University of B.C. researchers have invented a stir stick it said can detect if a drink has been spiked with common date-rape drugs. Read More Spikeless offer a discreet way… Read More »UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks
BOSTON — Canadian pair Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps finished fifth at the world figure skating championships Thursday, missing the podium a year after capturing gold on home soil in… Read More »Canadian pair Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps fifth at figure skating worlds
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sidney Crosby broke an NHL record he shared with Wayne Gretzky for point-per-game consistency. Read More Published Mar 27, 2025 • 1 minute read Join the conversation… Read More »Crosby breaks Gretzky’s NHL record with 20th point-per-game season
The Montreal Canadiens faced a hungrier club than they were expecting in the Flyers, and they weren’t ready for it. Brian Wilde has more. It was not good timing for… Read More »Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens fall in critical 6-4 loss to Philadelphia Flyers
The B.C. government is allowing the height of the Mount Polley tailings dam to be raised, a decade after a similar storage site burst. Environment By n The Canadian Pressn… Read More »B.C. allows Mount Polley tailings dam to go higher
The McBarge, then known as the ‘Friendship 500,’ served as a floating restaurant during Expo 86. It now sits half-submerged in the Fraser River. As the so-called McBarge sinks to… Read More »McBarge’s watery grave renews concerns about derelict vessels in B.C.
The city-designated outdoor sheltering site, north of the downtown core, will soon take up a smaller footprint with fewer residents and shorter operating hours. As remediation work continued at Kelowna,… Read More »Homelessness crisis will get worse, advocates say, amid changes at Kelowna’s tent city
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected U.S. airstrikes pummeled sites across Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels early Friday, including neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa. Read More Published Mar… Read More »Suspected U.S. strikes pummel Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
The Lake Cowichan council is raising concerns about an ingredient in some chemical sunscreens that could be harmful to the local river’s ecosystem. Share this item on Facebook Share this… Read More »Vancouver Island community considers banning certain sunscreens
British Columbia’s mining industry is having golden dreams as the price of the precious metal surges amid economic uncertainty. Share this item on Facebook Share this item via WhatsApp Share… Read More »As price of gold climbs, B.C. sees opportunity