3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (558+ words) The decision to build four major B.C. Ferries vessels in China was a failure of planning and a “blatant contradiction” of the province’s call to buy Canadian amid recent trade tensions, says the lead author of a new report on the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (415+ words) Tokens for drink purchases at this weekend’s Esquimalt Ribfest will contain chips so the kind of fraud that happened last year won’t be repeated, says an organizer. Last year, phony tokens cost the fundraiser thousands of dollars, although close to…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (510+ words) EDMONTON — Canada's Army formally made one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades Thursday by shifting from divisions based on geography to ones built around specific purposes. CFB Edmonton held a signing ceremony and parade to stand up…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1127+ words) Re: “Saanich taxes employers out. Then it asks how we’re doing,” ­commentary, Sept. 6. Industrial Plastics and Paints, a 75-year-old local employer, reports the assessed land value for their site as rising from $3.9 million in 2021 to $7 million in 2025, almost an 80 per…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Two years ago, Fodie Karim was cooped up in his one-bedroom apartment at View Towers, recovering from cancer surgery and chemotherapy, scrolling through social media. He was on TikTok when he came across “this guy called Elon Musk,” who started…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (566+ words) A Chemainus company is getting a $2-million boost from the province to expand its operations and create new jobs, amid punishing duties and tariffs from the U.S. Ron Anderson & Sons, which makes prefabricated wall systems, plans to diversify its product line…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (424+ words) CALGARY — Fuel prices tend to ease off around this time of year, but one industry expert says drivers should expect no such relief this time. "Traditionally, gas prices decline after Labour Day as gasoline demand slowly tapers off and we…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (455+ words) A city in Manitoba is hoping to snag a few bits off a decommissioned navy ship currently being stripped at Victoria’s Point Hope Maritime shipyard. Jeff Fawcett, mayor of Brandon, Man., says he’s in talks with the Royal Canadian Navy…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (272+ words) British Columbia Premier David Eby has invoked the memory of the 9-11 terrorist attacks and Canadian efforts to help their neighbours as he voices support for Ottawa's counter tariffs in the trade conflict with the United States. Eby says Canadians stepped…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (737+ words) OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning Canadians the country's pivot away from the United States will come at a cost — but insists the alternative would be far worse. In a national video address released Tuesday — hours after Canada's retaliatory…...