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An upgrader at Suncor’s oil sands base plant in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017. The National Energy Board says Canadian oil exports rose by 6.5 per cent last year to 3.

Vancouver artist Paul Wong will bring past and present together as he launches a year-long residency, Occupying Chinatown, at the Dr.

Black bears. Photo Shutterstock The black bear general open season hunt in Haida Gwaii is closed, effective immediately. A limited-entry hunt, which requires an application and authorization via a hunting lottery, will be taking its place.

Photo Shutterstock The federal government will make changes to federal law to ensure payments to grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren in Prince Edward Island and other provinces are not clawed back.

Forrest Goodluck plays teenage Saul and played Hawk in The Revenant. He is a member of the Dine, Mandan, Hidatsa North (Dakota) and Tsimshian (Pacific Northwest Coast B.C.) tribes.

Como Lake United Church in Coquitlam The United Church in British Columbia is stepping forward to help address the province's affordable housing crisis by offering up some of its properties for development.

A cargo ship navigates the Arctic Ocean. Photo Shutterstock.com An international body that regulates worldwide shipping has agreed to ban the use of a highly polluting fuel in the Arctic.

Photo Shutterstock The province has granted $2 million to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation to create a Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund. “There were about 40,000 caribou in B.C. in the early 1900s.

Similkameen River. Shutterstock photo Residents of more than a dozen properties in southern British Columbia have been warned that they may need to leave on a moment's notice due to possible flooding in the area.

Screen grab from “Taco Nazi” Yesterday I wrote a piece about an animated video that was released this week which added a layer to a Charlie Demers comedy bit.