Canada

Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait

BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing...

Feb 20, 2023

'Helped me rejuvenate my soul:' Inmates in Yellowknife learn trapping, outdoor skills

YELLOWKNIFE - Inmates at the Yellowknife jail concentrate as they skin several squirrels, deftly moving their knives to remove the small animals' soft fur, then scraping the remaining flesh and fat aw...

Feb 20, 2023

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

VANCOUVER, Wash. - After immigrating to Canada from Kenya with dreams of starting her own business, entrepreneur Jackee Kasandy soon concluded that Canadian banks weren't keen on opening their vaults ...

Feb 20, 2023

Montreal police investigating after woman found dead, attack in nearby apartment

Montreal police say a woman is dead and a man was seriously injured in a stabbing in the city's Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough. Police say they received a 911 call for an armed assault i...

Feb 19, 2023

Jury finds Quebec man guilty in abduction, extortion of N.Y. couple in September 2020

MONTREAL - A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020. A jury convicted Gary Arnold on f...

Feb 19, 2023

Harassment in sports: St-Onge asks provinces for investigative systems by end of 2023

OTTAWA - Federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling on her provincial and territorial counterparts to establish independent bodies to handle harassment complaints from athletes by the end of th...

Feb 19, 2023

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

OTTAWA - When Sean Whyte opened a fashion store in early 2020, he had no idea a global pandemic would force him to throw out his business plan within a couple of months. Whyte's Kelowna business, Grey...

Feb 19, 2023

Volunteer's death spurs warnings that B.C.'s avalanche conditions are 'unforgiving'

VANCOUVER - The avalanche deaths of two skiers in British Columbia's central Interior this month have prompted an emotional plea about this season's dangerous conditions from the head of a volunteer s...

Feb 19, 2023

Chinese consulate-general says report could damage China's relationship with Canada

VANCOUVER - The Chinese consulate-general in Vancouver has called a newspaper report that cited Canadian intelligence documents and described alleged efforts to oust candidates seen as unfriendly to B...

Feb 18, 2023

Media mogul, former National Arts Centre president Peter Herrndorf dies, Family says

TORONTO - Peter Herrndorf, a lawyer, Canadian media mogul and the former president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre, has died. He was 82. Matthew Herrndorf confirmed the news, s...

Feb 18, 2023