Mar 18, 20:00


Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:51 PM
     The soaring cost of gasoline is already draining hundreds of dollars in extra costs from the wallets of some Alberta small business owners.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:47 PM
     A train collided with an unloaded semi-truck on Tuesday, and while nobody was injured, experts and police are again calling for heightened safety around the tracks.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:36 PM
     The insults and accusations are flying in the Manitoba legislature.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:34 PM
     Mike McEwen will curl with Rylan Kleiter next season after being dumped by his old team, while John Epping formed a new Manitoba-based foursome.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:19 PM
     After the gun was found, Edmonton police obtained overnight security footage from March 8 in the Secord area, showing a man getting out of a white car while carrying a blue rag.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:10 PM
     British Columbia is adopting year-round daylight saving time, meaning that clocks went forward by one hour for the last time in early March.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:06 PM
     The agency says that as of last Thursday, it had issued a total of 70 removal orders on various inadmissibility grounds, and 35 have been enforced.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:02 PM
     While recycling thousands of tires is good, the UBC study found that the fill leaches into storm-water a chemical called 6PPD-quinone, which is known to kill coho.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:40 PM
     The Lewis Farms Recreation Centre is coming in over its $309 million budget even after several elements were removed, as inflation has been twice as high as the city predicted.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:40 PM
     MLA Rick Burns said in a statement this evening that criminals hacked his email this week and requested money, which his family refused to pay. 

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:25 PM
     Toronto Fire Services (TFS) will provide an update Thursday on the Thorncliffe Park condo fire that stubbornly burned for weeks, displacing hundreds of residents. In a release, TFS said Chief Jim Jessop will speak at 1 p.m. at Toronto City Hall, but won't be answering questions after his update is complete. The five-alarm fire broke […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:19 PM
     A Toronto police officer has been charged with allegedly accessing private police databases. The police service says Const. Abbas Popal, 25, allegedly unlawfully accessed the databases multiple times between January 2024 and April 2025. He's been charged with unauthorized use of a computer and is scheduled to appear in court on June 4. Const. Popal, […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:22 PM
     OTTAWA — Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened 372 immigration investigations in an effort to "disrupt extortion networks" across the country. It says the CBSA began formally monitoring immigration enforcement cases potentially linked to extortion in the Pacific and Prairie regions last August before expanding the work to the Greater Toronto Area in […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:37 PM
     Calls for an Ontario judge to apologize for suggesting three Toronto police officers lied and colluded in a high-profile criminal trial are inappropriate and undermine public confidence in the justice system, some legal observers said Wednesday. The president of Toronto's police union urged Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy to publicly apologize to the officers […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:08 PM
     A boy has died after being struck by a Lakeshore West GO Train just west of Long Branch GO station. Peel police say the child, believed to be either 12 or 13 years of age, was struck in the area of Alexandra Ave and Fourth Street in Mississauga around 2:45 p.m. Investigators say early information […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:03 PM
     Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate the use of algorithms to set prices, a new poll suggests — with half of respondents saying the practice is unfair because it can result in people paying different prices for the same product. The Abacus Data poll, which was conducted online and cannot be assigned […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:45 PM
     Charges were tossed or evidence was excluded from Ontario court proceedings hundreds of times over the past decade due to police officers in urban areas violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a new report examining more than 600 cases has found.  Report co-author Sunil Gurmukh, an adjunct law professor at Western University, said in […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:32 PM
     VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — Shaquille O'Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school. The former NBA superstar said he doesn't want the family of Jada West to deal with the financial burden of a funeral while […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:24 PM
     A Canadian computer scientist is one of this year's recipients of a prestigious award nicknamed the Nobel Prize of computing. Université de Montréal professor Gilles Brassard has won the A.M. Turing Prize with IBM Research scientist Charles H. Bennett. The men nabbed the award because they created impenetrable encryption technology in the mid-1980s that laid […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:23 PM
     The province's police watchdog has cleared a Niagara police officer who shot and killed a man accused of murdering a woman and abducting a child last October.  The director of the Special Investigations Unit says there are no reasonable grounds to charge the officer who killed 38-year-old Anthony Deschepper after an investigation found the suspect […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:16 PM
     NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione 's lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year and said they will seek to have his state murder trial delayed until September. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, Mangione's lawyers […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:53 PM
     The Ford government says it will wrap eight statues on the front lawn of Queen's Park to prevent them from further vandalism ahead of expected protests next week. The move is in reaction to student-led protests earlier this month against planned changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program, which saw a statue of George Brown […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:33 PM
     Health Canada has announced a recall of Tim Hortons ceramic mugs because they may crack or break when filled with hot liquid. The affected mugs are white on the outside and pink on the inside, with a pink handle and a chocolate dip doughnut design on the front and back. The chocolate dip doughnut changes […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:22 PM
     WASHINGTON — Trade talks with Canada ahead of the mandatory review of the continental trade pact are lagging behind those with Mexico, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday. Greer told Fox Business that talks are moving ahead with his Mexican counterparts as the Trump administration negotiates changes to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on […]

CityNews Toronto Wednesday, March 18, 2026 12:49 PM
     The fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man on the highway near Leduc, south of Edmonton, last weekend should be investigated as a hate crime, according to a Sikh group in Canada. The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) wants Alberta RCMP to investigate the March 14 killing of 22-year-old Birinder Singh, who came to Canada […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:53 PM
     It's Wednesday, March 18. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. DEACHMAN: AFTER FATAL OTTAWA FIRE, IS IT TIME TO REGULATE E-SCOOTER BATTERIES IN APARTMENTS? Fire investigators looking into the cause of the March 14 blaze that claimed three lives identified a lithium-ion battery-powered e-scooter as a possible culprit. Read the story NEW ROCKET […]

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:08 PM
     The Ottawa Senators will have to search for another right-shot defenceman whether they make the playoffs or not this spring

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, March 18, 2026 12:41 PM
     The Ottawa Charge are saving space for Heated Rivalry co-stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams at its April 3 game against the Montreal Victoire.

