Barge drifts aimlessly through Vancouver waters before beaching itself

The Canada Border Services Agency says there is another outage affecting its inspection kiosks at airports across the country. Toronto Pearson International Airport says the outage is affecting Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, where passengers may experience longer wait times. The border agency says it's working to resolve the issue. This is the second CBSA inspection kiosk outage reported in the last few days. An outage over the weekend caused delays at customs in some of Canada's busiest airports before it was resolved. The CBSA has also said that it experienced technical issues earlier this week

Police in Niagara Region say 30 people face more than 200 charges after an investigation into an alleged drug trafficking and auto theft network. Police say the investigation dubbed Project Road King began in August 2024 after the force's gang unit uncovered an alleged drug trafficking operation with ties to the region and multiple jurisdictions. They say the force began investigating related criminal activity, including alleged auto theft, with help from several other police units including the RCMP. Police say they executed 12 search warrants in Niagara, Hamilton and Toronto on

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking Dussehra: “Hindu communities in British Columbia will join others around the world today in celebrating Dussehra. The festival commemorates the victory of Lord Rama over the demon Ravana, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil.“This is a time of joy and hope for Hindus, who will gather with loved ones. Dussehra, which coincides with the culmination of the nine-day Navratri festival, is a time for prayers, togetherness and the eating of special meals, as well as the display of colourful decorations embracing strength, knowledge

Indian Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today targeted the Narendra Modi government and said that India is currently facing a big challenge like an attack on democracy. He made this statement during an event held at a university in Columbia. He said that the different traditions of the country should be allowed to flourish. He said that at present there is a big attack on the democratic system and this is a big risk, apart from this, another big risk is the increase in tension between different ideologies in some parts of the country. Along with this, he a

The Vancouver-area real estate board says September sales inched up from last year but remain well off long-term trends. Greater Vancouver Realtors says the 1,875 sales in the month marked a 1.2 per cent increase from last year, but the total was still 20.1 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average. The association said last month's rate cut from the Bank of Canada, with another expected before the end of the year, could help give some lift to the fall market. New listings in September totalled 6,527, a 6.2 per cent increase from last year. The increased inventory brought total listi