Jesse Winter

There were more than 700 athletes, but only 146 of them were human. The event runs from January 24 to February 1, and saw events ranging from seven-kilometer sprints and individual teams of up to 20 dogs to the marathon 81-kilometer distance events.

SOAR program aims to help break down barriers for indigenous students who want to pursue a post-secondary education.

The two projects, approved by the Ontario Municipal Board, will add roughly 1,000 new residential units to the already crowded district. Residents say they threaten the area’s heritage character.

Publication bans protect identity of ex-principal — who was also a foster parent — convicted of child sex offences in an earlier criminal case.

The Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement that 48-year-old Michael Douglas Sheets was unaccounted for during a routine inmate count at the Mission Institution on Sept. 1.

The lodge was set up so Wet’suwet’en people could deal with addiction and other issues and help heal the land. With police and construction crews outside, patients fear it’s now in jeopardy.

After arresting 14 protesters on Monday, police are on the way to the Unist’ot’en barricade while allowing vehicles and heavy equipment through to clear the logging road for pipeline workers.

The Sea to Sky Gondola climbs 830 metres to reach a height of 885 metres above Howe Sound, just south of Squamish. No injuries have been reported.

The biggest problem, as Alex Neve sees it, is that city staff fail to see homelessness for what it is: a violation of the right to adequate housing.

Given how transit helps reduce the amount of cars on the road, transit strikes or lengthy disruptions are also an environmental issue. Two B.C. politicians say there’s too much riding on the systems to allow for near-miss situations like this week’s averted strike.