David Gardiner received a handout from the City of Vancouver on June 6, telling him that his street name was going to be changing. He has lived on the now formerly-named Trutch Street for 40 years, which now bears the name šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum), which translates to Musqueamview in English. Signposts bear the English name…
An Alberta judge has put on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth. Justice Allison Kuntz, in a written judgment Friday, said the law raises serious issues that need to be hashed out in court, and issued a temporary injunction against the law before it fully came into effect….
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The journey was a bit bumpy, but the Canadian men’s soccer team got the job done and qualified for the knockout stage at the Concacaf Gold Cup, the championship tournament…
Crystal de Balinhard said it is the small moments and the big milestones with her son, Chase, that she misses the most. She told Global News she is still left with questions about her neurodivergent son, who died at the hands of police. On Feb. 10, Surrey RCMP responded to reports of a person with…
Residents of the Northern Village of Denare Beach, Sask., and Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP say the provincial government failed the village as a wildfire approached nearly a month ago. Denare Beach is located close to the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and has approximately 700 year-round residents. More than 200 homes were destroyed by the Wolf fire. People from the village say it received…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Tomorrow in Paris, Kenyan track star Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes. It’s a daunting challenge. Though the mile…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province is stepping in to shut down an encampment at Highway 97 and Fairview Road in Penticton, B.C. “We’ve put a notice out to residents that they have ’til the end of the day to vacate that location,” BC Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said Wednesday. Outreach…
The government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) have re-declared suicide to be a crisis, mirroring a move the territory made a decade ago. The declaration was one of 32 recommendations from a coroner’s inquest in April. That inquest looked into the circumstances around the death of George Arlooktoo, 28, during a confrontation with…
The New York Sirens have selected Colgate University forward Kristýna Kaltounková with the first pick in the 2025 PWHL draft on Tuesday, adding a power forward with a penchant for scoring goals. Kaltounková is the first European player drafted first overall into the PWHL, and the highest drafted player from the Czech Republic. “What a great…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A mother who lost her son after he accidentally fell off the platform at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station is now calling on TransLink to improve safety measures at the stations. Cunningham’s 34-year-old son, Julian, fell backward off the platform on Saturday morning and was killed. “My son…
