Politics

‘Had nobody taken action, those poor individuals just might have been stuck inside,’ says Lorne Mansky, Winnipeg-based IT consultant A paratransit van burns on a Winnipeg street. Lorne Mansky snapped this phone within minutes of helping three people escape the vehicle.Photo by Lorne Mansky Lorne Mansky doesn’t consider himself a hero, but the quick actions … Read more

Australian government introducing world-first legislation making X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram responsible for excluding children younger than 16 TikTok is the fasting-growing social-media app in Canada but is also considered the least trusted, according to a 2023 report. The federal Liberals ordered a national security review of the app last September.Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP via … Read more

The choice of Matt Whitaker is an unusual one, given his background as a lawyer and not in foreign policy FILE – Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker waves as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024.Photo by Andrew Harnik /THE ASSOCIATED … Read more

Woodpeckers have been poking holes in the building and exposing the drywall, electrical and plumbing installations Calgary’s Intercare Corporate Group Inc. has a month to remove or alter bird deterrent lights at one of it’s long-term care homes that are aimed at warding off invasive woodpeckers. A Calgary long-term care home has been ordered to … Read more

Witness was caught crossing into U.S. on the same day a family of four froze to death in blowing snow and wind chills below -30 A border marker between the United States and Canada is shown just outside of Emerson, Man., on Jan. 20, 2022.Photo by JOHN WOODS /The Canadian Press FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — … Read more

Lyle Price, 23, has been charged with second-degree murder. This illustration shows a man in handcuffs.Photo by File Photo /Getty Images A man has been charged in relation to the homicide of 34-year-old Stephen Crock a year ago in Vancouver. On Nov. 21, 2023, just after 3 p.m., Crock was found stabbed on the sidewalk … Read more

Modi’s readiness to visit Putin earlier this year sparked concerns in the U.S. In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin shake hands during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, on July 8. Photographer: Sergei Bobylyov/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto by Sergei Bobylyov /Photographer: Sergei Bobylyov/AF Russian President … Read more

Winds exceeding 100 km/h were recorded in multiple areas late Tuesday, with gusts approaching 80 km/h at Vancouver’s airport A duck flies off the Stanley Park seawall while heavy rain falls as the downtown Vancouver skyline is seen across the water, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Hurricane-force … Read more

Efforts to rehabilitate urban waterways have helped bring spawning salmon back to parts of Metro Vancouver, including unlikely-looking streams surrounded by industrial and residential development. Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The salmon in Burnaby’s Brunette River … Read more

Western and Ukrainian officials say Russia been stockpiling powerful long-range missiles, possibly in an upcoming effort to crush the Ukrainian power grid as winter settles in The U.S. embassy in Kyiv, was closed Wednesday amid threats of an Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.Photo by Gleb Garanich /Reuters The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said … Read more