Politics

Tuesday’s filing is the first step in a months-long legal process to come up with remedies that could reshape a company that’s long been synonymous with online search FILE – The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024.Photo by Seth Wenig /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking … Read more

Milton is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday A boarded up house for sale in the the front yard in Dunedin ahead of Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall tonight on October 9, 2024 in Florida. Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH /AFP via Getty Images Hurricane Milton dropped to a … Read more

Crash has left one person in life-threatening condition Toronto Police cruiser in Toronto. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Postmedia Toronto police say a collision between a stolen vehicle and two public transit buses has left one person in life-threatening condition. A stolen Honda was travelling at a high speed when it crashed into a Toronto Transit … Read more

Traffic is blocked in the 5500-block of Marine Drive Wednesday morning. File photo of a West Vancouver Police vehicle.Photo by PNG West Vancouver police are investigating an overnight collision that left a motorcyclist dead. Traffic is blocked in the 5500-block of Marine Drive until further notice and motorists are asked to avoid the area, police … Read more

With sports such as horseback archery, mas-wrestling and hunting with birds of prey, these games are the ‘Olympics’ of nomad nations A mounted Kyrgyz berkutchi (an eagle hunter) holds his bird, a golden eagle, during the World Nomad Games 2016.Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images Astana, Kazakhstan — Audrey Ann Meloche began her first … Read more

The Tampa Bay region, home to more than 3.3 million people, hasn’t seen a direct hit from a major hurricane in more than a century Members of the Florida Army National Guard check for any remaining residents in nearly-deserted Bradenton Beach, where piles of debris from Hurricane Helene flooding still sits outside damaged homes ahead … Read more

Gas is scarce, people are being told to leave, and even the theme parks are closing Salvador Gonzalez places plywood over the windows of a business before Hurricane Milton’s arrival on Oct. 9, 2024 in Fort Myers, Florida.Photo by Joe Raedle /Getty Images Hurricane Milton strengthened as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward … Read more

In late November, Cineplex will open the doors to its newest The Rec Room location, in Vancouver. The Rec Room in the Granville Street entertainment district in Vancouver on Oct. 8.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG The first major venue to potentially re-energize the beleaguered Granville Entertainment District is finally set to open after being in … Read more

Dan Fumano: New report from Homebuilders Association adds to the debate around the principle of growth-paying-for-growth Eric Woodward, the mayor of the Township of Langley, which the report singles out as having the highest development charges, says comparisons of different municipalities with different needs and geographies is “grossly unfair,” not particularly useful, and is “intended to … Read more

The rapidly growing region around Cloverdale was a B.C. Liberal stronghold, one constituency flipped to the NDP in 2020, and both are coveted ground in a city with increasing influence in the legislature. Conservative party candidate for Surrey-Cloverdale Elenore Sturko at her campaign office on Oct. 4.Photo by Jason Payne /PNG Long waiting times at … Read more