Politics

The site is leased to Fraser Valley Renewables, a waste management company recently fined for dumping waste on B.C. farmland Cheam First Nation is raising the alarm about a facility on its land, claiming it could harm fish. The company operating on the site says it is only storing soil.Photo by Fraser Valley Renewables For … Read more

Winter was cancelled in Canada last year, but there is a major cold snap coming that will extend almost all the way to Mexico Winter cold in Montreal.Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press The intense cold snap about to settle over most of Canada and the U.S. has been dubbed a “polar vortex’, but … Read more

Driver struck two Highland cattle calves on his way home from a fishing trip A Cape Breton case pitted the owner of a car against the owner of the calves it killed in a crash.Photo by WILLIAM WEST /Getty In a pun-filled decision out of Cape Breton, an adjudicator has decided the owner of two … Read more

David Matlow of Toronto has acquired the world’s largest collection of memorabilia of the father of modern political Zionism, now on tour “Yes, (Theodor Herzl) was the visionary of what became the state of Israel, but his message is universal,” lawyer David Matlow says.Photo by Dana Tal-El David Matlow’s fascination with Theodor Herzl began with seeing a portrait … Read more

‘They were either stolen to order, in which case you’ll never see them again, or they were stolen for resale, in which case you’ll probably never see them again’ Nova Scotia businessman John Risley at one of his Labrador lodges: Rifflin’ Hitch. Photo by Becca Willcott / Becken Photography Three painted Maud Lewis Christmas cards stolen … Read more

Carney’s launch speech was strikingly sombre at points, possibly playing to the Alberta crowd’s pragmatism Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launches his leadership bid for the federal Liberal party in Edmonton on Thursday, January 16, 2025.Photo by Jason Franson/The Canadian Press Edmontonian Kristin Raworth said that Carney’s decades-long absence from the city didn’t … Read more

Steve Haining and Ciara Antoski went deeper than the no-decompression limit at a wreck in 50 metres of water off the coast of Florida for their record-setting attempt Ciara Antoski poses by the wreck of the Hydro Atlantic, 50 metres under the ocean near Florida.Photo by Steve Haining Recommended Videos So he, Antoski and a … Read more

Authorities allege Muhammad Shahzeb Khan planned to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in Brooklyn to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who was arrested in Quebec for allegedly plotting to kill Jews in New York City.Photo by Quebec Superior Court via CP MONTREAL — … Read more

A worker was killed while conducting maintenance work on Friday morning. File photograph of fibreboard on a machine at the WestPine MDF plant in Quebec.Photo by Mark Yuen /Vancouver Sun A 24-year-old man is dead following a workplace incident at a mill in Quesnel. Recommended Videos RCMP said first responders were called to the incident … Read more

The statue holds significant sentimental value for its owners, said police On Jan. 11, a sculpture was stolen from a porch at a home near Hastings Street and Kitchener Avenue in Port Coquitlam.Photo by RCMP HANDOUT Coquitlam RCMP are investigating the theft of a 450 kilogram sculpture from a Port Coquitlam home last week. The … Read more