The second Montreal Zero Waste Festival began Saturday at Marché Bonsecours in Old Montreal. The event is all about finding more ways to throw less stuff in the trash. Dozens of exhibitors are showing off their waste-reducing products, and there are conferences for a new zero-waste apartment exhibit. “I want to be a part of […]

Five people have been charged after a standoff lasting more than 12 hours in the Shaughnessy Park neighbourhood Friday. Police said they received a call at around 4:20 a.m. Friday of suspicious circumstances at the Gilbert Park housing complex in the 100 block of Chudley Street. They immediately took two men into custody and attempted […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – The funeral of Thai billionaire and Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, killed in a helicopter crash a week ago, got underway at a Bangkok temple on Saturday with a Buddhist bathing rite using water bestowed by the Thai King. Vichai, 60, founder of Thai duty-free giant King Power International, was killed last […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Saturday that Turkey has received initial indications that it will be among eight countries to be granted a waiver from U.S. sanctions against Iran, but is awaiting clarification on Monday, NATO member Turkey depends heavily on imports to meet its energy needs and neighboring Iran […]

ABOARD USS RONALD REAGAN (Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets darted over the Western Pacific on Saturday as the nuclear powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier joined Japanese destroyers and a Canadian warship for the biggest combat readiness war game ever staged in and around Japan. Japan and the United States have mobilized 57,000 sailors, marines […]

Board game nights used to mean getting together at a friend’s house — but now you can find a handful of cafes catering to gamers across Edmonton, and the company that started it all is celebrating its five-year anniversary. In 2013 — after more than two years of planning — Brian Flowers opened Table Top […]

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombian must invest more in education if there is to be peace, pop star Shakira said on Friday, during a visit to her home country to close her El Dorado tour and break ground at two schools to be built by her charitable foundation. The singer attended two ceremonies in Cartagena […]

UBC Okanagan hosted a symposium on Friday to take a closer look at the future job market as more and more careers are replaced by machines and robots. “Jobs that we’ve been used to having around for many decades are starting to be replaced by technology, whether it’s retail cashiers, whether it’s financial advisers or […]

The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is apologizing to parents and students after it says a prank at a local high school pep rally went wrong—and was then posted and shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media. On Thursday, Western Canada High School (WCHS) in downtown Calgary held a pep rally in support […]

The harrowing moment when Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter spun out of control and plummeted to the ground was captured in a video that has been circulating online. The Thai billionaire and four others were killed when his helicopter crashed next to the King Power stadium – the home ground of Leicester City football […]