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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The woman who was struck by a “volleyball-sized rock” while driving on Highway 1 in Burnaby, B.C., last week has died, police said Wednesday. The incident happened just after 11:20 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, as the driver was…

Canadians, get ready for another summer of above-average temperatures.That's the message from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), delivered Tuesday in its summer seasonal forecast.In a news conference Tuesday, Jennifer Smith, a national warning preparedness meteorologist with ECCC, said that most of the country can expect above-average…

The mayor of a village in the Lower Mainland announced his resignation Monday, effective from the end of the day. In a statement released on the village’s website, Harrison Hot Springs Mayor Ed Wood thanked both the corporate officer and chief financial officer for “their professionalism during our time together.” “They have…

Bloodied from black flies Photo: Contributed Bites from black flies at Mission Creek Park A father from Kelowna says multiple children playing at a park Sunday afternoon were attacked by a large number of black flies. Janidu Rajapakse says he was at Mission Creek Park with a group of children from his church when multiple black flies…

Kingston police are asking the public to remove a viral photo related to an incident at a park that was widely circulated on social media earlier this week. Police say in a news release that a concerned parent contacted police after they believed a man was approaching a girl in the splash pad area of Bert Meunier Common and Max…

Photo: Cornelia Naylor Caption: The brother of a 13-year-old girl found murdered in Burnaby's Central Park in July 2017 speaks to reporters after her killer's sentencing in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Friday. The murder of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park nearly seven years ago dropped like a "mountain" on the shoulders…

Stephen Lecce is out as education minister in a major shuffle of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet. Lecce, who has served in the role since 2019, will now serve as energy minister in a swap with Todd Smith. Other highlights of the shuffle include the introduction of former housing minister Steve Clark as government…

The revelation a hospital redevelopment in Richmond has more than doubled in cost is raising concerns about the rising price tags attached to a slew of major capital projects across B.C. The provincial government has launched multiple major infrastructure and health projects in recent years, each with budgets in the hundreds of millions or…

A Kingston mother is facing negligence and abandonment charges after one of her two children was found dead inside a home last week. Kingston Police say in news release that officers and a representative from Family and Children's Services were called to an apartment building on Russell Street, between Patrick and Kent streets on…

Ontario earns an A for its decision to require high school students to score 70 per cent or better on a financial literacy test in order to graduate.Financial literacy is old-school labelling that should be purged in the branding shown to students. Let’s instead use personal finance for the time being – the term has well-served Globe readers and…