3 hours ago Hong Kong bars services like WhatsApp and Google Drive from government computers

HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government is barring most civil servants from using popular apps like WhatsApp, WeChat and Google Drive on their work computers due to potential security risks. The latest IT security guidelines from the Digitial Policy Office have many civil servants complaining about added inconvenience. Government workers will still be […]

Politics

4 hours ago Vancouver police need access to city's traffic cameras, say councillors

Advocates say Surrey RCMP's use of traffic cameras helped in arrest of three accused killers

Events

8 hours ago Bail denied for man accused of stealing police SUV for Vancouver joyride

Dustin Tallio was arrested on Oct. 6, when he is alleged to have stolen a police SUV and taken it for a joyride on a grass field at Templeton Park in East Vancouver. 

Events

8 hours ago LILLEY: Desperate Trudeau looking to prorogue as MPs demand he resign?

Is Trudeau getting set to prorogue Parliament this Thursday? Will he be making a major policy announcement? Perhaps it will be both. Speculation of a prorogation ramped up in Ottawa again on Tuesday, just ahead of Trudeau facing a caucus meeting where some Liberal MPs will demand he step down. Trudeau is reluctant to go […]

Politics

9 hours ago Death toll rises to three after atmospheric river that drenched southern B.C.

Police have also asked for the public's help locating a 59-year-old man who was last seen in an area beside the swollen Coquitlam River on Sunday afternoon

Economics

9 hours ago Public urged to stay away from police incident near Penticton hospital

Mounties said the incident involved the area around Government Street, between Duncan Avenue E. and Carmi Avenue. 

Events

9 hours ago Province halts Edmonton Public Schools EA strike as janitors also vote to walk off the job

As thousands of Edmonton Public School Board workers were preparing to strike this week over low wages, the Alberta government has stepped in to appoint a disputes inquiry board.

Society

10 hours ago Damage to Sask. Party campaign office windows not caused by firearm: police

The Saskatchewan Party, in a release, had described the damage as bullet holes. But candidate Rahul Singh said it was up to police to determine

Events

10 hours ago Edmonton won't add optional criminal record checks for council candidates

Edmonton city council decided not to bring in an optional new rule that would require anyone running in the next municipal election to undergo a criminal record check that could be publicly accessible. City council on Tuesday discussed the potential change recently made available because of changes to Alberta’s rules for municipal elections as the […]

Sport

10 hours ago B.C. teacher among three confirmed dead after torrential rainstorm over weekend

Police have also asked for the public's help locating a 59-year-old man who was last seen in an area beside the swollen Coquitlam River on Sunday afternoon

Economics