2019

VICTORIA — A dress code protest at British Columbia’s legislature that prompted some women to roll up their sleeves in solidarity on Thursday has resulted in the Speaker’s office ordering a review of modern dress expectations at the building. Acting clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd said Speaker Darryl Plecas directed her to review the legislature’s dress code…

The Islamic State’s foreign fighters could be tried in a Nuremberg-style international tribunal if Britain and other countries refuse to bring them home, the Kurdish government in Syria has told The Telegraph. While the military campaign against the caliphate is nearing an end, Western countries and their Kurdish allies are locked in a standoff over…

Travelling is one of my favourite things. Each year I book about three trips with friends. Sometimes there’s just three or four of us, but we occasionally go en masse with as many as 10 people. From increasing the fun factor to offering safety in numbers, group travel — whether customized, small group excursions or…

Emiliano Sala’s sister has led the tributes to the popular footballer after it emerged it was his body that was pulled from the wreckage of a plane at the bottom of the English Channel.  Romina Sala posted a picture of her brother on Instagram showing him with his arms spread and looking up to the sky…

For years, Canadians complained that the Netflix selection in Canada just didn’t measure up to the catalogue south of the border. It was one of the reasons many Netflix subscribers often “border-hopped” to use the U.S. service, a practice that Netflix has largely shut down in recent years. But things have changed. According to data…

A civil war in the Central African Republic that has forced a fifth of the population to flee atrocities by rival Muslim and Christian militias could be ended after the warring sides agreed a peace deal. Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the country’s Russian-backed president, is expected to sign a provisional pact on Tuesday with 14 rebel groups…

Police in Chacago are seeking a follow-up interview with actor Jussie Smollett amid reports he may have faked a hate-crime assault. Smollett, 36, a gay African-American actor who appears on hip-hop TV drama Empire, told police he was attacked on January 29 by two masked men who yelled racial and homophobic slurs. According to Smollett’s account, his assailants…

We stand at the precipice of a monumental change in Canada; one that touches each corner of our society from the justice system, to job creation, to the expansion of agriculture. Most importantly, however, is the potential impact on the well-being of Canadians and the tools we make available to them. Data supporting the therapeutic…

Is there anything better, or more Canadian, than a Caesar? At first glance the concept seems bizarre, but this creative concoction easily trumps the Bloody Mary, a poor excuse from our neighbours to the south. It’s a cocktail so beloved that we have a national day of celebration, National Caesar Day, which falls on May…