about the act of ending someone’s … Read more

Once landfilled and ignored, the city’s incinerated sewage sludge is now prized for its fertility. “Developing this is important, because we’re replacing chemical fertilizers that have to be produced in factories,” said Carole Fleury, head of processes and laboratories at the Jean-R.-Marcotte wastewater plant in east Montreal.Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette At the bottom … Read more

Judith Campbell Exner, the Los Angeles socialite whose affair with President John F. Kennedy embroiled her in decades of vilification as the first to shatter the Camelot myth, has died. She was 65 when she died Friday at City of Hope hospital in Duarte, and had spent the last decades of her life battling both … Read more

There’s no reason to believe Kirby Dach won’t be ready for training camp after serious knee injury — but can he stay healthy next season? Canadiens’ Kirby Dach, left, celebrates a goal with his teammates during a game in 2022. Dach needs to prove he can stay healthy, Stu Cowan writes. Photo by Allen McInnis … Read more

Mas Fujita and his brother Yuki have worked at Sakuraya, the oldest mochi shop in Gardena, since their father started the business in 1960. There’s never a line, yet they almost always sell out. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Sakuraya is just a mochi shop in Gardena, if you listen to owners Mas … Read more