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The mayor of Stewart, B.C., is calling for 24-hour staffing at the community’s border with Hyder, Alaska, after its hours were cut following a complete closure during the pandemic. The communities of Stewart and Hyder share an unusual relationship — they are tightly connected neighbours, about 500 kilometres northwest of …

Click here to view the video Once a pristine lawn is now left in shreds. If that’s how you would describe your yard, then it’s likely you have quite a pungent problem on your hands. Those holes are from the nose of a skunk, which is looking for grub by …

With absolutely no exceptions, every defence policy presented by the Canadian government over the past five decades has presented a vision of the world beyond our borders going to hell in a handbasket. The wars may be different, the adversaries might change, threats might have evolved — but the language …

The winner of the multimillion-dollar case of 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky’s rookie card — says he no longer wants them and is trying to find them a “better home.”  Buyer says he wants to find ‘better home’ for cards, floats Wayne Gretzky, Drake …

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s willing to go to court to block the federal government from going straight to municipalities to make deals on housing. The federal government says that approach will only slow down construction.  Smith looking to require provincial oversight of federal-municipal deals. Federal officials and Alberta …

Rivoire, an Oblate priest from France, has long faced allegations he sexually abused children in Nunavut in the 1960s and 1970s. He spent more than 30 years working as a priest in the territory, mostly in Arviat and Naujaat.  Johannes Rivoire was 93 when he died on Thursday. A priest …

Two of Brampton City Hall’s highest paid employees don’t even work there. Ontario’s recently released Sunshine List of public sector employees who make over $100,000 reveals that two former Brampton employees — one fired in 2018 and the other fired in 2022 — took home over $1.5 million combined last …

A brazen cyber-heist of $14.2 million has sparked a bizarre court battle between one of Canada’s largest banks and one of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency services business. Nearly three months after hackers wired millions out of Canadian Western Bank’s accounts payable system, a B.C. Supreme Court judge unfroze accounts this …

Happy middle of April! There’s a chance of snow next week in almost every Canadian province. It’s a tough reality check this time of year. April carries spring on its breezes, after all. Flower petals float through the sky as a blanket of pollen turns everything a sneezy shade of …

Cities, towns and villages in British Columbia have been busy since 2017 applying for and spending money under a provincial fund meant to shore up dikes, stabilize slopes and plant trees, but the municipal federation that administers the fund says more is needed.  Municipal federation says sustained provincial funding required …