The federal broadcast regulator is considering whether it should include a “cultural element” in its new definition of Canadian content. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is holding a public hearing from May 14-27 in Gatineau, Que., that in part is looking at defining Canadian content. The CRTC has said that while it’s leaning away…
A Chilliwack mother whose daughter went missing in 2021 says the B.C. government and RCMP’s E Division has told her it is working on developing a public assistance alert system for adults. Alina Durham’s daughter, Shaelene Keeler Bell, went missing in 2021. Her body was found in the Fraser River more than four months later….
Canada Post says it has received a strike notice from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week — for the second time in six months. The union informed management that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday morning at midnight, the Crown corporation…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after two CN rail trains crashed into each other early Sunday morning west of Edson, Alta. According to CN Rail spokesperson Ashley Michnowski, preliminary reports show the two trains sideswiped each other in a low-speed collision. RCMP say they responded to…
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it is going ahead with a cull of nearly 400 ostriches living in southeastern B.C. over fears of avian flu. It doubled down on its decision on Saturday, despite the local regional district passing a motion earlier this week saying it will not accept the birds’ carcasses at…
For the first time, 24-year-old Mackenzie Dawn Hardy is sharing her side the story after being mistakenly released from an Edmonton-area jail with what police say was a fraudulent letter. On Wednesday, Global News first reported an Alberta woman was released at the end of April from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre (FSCC), which houses…
The stepdad of two missing kids in rural Pictou County, N.S., says he hopes the ground search and rescue operation that resumed Saturday will bring Lilly and Jack Sullivan back home. “I’m really hopeful that they find something,” said Daniel Martell. “I’m grateful for each and everyone of them that take the time out here to go…
A 34-year-old woman from Nanaimo is missing after her sailboat was found washed ashore. The sailboat was found just after 2 p.m. on Thursday near Bayshore Drive, located off Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo RCMP said. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once…
In a possible first for B.C., a Bryde’s whale — a species not generally seen north of California — has washed up on Vancouver Island. The whale washed ashore in Port McNeill Bay, on the northern side of the Island, according to a news release from the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation. Experts brought in to examine the body confirmed…
Support for the owners of an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., is growing after Tuesday’s decision by a federal court judge to uphold the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) cull order that will see nearly 400 of the birds destroyed. A group of 20 people took to the streets in Vernon to protest against the…
