3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (210+ words) CULTUS LAKE – Authorities handed out fines of nearly $300 apiece to a jet ski operator and the owner of a jet ski for unsafe activities, and directed over a dozen paddleboarders without safety equipment back to shore during the Labour Day…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (703+ words) His office said in a statement that Tung passed away peacefully in the presence of his family members on Tuesday. Tung, a shipping tycoon, had little political experience before a panel of pro-Beijing elites picked him to be the first…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (677+ words) OTTAWA — Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday, responding to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month. On Aug. 22, U.S. President Donald Trump launched tariffs on nearly $28 billion of…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (392+ words) ABBOTSFORD — The 28-year-old Poshak Sachdeva may have landed on Canadian soil a decade ago, but he hasn’t stopped soaring to new heights just yet. Sachdeva, who came from India as an international student at 18, has recently been honoured as one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (764+ words) OTTAWA — The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns. It says that even if the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (322+ words) SQUAMISH — A hiker missing for five days in mountainous terrain near Squamish, B.C., has been found alive, walking himself to safety after a massive search. “After several long days of searching, we are incredibly relieved to share that Stanislav has…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1030+ words) VANCOUVER — Artificial intelligence company OpenAI and founder Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits from witnesses to the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., with plaintiffs including a teacher who described trying to protect pupils from the shooter, and a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (767+ words) Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed a culture of impunity in the European Union’s smallest state. Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (153+ words) VICTORIA — A top American military commander today suggested the United States is as likely to launch an attack on Mars as it is to invade Canada. Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, was asked by a reporter…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) British Columbia’s attorney general is condemning Islamophobia after the Fleetwood Islamic Centre in Surrey says members of its congregation found the facility vandalized with threatening graffiti and pieces of raw bacon. Niki Sharma says her heart goes out to the…...