The Canada-U.S. border remains closed to non-essential travel, but that didn’t stop one furry friend from attempting a crossing. According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), a young bear cub attempted to cross the border between Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska earlier this week. But the bear, like many travellers, didn’t have the proper […]
Melanie Gardner moved to Canada to escape Donald Trump’s presidency, but even on the other side of the border she said the stress of the U.S. election is taking a physical toll. “I just went to the dentist this morning. I’ve been grinding my teeth so that I’m having vicious pain in my mouth,” she […]
DELTA, B.C. — Steve Power is standing on a beach across from his wife and two granddaughters, but they’re ever so careful not to break the law by touching each other or stepping over an invisible line in the sand that separates the United States from Canada. The boundary between the two countries is indicated […]
After three days of high-stakes negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program concluded in Geneva on Sunday with no deal reached but plans for further talks, experts say they are still hopeful that a diplomatic solution can avert war. “The talks haven’t failed,” said Robert Naiman, policy director for Just Foreign Policy, in an interview with Common […]
Potentially raising eyebrows for those concerned about the influential role of large financial firms on current (or possibly future) elected officials, former Senator and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has given a pair of reportedly ‘lucrative’ talks for an audience of Goldman Sachs employees and their clients in recent days. Clinton, regarded as a […]
OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will ease restrictions on the province’s COVID-19 hot spots, hours after health authorities reported a single-day record in new cases and in contrast with Quebec’s recent extension of “red-zone” measures. Ontario rolled out a new colour-coded system Tuesday that will determine when and to what extent coronavirus […]
Premier Doug Ford defended Ontario’s new COVID-19 restrictions system Wednesday, saying it will help the province respond early to flare-ups of the virus despite experts warning it could lead to further community spread. The colour-coded system unveiled a day earlier – when Ontario hit a new high in daily cases – has prompted concerns that […]
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says one so-called murder hornet was discovered near Abbotsford on Monday. The ministry is warning beekeepers and residents to report sightings of the invasive hornets, a few of which can kill an entire honeybee hive within hours. The hornets can reach up to five centimetres in length […]
HALIFAX — A group of Nova Scotia Indigenous leaders has levelled harassment allegations at the federal government over an ongoing moderate livelihood fishery dispute, accusing the department responsible for fisheries of planning to seize gear from lobster trappers in the province. The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs issued a statement on Friday saying they’d […]
Canada’s three largest metro areas reported another hot month for housing in October, with sales up by double digits in the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver areas, despite warnings from the experts that the market is bound to cool off in the coming months. Home sales in Greater Toronto were up by 25.1 per cent compared […]