17 h. ago Vancouver launches retail crime task force as violent shoplifting grows

The move comes as the Vancouver Police Department reports a nearly 12 per cent hike in shoplifting incidents in 2024, and sustained pressure from businesses.

Events

68 h. ago ’JFK’ director Oliver Stone calls for a reinvestigation of Kennedy’s 1963 assassination

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, called Tuesday for a new congressional investigation of the killing during a hearing that aired conspiracy theories about it.  The freewheeling hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, […]

Economics

3 d. ago B.C. launches efficiency review of health authorities, starting with PHSA

The move comes amid a series of emergency room closures that have spread from rural communities to parts of the Lower Mainland

Culture

3 d. ago B.C. dismisses entire PHSA board as efficiency review of health authorities begins

B.C. Ministry of Health replaces PHSA board and appoints an interim CEO in a string of executive moves

Science

3 d. ago Task force put together to address the future of Hadgraft Wilson Place

The evacuation was prompted by concerns over ground shifting and cracks that were discovered in the building’s foundation.

Other

4 d. ago Monday Morning Musings: Thoughts from your Generation X soccer scribe

Where are all the billionaires at? Will there be a payoff for a World Cup task force payoff? And kudos to Amar Doman.

Sport

7 d. ago ‘I feel safer’: A look at the Downtown Eastside after 6 weeks of ‘Task Force Barrage’

It's been six weeks since the Vancouver Police Department began flooding the Downtown Eastside with officers as a part of Task Force Barrage. How is the initiative faring?

Other

1 week ago China, Russia, India will likely try to interfere in federal election, task force says

Hostile threat actors will be using more sophisticated methods than in the 2021 election that will be even harder to detect, according to Canadian security officials

Politics

2 w. ago Vancouver police herald early success of DTES crime task force

Since the launch of the VPD's Task Force Barrage, 153 arrest warrants have been executed, and a total of 204 Criminal Code arrests were made over the same period.

Events

2 w. ago Assaults drop in first month of Downtown Eastside crime crackdown, police say

The Vancouver Police Department announced Task Force Barrage in mid-February, a three-pronged plan to target organized and violent crime in the neighbourhood.

Events

2 w. ago Investigation launched into RCMP arrest of woman in January 2024

A woman was injured while being detained under the Mental Health Act. Independent investigators were notified last month after a complaint was filed

Economics

2 w. ago Louis Vuitton is set to launch beauty collection in the fall

The French luxury fashion house tapped celebrity Pat McGrath to lead project

Other

2 w. ago London faces uphill battle for new family doctors: Recruiter

The task force is looking for renewed support for a program that attracted six primary-care physicians last year and has a line on 15 more  

Events

3 w. ago ‘We’re just a number’: Advocates call on Nova Scotia to reassess breast

Advocates are speaking out about Nova Scotia’s breast-screening policies after the federal health minister paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.

Other

3 w. ago Trump says Canada, Mexico tensions will make 2026 World Cup ‘more exciting’

U.S. President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup hosted by North America at a time when his tariffs have ratcheted up tensions.

Other

3 w. ago Toronto Crime Stoppers offers $500 reward for retail theft tips: ‘This is no longer shoplifting’

Toronto Crime Stoppers is offering an enhanced $500 reward for tips while launching an Organized Retail Theft and Illicit Trade Awareness Campaign. Tips received between March 7 and June 6 will be eligible for the reward. “What has become increasingly clear is that this is no longer shoplifting,” Toronto Crime Stoppers Chair Sean Sportun said […]

Economics

4 w. ago ‘It’s really bad’: Vancouver forum on fighting retail crime draws hundreds

The event drew representatives from across the country, and came amid a growing focus on organized retail theft and incidents that have increasingly resulted in violence.

Events

4 w. ago Pause of cancer screening task force will 'save lives': Ottawa researcher

The federal government has paused the task force that develops guidelines for cancer screening, something a researcher says will save lives.

Science

4 w. ago Southern Alberta organizations band together in fight against Trump’s tariffs

The Lethbridge Region Economic Resilience Task Force is aiming to mitigate the impact of the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on southern Alberta.

Economics