Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report
OTTAWA - 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 Economi...
Jul 17, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler's navy sails into Victoria for visit
VICTORIA - When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard...
Jul 15, 2025
Number of Canadians with favourable view of U.S. has fallen, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Amid months of tariffs and taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who have a favourable view of the United States has fallen and is now o...
Jul 15, 2025
After meeting with Trump, Nvidia CEO says the sale of AI chip is back on in China
BANGKOK (AP) - Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to Chi...
Jul 15, 2025
How a tree-killing beetle chose wrong human to fly into, revealing presence in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into. Amateur entomologist Andrew Short was sitting on a bench in downtown Vancouver in June 2023 when the unfamiliar metall...
Jul 13, 2025
Fraud experts warn of smishing scams made easier by artificial intelligence, new tech
If it seems like your phone has been blowing up with more spam text messages recently, it probably is. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says so-called smishing attempts appear to be on the rise, thanks ...
Jul 11, 2025
How Canada can better attract tech talent as calls to build domestic industry grow
With a fresh wave of patriotic calls for Canada to scale its domestic tech sector, industry players say there are opportunities to better attract and retain homegrown talent and knock down barriers th...
Jul 11, 2025
Environmentalist, political science student joins B.C. Greens leadership race
VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party has announced Adam Bremner-Akins as its third contestant for the party's 2025 leadership race. It says Bremner-Akins is a political science student, environmentalist an...
Jul 08, 2025
Yukon disaster one of two 'most catastrophic' in heap-leach mining history: expert
The spill of about two million tonnes of cyanide-soaked ore at a Yukon gold mine was one of the two "most catastrophic failures" in the 45-year history of the heap-leaching mining process, an engineer...
Jul 08, 2025
Percentage of Canadians who see the U.S. as a top threat triples: Poll
WASHINGTON - As U.S. President Donald Trump pursues his global trade war and talk of annexation, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who view the United States as a top threat has tripled ...
Jul 08, 2025 A participant holds an "Elbows Up Canada" sign during a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday, March 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...
