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Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.’s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don’t rate the same kind of attention from the public as a “cute, fluffy mammal.” The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that’s one reason why ...
Carney to meet with First Nations today on major projects legislation
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government’s controversial major projects legislation. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after ...
Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a ...
Marner’s return to Toronto set for January as NHL releases full schedule
Marner left the Maple Leafs for an eight-year deal with the Golden Knights in a sign-and-trade ahead of free agency.
New rules allowing Quebec restaurants to charge for no-shows come into effect
Quebec restaurant owners can now charge a fee to people who make a reservation but don’t show up. Under new rules in effect today, restaurants can charge up to $10 for each no-show. An association ...
Defence spending will lift Canada’s economy, but not out of a recession: report
Ottawa’s ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics ...
How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June.
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn’t confirming that
Make American Coke Great Again? President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company ...
Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in private
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that ...
Disney sues Hong Kong company it says is selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry
The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.
B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed
A First Nation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says it is “deeply saddened” by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla’amin First Nation says in a statement that ...
Couche-Tard pulls bid for 7-Eleven parent company
Alimentation Couche-Tard has backed away from a bid to buy the parent company of Japanese convenience store giant 7-Eleven.