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Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women

Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women

Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
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Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting

Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting

OTTAWA — For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent.
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Three Indian nationals charged with killing B.C. Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Three Indian nationals charged with killing B.C. Sikh activist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar

SURREY, B.C. — Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa's relationship with New Delhi into disarray.
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Pro-Palestine encampment remains at University of Toronto despite safety concerns

Pro-Palestine encampment remains at University of Toronto despite safety concerns

TORONTO — Protesters donned rain ponchos and huddled in tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto on Friday as they faced wet and windy conditions during the second day of a demonstration calling on the school to distance its
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Claims of Surrey RCMP harassment fell into 'jurisdictional void': B.C. court papers

Claims of Surrey RCMP harassment fell into 'jurisdictional void': B.C. court papers

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the Surrey Police Union say officers were subjected to harassment and disrespect by members of the Surrey RCMP, only to be left in a "jurisdictional void" when both federal and British Columbia bodies declined to investigate t
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Princess Anne takes part in keys-to-the-ship ceremony for Arctic navy vessel in B.C.

Princess Anne takes part in keys-to-the-ship ceremony for Arctic navy vessel in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The first Arctic patrol vessel for Canada's Pacific fleet has officially been commissioned in a ceremony featuring Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles.
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Fisheries Department warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. killer whale calf

Fisheries Department warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. killer whale calf

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The Fisheries Department says it's monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn't interfere with an orphan killer whale calf's ability to reunite with her extended family.
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Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP

Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP

WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month.
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Foreign interference may have 'impacted' 2021 result in one riding, inquiry finds

Foreign interference may have 'impacted' 2021 result in one riding, inquiry finds

OTTAWA — Foreign meddling attempts didn't change who won the last two federal elections in Canada, but may have changed the result in one riding in 2021, a public inquiry concluded Friday.
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A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year.
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