Canada

Melvin Harnum says the animals swam into the harbour on Friday and were soon pushed up into rocky, shallow water by swiftly moving sea ice

A high achiever in many aspects of his life, he also competed as a high-jumper at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and was a trained pilot who served with the RCAF reserve

Those who speak for Canada’s beer industry say a sizable tax increase which will take effect next month should be reconsidered — calling it the latest blow to financially-squeezed breweries. 

Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who won four Grey Cups during his 10 years in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and took the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowls, died Saturday. He was 95.

Albert Middleton will celebrate the occasion at Victoria's Veterans Memorial Lodge surrounded by family, friends, a birthday cake, and big band music. 

When Angie Titus of Hampton, N.B., agreed to don skis for the first time in 17 years, she didn't anticipate being evacuated from a chairlift. But that's what happened Friday at Poley Mountain.

Several dolphins got stuck by the wharf in Heart's Delight-Islington, N.L., on Friday. Some have since been freed by rescue crews, but others are still wading in the ice.

Advocates say it's imperative the B.C. government put more money into creating more widely accessible overdose prevention sites, days after the latest death toll from the toxic drug crisis was revealed.

The experimental program will reduce Vancouver city taxes for about 1,360 commercial and industrial properties by amounts as high as $12,000