One year after a landmark report into the horrific death of an 11-year-old Indigenous boy in foster care called for a “complete overhaul” of B.C.’s child welfare system, the province’s child watchdog says the NDP government has a long way to go in improving conditions for the most vulnerable. “We can do so much better for…
A grocery store in Victoria, B.C., has avoided selling U.S. produce for 117 days. Garth Green, general manager of Urban Grocer, says when U.S. Donald Trump launched his trade war on Canada in March, they decided to pull all U.S.-grown produce from the shelves. And so far, it’s been a big success. “We’re, you know,…
The municipal building in the central P.E.I. town of Kensington was shut as a precaution on Monday night after someone brought a “potentially hazardous object” to the police force headquartered there. The episode meant the town’s planned council meeting had to be postponed for a day because of what a social media post called “unforeseen…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A cyclist has died and two others seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle during the popular Okanagan Granfondo cycling race this weekend. Just before noon Sunday, Penticton RCMP said they were responding to a serious motor vehicle incident on White Lake Road near St. Andrew’s…
Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women’s sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors. Tourism and Sport Minister Andrew Boitchenko said the discrepancy is out of his hands. “We don’t have authority to regulate athletes from different jurisdictions,” he said in an interview. In a…
Multiple businesses in Toronto’s east end say they are out thousands of dollars after so-called “point of sale”, or POS, scam thefts. The thefts have prompted the area’s BIA to warn business owners about the vulnerabilities of POS terminals. Lori Van Soelen, manager of the Beach BIA says she first learned of POS thefts in the area…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of a Langley, B.C., seniors’ residence are happy and relieved the only elevator in the building is once again operational. Residents of The Fir at 54th Avenue and 204th Street have been complaining for more than six months about the elevator that was not working, forcing…
Two girls have been arrested in a swarming attack on a Muslim woman in Oshawa, Ont., and police say there is no evidence so far to indicate hate was a factor. The victim had her hijab ripped off and was repeatedly kicked in the attack at a Pizza Pizza on July 2. The girls, 13…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump has once again turned the attention of his aggressive trade agenda on Canada with yet a new tariff threat. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, Trump threatened a 35 per cent tariff on “Canadian products sent into…
The family of a man who died in Saskatchewan RCMP custody is demanding answers and changes to how Indigenous people are held by police. Last month, Gerald Straightnose, a 61-year-old from Keeseekoose First Nation, died in the cells of the RCMP detachment in Kamsack, Sask., just over 225 kilometres northeast of Regina. The Serious Incident Response Team, Saskatchewan’s police watchdog,…
