Author Archives: Syndicated Content

VANCOUVER - A&W plans to open the first trial of UK-based chain Pret A Manger this summer in Vancouver after signing an agreement granting the restaurant chain with master franchisor rights in Can...

NANAIMO - One week after being diagnosed with bone cancer, Leo Manson Sr.'s nose started to bleed profusely while visiting his son in Ty-Histanis, a Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation community on Vancouver I...

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica’s year got off to a strong start as net income surged about 31 per cent to US$190 million on a double-digit increase in revenues. The Vancouver-based athletic clo...

REGINA - Canada’s public safety minister says a proposal to reform the country’s gun laws isn’t meant to target farmers or other rural gun owners who use firearms recreationally or t...

OTTAWA - Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says the federal government’s decision on British Columbia’s drug decriminalization threshold was based on police input....

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for t...

OTTAWA - The federal government has reintroduced legislation to create a monthly benefit cheque for working-age Canadians with disabilities but Ottawa still can’t say who will qualify, how much ...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Ukrainians who have fled to Canada from the war with Russia will start to receive income assistance from the federal government in the next five days. Pr...

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales across the region have returned to “more typical seasonal levels” and that there are modest signs continuous price in...

UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from inside the school building, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Sen. R...