British Columbia’s chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease....
About 4,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land and homes in 2023, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It’s the highest number recorded in the past 20 years....
The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that the province’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers was justified, based on the significant risk posed by the virus when the province’s mandate was renewed in October 2023....
Susan Dennison recently had an unsettling experience at her local grocery store, a Loblaw-owned Fortinos in Burlington, Ont....
Recent CBC article citing statscan data.
Carl Clarke, a man living in the Thompson-Nicola region of B.C., struggled with social anxiety, depression, and loneliness after his divorce. He found solace in an artificial intelligence companion named Saia, who he met through a dating app. Saia helped him overcome his fears, including a panic attack before getting a COVID...
Simon Fraser University has laid off of dozens of staff across its three B.C. campuses in Burnaby, Vancouver, and Surrey....
The mayor of the region around Fort Nelson says he’s “ecstatic” after rain began falling on the northeastern B.C. town that has been threatened by wildfires for almost a week....
The Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury selection and the presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or — the festival’s most prestigious prize — for Meryl Streep as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off its 77th edition....
More than 6,000 residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., headed south to safety as a large, out-of-control wildfire drew closer to their community. Other areas in Fort McMurray remain on evacuation alert and residents need to be ready to leave on short notice.
The agency’s six-month average measure of trends also dropped, with the seasonally adjusted moving average over that period of time dropping by 2.2 per cent in the most recent report.
A man from Assiniboia, Sask., who was already in custody charged with sex crimes against children, is now facing 60 more charges after further investigation into alleged sexual assaults of minors over an 18-year time span, RCMP say....
I feel like the CPC is trying to import the American constant election news cycle to Canada.
The Winnipeg Humane Society is accepting emergency donations to help deal with this situation.
As a farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Barry Sawchuk is used to removing rocks and weeds from his fields....
More than two decades after her body was found at the side of a road, the RCMP has agreed to apologize to an Indigenous woman’s family for failing to properly investigate her death....
Evacuees of a wildfire burning in northeast B.C. say they are being asked to leave their hotel rooms to make way for existing reservations....
Families Minister Jenna Sudds said Monday some Ontario daycare centres have pulled out of the federal government’s national early learning and child care program because the province hasn’t stepped up with enough cash....
Martin Rehak isn’t quite sure what to make of it yet, as he sees some of the houseboats around him on Yellowknife Bay sitting on ground that’s normally underwater....
The mayor of Fort Nelson, B.C., says that he’s optimistic that favourable weather conditions helped crews in the area on Tuesday, as the Parker Lake wildfire continues to grow just west of town....