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Growth of low-cost airlines giving boost to Canada's biggest secondary airports

Growth of low-cost airlines giving boost to Canada's biggest secondary airports

A Swoop Airlines Boeing 737 is on display during their media event, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at John C. Munro International Airport in Hamilton, Ont.
UN housing watchdog chides Liberals for watering down rights in housing strategy

UN housing watchdog chides Liberals for watering down rights in housing strategy

United Nations human rights experts Leilani Farha and Catarina de Albuquerque listen to questions during a news conference in Detroit, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014.
Pigs make appearance during yoga session in the Fraser Valley

Pigs make appearance during yoga session in the Fraser Valley

Tammy Ennis, right, and her daughter Karilee Ennis, second right, laugh while participating in a yoga session with pigs during a charity fundraiser at The Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary, in Aldergrove, B.C., on Sunday June 24, 2018.
High rollers, betting $100,000 a hand, boost revenue for B.C. casinos

High rollers, betting $100,000 a hand, boost revenue for B.C. casinos

Casino/Shutterstock The B.C. Lottery Corp. expects to improve its bottom line this year thanks to an influx of high-rolling gamblers from mainland China.
Homicide team investigating shooting in Surrey that left one dead

Homicide team investigating shooting in Surrey that left one dead

Paul Bennett is shown in an Integrated Homicide Investigation Team handout photo. Bennett, a father and minor hockey coach, has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon in Surrey, B.C.
Men poach a bunch of fish, Conservation Officer Service charges them and quotes Gandhi

Men poach a bunch of fish, Conservation Officer Service charges them and quotes Gandhi

Photo Conservation Officer Service @_BCCOS The B.C. Conservation Officer Service nailed it again on Twitter this week. They announced on Twitter that formal were being laid on 3 men in regards to a 2017 infraction.
Nearly half of youth incarcerated in Canada are Indigenous: Statistics Canada

Nearly half of youth incarcerated in Canada are Indigenous: Statistics Canada

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.
Serial killer Robert Pickton transferred to Quebec: victim's family

Serial killer Robert Pickton transferred to Quebec: victim's family

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.
Estimated 870,619 litres of Alberta tar sands oil spilled into floodwaters in derailment

Estimated 870,619 litres of Alberta tar sands oil spilled into floodwaters in derailment

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.
People are doing yoga with barnyard pigs now

People are doing yoga with barnyard pigs now

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.
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