Politics

Short video platform has until Sunday to shutter its U.S. operations or find a buyer TikTok has more than one billion monthly active users worldwide, including 170 million in the U.S. and 14 million in Canada.Photo by ANTONIN UTZ /AFP via Getty Images Recommended Videos Why is the U.S. banning TikTok? TikTok’s legal team argued … Read more

The spacecraft’s six engines appeared to shut down one by one during ascent, with contact lost just eight and a half minutes into the flight In this handout image courtesy of Greg Blee, debris from the SpaceX Starship is seen in the sky near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos on Jan. 16, 2025. Photo by Handout … Read more

Ranging in age from 2 to 86, they include women, children, the elderly and the sick A woman walks past photos of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Photo by Mahmoud Illean /The Associated Press Recommended Videos Those on the list range in age from two years … Read more

While companies wait for Parliament, many are choosing the most advanced, and strict, international regulations to abide by Bill C-27 was set to modernize Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which dates back to 2000, but prorogation has left the tech sector dealing with woefully outdated laws and regulations.Photo by Lincoln Beddoe/Getty Images … Read more

According to researchers, Bathynomus vaderi can grow to more than 30 centimetres and weigh a kilogram or more.Photo by Nguyen Thanh Son /ZooKeys A gigantic but hideous sea creature trawled from the deep waters off Vietnam has been named after Darth Vader due to its appearance. Scientists made the shocking discovery after purchasing samples from … Read more

Nelle Diala was fired by Alaska Airline after she posted a TIkTok video of herself twerking in uniform on a plane while waiting for a pilot to arrive. She’s since launched a GoFundMe and feels she did nothing wrong.Photo by GoFundMe You better work and not twerk. An Alaska Airlines flight attendant found that out … Read more

Raul Allueva, chief administrative officer of the City of Coquitlam.Photo by Stuart McNish /Conversations That Matter Housing affordability has been the centre of attention in B.C., particularly the Lower Mainland, for decades. There are many causes for rising costs. Politicians point the finger at developers; developers point the finger at governments that impose levies and … Read more

The accord’s first stage is to see the phased release of 33 hostages — alive or dead — over a six-week period starting on Sunday, in return for the release of about 1,000 Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons Protesters gather for a rally calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive … Read more

Dan Fumano: Only 13 per cent of Vancouver’s single-family homes have metered water connections. West Vancouver has universal water metering, which has been associated with a 45 per cent reduction in demand. Only 13 per cent of the City of Vancouver’s single-family homes have metered water connections.Photo by M-Production /Getty Images/iStockphoto Vancouver council will consider … Read more

‘This man comes out of the room waving a machete at my coworkers uttering threats to kill us,’ says Victoria Treacy, who believes better security is needed Victoria Treacy in front of Eagleridge Hospital Emergency in Port Moody Jan. 16. Treacy is calling for better safety for hospital staff and patients after being confronted by … Read more