121 intact pieces stamped with hotel’s insignia found in Vancouver forest On a cold, wet day in late December, Christian Laub and Julien Hicks slogged their way through a Vancouver forest in pursuit of a hot tip. Hicks, an actor by trade and newcomer to the hobby of bottle digging, had learned of an old abandoned car in the area. Hicks had enlisted Laub, a film location scout with years of bottle digging experience, who knew that where there was an old car, there was often antique bottles to be found. OnceRead more

Dances offer something to look forward to in the winter Indigenous communities are celebrating being able to host in-person cultural dances after three years of online virtual events. COVID-19 meant no big public events — including cultural events — but round dances and kahomni dances are now coming back. Elder Pete Bigstone, who usually celebrates his birthday by hosting a kahomni, had to put plans on hold for the past two years. A kahomni is a dance where two people will two step to songs made specifically for the dance and sometimesRead more

Body of Susan Cadieux, 5, found in January 1956 after she left a schoolyard with an unknown man WARNING: This article contains content about child sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A group of amateur detectives in London, Ont., hopes their renewed interest and research into a 66-year-old cold case will shed new light on the death of a five-year-old girl. Susan Cadieux was playing outside St. Mary’s School at 345 Lyle St. on Jan. 6, 1956, with her two brothersRead more

Company says the pulp line at its Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill will be phased out by the end of March B.C. forestry giant Canfor Pulp says it is permanently closing the pulp line at one of its Prince George mills, which will result in about 300 jobs lost. The move comes as several forestry companies around the world are downsizing their operations due to changes in the market. Kevin Edgson says the lack of raw material for creating market pulp led to the decision. “In recent years, several sawmills have permanentlyRead more

Mounties acted ‘reasonably’ while enforcing injunction, B.C. legal defence says The RCMP denies it conspired with a natural gas pipeline builder and a private security firm in a campaign designed to harass Wet’suwet’en people off their unceded territory in northern British Columbia, court filings say. The RCMP, Coastal GasLink and Forsythe Security, named as defendants in a lawsuit three Wet’suwet’en members launched last June, all deny the allegations. The $6.6-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline project is designed to carry fracked natural gas to a $40-billion LNG terminal in Kitimat, B.C., for export toRead more

The federal Conservatives and NDP are calling on the Liberal transport minister to testify after hundreds of travellers were stranded over the holidays. The Conservative and New Democrat members of the House of Commons transport committee sent a letter to the committee’s chair on Wednesday requesting a meeting as soon as possible. “It’s not enough for the Liberal minister to tweet that the situation was unacceptable,” NDP transport critic Taylor Bachrach said in a media statement on Wednesday.   “He’s the minister charged with overseeing Canada’s transportation system and has specific powersRead more

U.S. House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday before adjourning for the night, unable to either elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their new majority. Yet McCarthy not only wasn’t giving up, even after the fourth, fifth and sixth ballots produced no better outcome and he was left trying to call off a night-time session. Even that was controversial, as the House voted — amid shouting —Read more

An Ontario cabinet minister called Russia a “terrorist state” this week, saying more than 39,000 Ukrainians displaced by the Russian war with Ukraine have come to Ontario to settle. Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s minister responsible for Ukraine, made the comment in an email to CBC Toronto on Monday that outlined the support that the provincial government is providing to Ukrainians in Ontario who have fled the conflict. McNaughton is also Ontario’s minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development. In April, the provincial government said it was spending $300 million toRead more

Some drivers slow down when they see the sign, others keep speed and let the metal bars ring out. And sometimes, superstitious passengers lift their legs and touch the roof of the car with the tips of their fingers, kind of like you would do to cross a railroad track. Cattle guards are everywhere in the Prairies. They’re even found in national and provincial parks. In Alberta, they are known as Texas gates. That’s how they appear on road signs, in some municipal legislation and provincial Hansard references. But ask a Texan,Read more

Thomas Milic is the only player on Canada’s roster passed over at the NHL draft. An incredible performance Wednesday has his country one step from its 20th gold medal at the world junior hockey championship. Milic was outstanding in making 43 saves as the tournament hosts fought back from an early 2-0 semifinal deficit in Halifax to defeat the United States 6-2 in another emotional matchup between the bitter international rivals. “Definitely the best moment of my hockey career and maybe my life,” said the 19-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C. “Pretty special.”Read more