Indigenous News

VANCOUVER — Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after Vancouver saw its snowiest day in almost three decades, with schools shut for a second day and freezing rain on the way. The fresh pummelling in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia's Lower Mainland says it will be “withdrawing all services” on Monday if an agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company isn't made.

MELFORT, Sask. — The common-law partner of the man responsible for a massacre on a Saskatchewan First Nation wept as she talked about years of emotional and physical abuse that would culminate in the death of her father during the stabbing rampage.

TORONTO — As befitting its main attraction, Thursday's UFC 297 news conference was loud and raucous.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and struggling with addiction and mental health issues, says a spokesman for one of the province's largest shelters. The B.C.

VANCOUVER — Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections.

REGINA — Saskatchewan is banning health providers from giving out pipes used for smoking drugs and has changed how they can exchange needles, a move harm reduction workers say will exacerbate the transmission of viruses.

MONTREAL — A Montreal billionaire accused of paying underage girls for sex is in poor health and must be compelled to testify before a class-action lawsuit against him is authorized, the lawyer behind the case argued Thursday.

Former Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber has died. He was 29 years old. Barber died Wednesday night, his agent Paul Doyle told The Canadian Press.

MONTREAL — Best Buy Canada and Bell Canada have announced a partnership to rebrand and revamp 165 The Source stores.