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An email from the Victoria mortgage broker makes odd allegations, references the FBI and threatens to file charges against the court-appointed receiver trying to find $226 million in missing investor funds.  Victoria mortgage broker owes investors $226M but only $340K has been recovered. His whereabouts are unknown. British Columbia Supreme …

The Friends for the Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) held its induction of officers and turnover ceremonies at the newly constructed SJW building in Paseo de Magallanes owned by incoming President Noel Gonzales. After their recent successful event “Ilustrado” at the National Museum, FCCP immediate past president Martin Lopez …

Seniors attended a prom organized by Quebec High School. Three students came up with the idea as an end-of-year project to connect with people from different generations.  3 Quebec High School students came up with idea for seniors’ prom as end-of-year project. Nearly 66 years after Margaret Oman’s senior prom, …

After a decade in the acting industry, Grace Dove knows why she chose this field.  “I really believe I became an actor and a storyteller to share hard stories,” she told CBC’s Eli Glasner. Dove stars as Aline Spears in Bones of Crows, a film written and directed by Marie …

One of the last images Yoanick Dion has of Oujé-Bougoumou is of firefighters digging trenches outside the town as an eerie orange haze filled the air and ash fell from the sky.  On one side of that trench, a line of defence against the blaze, is the Cree community. On …

Advocates living with a rare degenerative condition are lending their support to a grandfather who has set out on a two-month bicycle journey from B.C. to Quebec to raise awareness of inconsistent treatment coverage.  Bernard McNeil hopes to spur change to age restrictions for medications treating spinal muscular atrophy, Advocates …

It’s unlikely that aliens, should they exist, will have a single brain and walk on two legs like they do in the movies, writes Bob McDonald.  The cephalopod’s nervous system diverged in many unexpected ways compared to humans. Everything about the octopus seems strange — unworldly, even, as some have …

Controlling feral cat populations is controversial and often involves capturing, surgically sterilizing and releasing the animals, which is complex and expensive. U.S. scientists have developed a new method for cat contraception that involves a single injection of a gene that prevents cat eggs from maturing.  An alternative to resource-intensive spay …

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The game of chess is bringing people together in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., thanks to a new program from the Association for New Canadians. Twice a week, the association hosts "Chess and Chat," bringing out young and old for a game or two. Ghazi Alhasoun and his eight-year-old son, Ouws Alhasoun, …