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B.C. lifting COVID-19 restrictions but not everyone ready to resume usual gatherings
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is set to lift capacity restrictions on gatherings across much of the province Monday, though some say not everyone will be ready to party like it's early 2020 while still...
Oct 24, 2021
Yukon moves to protect transgender rights, ban gender-based discrimination
WHITEHORSE - Yukon’s government is looking to change a pair of laws in order to protect transgender rights. The territorial government says in a release that changes to the Vital Statistics Act ...
Mar 15, 2017
On eve of festival, Cannes defends its record on women
CANNES, France - A year after 82 women protested en masse on the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival on Monday defended its record on female filmmakers and for the first time divulged data on its sel...
May 13, 2019
Vegan buys giant, 23-pound Bay of Fundy lobster, returns it to underwater home
ALMA, N.B. - A massive lobster taller than a toddler was caught in the Bay of Fundy - and then bought by a vegan activist so it could be returned, alive, to its chilly home. Catherine MacDonald, co-ow...
Nov 29, 2016
Quebec man seeks federal reprieve as deportation looms 20 years after conviction
MONTREAL - A Quebec man is facing deportation to his native Italy nearly two decades after a Mafia-linked drug conviction that is being cited as the reason for his possible expulsion. Michele Torre, 6...
Sep 08, 2016
'We weep for our children' : PAGC wants Feds to compensate Timber Bay School survivors
The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council says the horrific discovery in B.C. last week, shows there can be no rest until the search for the children who never came home from residential scho...
Jun 02, 2021
Trudeau not first politician to face heat for ride in Aga Khan's helicopter
OTTAWA - If only Justin Trudeau had bumped into Earl Deveaux at the airport in the Bahamas - he might have been able to save himself a chopper-load of political grief. After all, Deveaux - formerly th...
Jan 22, 2017
Shapovalov swept aside by teen qualifier in Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Denis Shapovalov's return to competitive tennis didn't go as planned Sunday night as the 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., was bounced from the Australian Open in straight s...
Jan 15, 2024
UPDATE: Crowdfunding campaign for Humboldt Broncos breaks $1.5 million
UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after it was first posted, the GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $1.5 million to support the victims and their families. “Thank you so much to everyone for your g...
Apr 07, 2018
UPDATE: Crowdfunding campaign for Humboldt Broncos breaks $1.5 million
UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after it was first posted, the GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $1.5 million to support the victims and their families. “Thank you so much to everyone for your g...
Apr 07, 2018