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:45 PM
     Expanded footprint and new food hall means more offerings and more attractions at popular downtown Windsor market.

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:05 PM
     Catch up on the stories we're following today

Windsor Star Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:10 PM
     Windsor police charged three drivers, each allegedly going more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit, with stunt driving Tuesday.  All three motorists were caught speeding in the 3600 block of Wyandotte Street East, east of Strabane Avenue.   A 58-year-old woman was allegedly clocked at 95 km/h in the 50-kilometre-per-hour zone.   A […]

The Province Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:59 PM
     Ralph Priso didn't used to be a centre back. Now he is. He's a microcosm of the Whitecaps' success

The Province Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:24 PM
     Misha Volotovskii, Ethan Mittelsteadt and Kelton Pyne see their combined 15-year run in WHL end with Giants' final regular season games this weekend

The Province Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:16 PM
     Rourke is slated to play in the B.C. Adult Flag Football League this season to help prep for the opportunity to play in the Olympics

The Province Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:44 PM
     An Abbotsford youth who crashed his stepmom's BMW has had his licence suspended and car impounded. See the video police released.

The Province Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:00 PM
     Elias Pettersson snapped his goal drought to give home fans a rare treat but a tougher task is ahead with the Lightning up next

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:38 PM
     The province projected a deficit of $819.4 million for 2026-27, a drastic change from the budget one year ago.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:21 PM
     Wednesday's budget forecasts approximately $22.2 billion in expenses compared to $21 billion last year.

Regina Leader-Post Wednesday, March 18, 2026 12:54 PM
     McEwen, who is joining Rylan Kleiter's curling team, reflects on being let go by his former team in what he says was "the wrong decision."

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:24 PM
     For a country that has been challenged by tepid productivity levels and is striving to diversify exports beyond the United States, these projects could provide a much-needed tonic

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:51 PM
     The closures are so authorities can trigger avalanches pre-emptively to minimize risk of unplanned avalanches and harm to public safety

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:16 PM
     At the time of the blaze, Calgary Fire Department battalion chief Scott Cowan said vehicles inside the building were 'completely destroyed'

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:08 PM
     Not long ago, a friend sent Drew Scott a link to a Reddit conversation about whether the Property Brothers secretly hate each other. The evidence was rather thin. But one Redditor pointed out that Drew and his twin brother Jonathan — who have been reality-TV stars since launching their first Property Brothers series in 2011 […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:02 PM
     Investing in research and development is part of a larger strategy to strengthen Canada's economy amid growing global pressures, said the parliamentary secretary to Canada's Minister of Industry

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:57 PM
     Hot on the heels of the successful launch of its Everwild Nordic Spa in Canmore, Basecamp Resorts is planning three more wellness centres in Alberta and B.C. The Canmore-based company, which owns 12 hotels in the Bow Valley and B.C., has set its sights on creating Nordic spas outside Calgary in the community of Harmony, […]

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:13 PM
     Banff National Park has seen a more than 30 per cent growth in visitation in the past decade, forcing its federal caretakers into an increasingly difficult balancing act to ensure public access to its coveted natural treasures while preserving them

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:10 PM
     The plan includes a live event centre to replace the Saddledome and a multipurpose venue to replace the Big 4 building

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:10 PM
     Canada front-end star slides back into top form after knee injury messed with Team Einarson's success

Calgary Herald Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:06 PM
     'I'm living with my parents right now, it's great,' said Gross, originally from Calgary

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 7:26 PM
     Opinion: Michael Harvey has been vocal is defending Bill 9, saying it does not materially damage access to B.C. government information

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:43 PM
     Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney to helm new series about relationship between Aristotle and a young Alexander the Great

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 5:07 PM
     A flight instructor and student pilot were killed when their Cessna 172S crashed into mountainous terrain in the Chilliwack River Valley in April 2024

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:00 PM
     Opinion: Increasingly, British Columbians believe AI will fundamentally reshape society. Yet relatively few believe it's currently improving major areas of life such as jobs, education or inequality.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:50 PM
     B.C. Premier Eby's approval rating sits at 37 per cent, down from a high of 53 per cent last year

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 3:29 PM
     Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams is set to star alongside Julia Garner in the FTX crypto scandal story.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:00 PM
     This version of Chicken Biryani uses a few shortcuts, including pre‑fried onions, but it still delivers that festive feeling.

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:00 PM
     When Yianni Kerasiotis opened Nammos Estiatorio on Fraser Street in 2016 with his brother Petro, the stretch looked very different. "We were lucky to have Earnest Ice Cream and Bâtard Bakery beside us," Yianni Kerasiotis says. "But other than that, there wasn't a lot until you got down toward Kingsway. Savio Volpe had just opened […]

Vancouver Sun Wednesday, March 18, 2026 2:00 PM
     Some of the artifacts in the new Museum of Anthropology exhibition date back more than 2,500 years