Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tom Cretain says that since Global News started airing his story after he lost his HandyDART service of 28 years, he has been getting lots of calls, but hasn’t made much progress. Cretain has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a special wheelchair. He said he has now…
The City of Vancouver has selected a group led by Vancouver real estate developer Zack Ross as its preferred partner to pursue a Major League Baseball expansion franchise. Ross, president of Vancouver real estate developer Cape Group, leads The Show Vancouver, a group formed to bring an MLB team to the city. The group’s proposal…
One of B.C.’s largest forestry companies is moving its head offices to the United States. Interfor will be moving its headquarters from Burnaby to the outskirts of Atlanta, Ga., according to a memo sent by chief executive Ian Fillinger, which has been viewed by the Financial Post. Jock Finlayson, the chief economist for the Independent…
The U.S. Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to deal with persistently high inflation. The Fed’s rate-setting committee reached its decision after two days of deliberations, marking the fifth straight meeting at which the benchmark rate…
Health Canada has been granted a permanent injunction against Quebec-based online retailer Canlab Research, preventing the company from selling unauthorized injectable peptides in Canada. The agency states that Canlab Research had been “selling unauthorized peptide drugs on various websites and promoting them with many unproven health claims, despite repeated enforcement actions by Health Canada.” That…
A Texas man who believed he owned a replica of a piece of Civil War artillery discovered it was actually live ammunition, local police said Tuesday. Officers at the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a home in south Texas just before 8 a.m. Monday after a caller advised that he had a piece…
German company Uniper and B.C.’s Ksi Lisims signed what they called a landmark long-term LNG agreement on Wednesday morning. The agreement took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, and represents the first major long-term LNG supply agreement between Canada and Germany. Uniper will purchase two mtpa (million tonnes per annum) of LNG (approximately 30 TWh per year)…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Talks between WestJet and the union representing the airline’s flight attendants are “progressing,” the federal transport minister said Wednesday as a strike deadline inches closer. Close to 4,400 union members represented by CUPE Local 8125 could walk off the job as soon as Sunday, Aug. 2, unless…
Jared Leto has been accused of criminal sexual conduct by four women, who allege he was behaving inappropriately when they were teens. In a new BBC documentary, titled Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret, 10 women came forward with allegations against the Thirty Seconds to Mars singer. One of the women claimed that she was sexually…
By Nick Murray The Canadian Press Posted July 29, 2026 10:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government says it plans to spend $1.6 billion to replace 45 of Via Rail’s aging locomotives. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon is making the announcement today in Montreal, where the federal…
