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Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. An ice fog hangs over steaming neighbourhoods during a cold snap in Calgary on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Warm December an uneasy pleasure for many Canadians: survey

Leger finds majority enjoyed weather even as it worried them, blame climate change

Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. An ice fog hangs over steaming neighbourhoods during a cold snap in Calgary on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
The House ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss if a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Trudeau arrives to speak at a breakfast with members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

UPDATE: Trudeau defends Jamaica trip as ethics watchdog’s testimony sought

Trudeau’s office said prime minister’s family staying at location owned by family friends at no cost

The House ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss if a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Trudeau arrives to speak at a breakfast with members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health makes a health care announcement in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Holland has been calling around to United States officials to let them know that the Canadian government will be guarding its medical drug supply after the U.S. moved to allow states to mass import medicine from Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

Canada won’t be your drug store, health minister tells U.S. officials

Mark Holland chides U.S. officials over cost-saving scheme to buy Canadian drugs

Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health makes a health care announcement in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Holland has been calling around to United States officials to let them know that the Canadian government will be guarding its medical drug supply after the U.S. moved to allow states to mass import medicine from Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Trudeau says Canada prepared if U.S. decides to return to Trump

Republican nomination battle officially became a three-horse race Tuesday

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Middle East war fuelling hate crimes, protests, Vancouver police costs

More incidents of anti-Muslim or anti-semitism, more protests needing monitoring

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A female Anna’s hummingbird rests on a feeder in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, amid a cold snap in southern British Columbia. A wildlife rescue group says dozens of hummingbirds have been turned in suffering cold weather injuries in recent days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young

Cold and injured hummingbirds piling up at B.C. shelters

33 hummingbirds were admitted last weekend alone

A female Anna’s hummingbird rests on a feeder in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, amid a cold snap in southern British Columbia. A wildlife rescue group says dozens of hummingbirds have been turned in suffering cold weather injuries in recent days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Premier touts hydrogen project as a hub for northern B.C. investment

Teralta Hydrogen Solutions proposal would help fuel the nearby Canfor pulp mill

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Oklahoma linebacker David Ugwoegbu (2) tackles UTEP running back Ronald Awatt (22) during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. F The B.C. Lions have signed Awatt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP

Lions sign 3 receivers and a back in bid to bolster offence

Quartet had varying levels of success in American college football and a taste of the NFL

Oklahoma linebacker David Ugwoegbu (2) tackles UTEP running back Ronald Awatt (22) during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. F The B.C. Lions have signed Awatt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP
NDP leader Rachel Notley, gives a concession speech after election results, in Edmonton Alta, on Tuesday April 16, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Former Alberta premier Notley stepping aside as provincial NDP leader

Notley will stay on as leader until a replacement is chosen, fulfill current term

NDP leader Rachel Notley, gives a concession speech after election results, in Edmonton Alta, on Tuesday April 16, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildfires still burning in more than 100 locations

Drought, warmth and volume combine to mean last year’s record season is not officially over

Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023. Whistler has been experiencing warm weather and little snow this season, contributing to poor snow sports conditions during peak season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada’s December warmth made twice as likely by climate change

‘I can go out on these warmer winter days and be both really happy and really creeped out’

A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023. Whistler has been experiencing warm weather and little snow this season, contributing to poor snow sports conditions during peak season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Pet welfare now considered in family separations under new B.C. law

Ability and willingness to care for an animal, relationships between it and a child now relevant

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Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald

Free HPV vaccines eligibility extended to B.C. men born in 2005

Free HPV vaccines had already been available to younger men and boys

Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald
Newlywed Alicia Greene poses for her wedding pictures in historic Quidi Vidi in St. John’s on Saturday, January 6, 2024 following the first significant snow fall of the winter. Quidi Vidi is a neighbourhood in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Snowstorm coming to B.C. coast as frigid conditions chill much of Canada

Snowstorm inbound for Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and beyond

Newlywed Alicia Greene poses for her wedding pictures in historic Quidi Vidi in St. John’s on Saturday, January 6, 2024 following the first significant snow fall of the winter. Quidi Vidi is a neighbourhood in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Keith Brown, the lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation, speaks to media following the opening day of the public coroner’s inquest, into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022, in Melfort, Sask., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

‘Ready to die’: chilling texts open Saskatchewan stabbing rampage inquest

Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon

Keith Brown, the lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation, speaks to media following the opening day of the public coroner’s inquest, into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022, in Melfort, Sask., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Warmer weather, snow looms over B.C. as frigid temperatures head east

Snow or freezing rain are on the way to B.C.’s south coast by Tuesday

Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education, speaks at a funding announcement in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Is B.C. unfairly milking an international student cash cow?

Fears grow students exploited and misled in their bid to get education in Canada

Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education, speaks at a funding announcement in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews

Premier supportive of police secretly taking DNA to solve B.C. teen’s murder

Ibrahim Ali was convicted last month of first-degree murder for the 2017 killing

Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
Richmond RCMP say officers had to put a spit hood on the head of an “aggressive” airline passenger who tried to bite officers after allegedly attacking a travel companion. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Biting passenger restrained with spit hood at Vancouver Airport: police

Richmond RCMP say passenger was apprehended under the Mental Health Act

Richmond RCMP say officers had to put a spit hood on the head of an “aggressive” airline passenger who tried to bite officers after allegedly attacking a travel companion. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Mean Girls arrived in B.C. theatres last weekend. Photo: Jojo Whilden/Paramount Pictures

Mean Girls (the musical) tops the box office, driven by female audience

Film reboot attracts a lot of viewers who weren’t around for the original

Mean Girls arrived in B.C. theatres last weekend. Photo: Jojo Whilden/Paramount Pictures