The joke was made on Wednesday during a tribute to the retiring head of ArcticNet, which co-ordinates northern research in Canada.
The province announced Thursday that its opioid overdose crisis has spurred it to establish three overdose-prevention sites in Vancouver, with more planned in Surrey and Victoria.
A man who says he pulled a dead mouse from a cup of Tim Hortons coffee is asking for an apology from the restaurant chain.
Vancouver's Tsawwassen First Nation signed British Columbia's first urban treaty in 2007, which gave the band 724 hectares of land, harvest rights to fish and other resources and a one-time cash payment of $33.6 million, along with another $2.9 million annually for five years.
EDMONTON — Alberta's human services minister says he didn't botch an investigation into the death of a girl in government care and rejects opposition calls for his resignation.
TORONTO — The family of a doctor found strangled and beaten to death is expressing gratitude for an outpouring of support.