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Photo Correctional Service of Canada Nearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says shows unacceptable and systemic racism.

Robert William Pickton, 52, shown here in an undated picture taken from TV. The family of one of Robert Pickton’s victims says the notorious serial killer and pig farmer has been transferred to Quebec.

In this aerial drone image taken from video and provided by the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, tanker cars carrying crude oil are shown derailed about a mile south of Doon, Iowa, Friday, June 22, 2018.

Photo provided A farm/animal sanctuary in Aldergrove is holding a unique event this afternoon: yoga with pigs. Happy Herd is rolling out some swine born in August of last year to hang out with people as they do yoga.

Lorenzo Cirillo casts his line into the Coquitlam River to demonstrate fly fishing techniques for The Tri-City News.

Photo Shutterstock Parents and guardians of eligible children are reminded that a deadline is fast approaching to sign up for the $1,200 B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant (BCTESG). Children born in 2006 or later are eligible for the grant.

Grumpy old government takes on a beautiful bottle of cabernet sauvignon in a new ad campaign by Canadian wine makers.

Photo Dan Toulgoet The City of Vancouver is shutting down a decrepit residence on the Downtown Eastside, where some of the city's most vulnerable have been living in what the CEO of a non-profit housing society said are mould- and feces-ridden condit

Leah Bliss at her and Dan’s Squamish home. The glass in the background says “Happy Birthday Olive,” for the couple’s daughter.

Big White near Kelowna: B.C. ski resorts welcome the exemption from B.C.’s controversial tax on seasonal property owners: but some agents say the sector is still recovering from the 2008 recession.