TOKYO — An elephant that set off a petition drive inspired by a Vancouver blogger to move her out of her concrete pen in a small zoo in Japan died Thursday at age 69.
The photo shows a uniformed officer sitting casually on the sidewalk with his legs outstretched, chatting with a panhandler on Spring Garden Road.
HALIFAX — The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the 2016 hurricane season will see more normal storm activity as the effects of El Nino begin to dwindle.
The spring budget had projected a $5.4 billion deficit for the year.
Police Chief Mark Saunders says 90 people have been arrested and 186 charges laid after officers — accompanied by city municipal licencing and standards officials — executed search warrants at 43 storefront pot shops on Thursday.
VICTORIA — A researcher at the University of Victoria has received funding aimed at developing technology to help identify the Zika virus.