Canadian News

Funding woes inspire $25,000 pitching competition for Black entrepreneurs

2 finalists are from B.C.

Feb 20, 2023 7:35 AM Read more >

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency around 1976

Feb 19, 2023 10:30 AM Read more >

Federal funding for Black entrepreneurs a ‘beacon of hope,’ though barriers persist

Academics and advocates have pointed out the barriers Black people face navigating financial institutions

Feb 19, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

Ahead of new childhood obesity guidelines, doctors say surgery is an important option

Earlier intervention recommended with medication or surgery after failed efforts at behaviour change

Feb 18, 2023 10:33 AM Read more >

International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report

International Commission on Missing Persons tapped to conduct a cross-country outreach campaign

Feb 18, 2023 8:30 AM Read more >

Former B.C. MP says Canada an ‘open market’ for foreign interference in elections

Conservative Kenny Chiu feels both vindicated and gravely concerned

Feb 18, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Energy transition jobs plan aims to sustain and create jobs, not kill them: feds

‘Rather than a shortage of jobs, in Canada we are much more likely to see an abundance’

Feb 18, 2023 7:10 AM Read more >

Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish

Canada will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around the Discovery Islands

Feb 17, 2023 3:30 PM Read more >

Zelenskyy pushes for speedy support to avoid more deaths

‘There is no alternative to speed, because it’s speed that life depends on’

Feb 17, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >

Trudeau says Canadians decided 2021 election outcome in spite of Chinese meddling

Report: China worked to help ensure a Liberal victory and defeat Conservative politicians

Feb 17, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >