Canada’s economy lost 207,000 jobs last month
Canada's economy lost 207,000 jobs in April, as a new round of government-ordered lockdowns forced businesses to lay off workers.Statistics Canada reported Friday that 129,000 full-time jobs…
Tourism in Ontario’s Prince Edward County is booming. If only staff could afford to live there
For Samantha Parsons, hiring seasonal staff for the booming tourist season in Prince Edward County, Ont., is an exercise in creativity. The craft brewery owner has to…
Stalled project reveals archaeological conflict between First Nations and B.C. government
An expansion of a popular Hornby Island pub that stalled this spring with the discovery of Indigenous human remains is threatening to become a flashpoint for relations…
B.C. mayor apologizes for U.S. trip to visit family, get vaccinated
The mayor of a West Kootenay town has apologized for what she now says was a wrong decision to travel to the United States for COVID-19 vaccines…
Fire, flood, COVID and the oil crash: Fort McMurray businesses aim to bounce back from hard luck
Anyone who buys a restaurant knows the business is not for the faint of heart. In an oil town, where fortunes can rise or plummet in an…
7 Manitoba churches challenging province’s COVID-19 pandemic powers in court
Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the province's lockdown measures are unjustified violations of Charter-protected freedoms of conscience, religion, expression and peaceful assembly…
Ontario’s political parties gear up for next spring’s election in the shadow of COVID-19
Mark your calendars: Ontario's next provincial election campaign officially begins one year from Tuesday.Ontario's fixed-date election law sets voting day as June 2, 2022, and the formal…
Entire island in B.C. gets vaccinated for COVID-19
Most Canadians can only dream of a day when they will feel confident that most of the people they encounter are vaccinated for COVID-19.But whether it's a…
A Harper dynasty and the end of the Liberals? How the 2011 election didn’t change everything
In just a few weeks, Canadian politics changed forever. Or so everyone thought.The Liberals, once the country's "natural governing party," were reduced to a smoking ruin. The…
Inside The Life Of David ‘Son Of Sam’ Berkowitz Today
David Berkowitz is serving his time at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Berkowitz was eligible for parole in 2003 after 25 years served. Time and…
‘He loved the North’: Father remembers engineer killed in helicopter crash
Benton Davie almost wasn't going to be a part of the polar bear survey trip that resulted in a fatal helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, last…