EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo ...

The organization behind B.C.'s recycling system wants residents to do more to keep plastics from going to landfills or ending up as litter — as only 45 per cent of plastic packaging used by residents ...

It comes as social media platforms are on a deadline to get children under 16 off their platforms by December 10. The identification tools will be operational from Monday and follows the successful ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), an American non-profit that operates in B.C., says it may make changes to its controversial application to use provincial Crown land, after it does more ...

When it comes to women's health, foot health plays a vital role too. For centuries, women's feet have been subject to cultural practices like foot binding in China, or they have historically been ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation notice to the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, accusing the facility of detaining ...

The members voted against the combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Guidelines on vaccines given separately to prevent those infections remain unchanged. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...

Carlsbad’s Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday to gather community input on whether the city should prohibit e-bike use by children under age 12. The Carlsbad ...

State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report. By Steven Lee Myers In the week since Charlie Kirk’s ...