The Royal BC Museum in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail Next week, the British Columbia government will lay out its business case for spending nearly $800-million to rebuild the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. The announcement, made May 13, was a shocker. B.C. Premier John Horgan promised a “safer, more …
Read More »Prince Charles and Camilla meet with Ottawa’s Ukrainian community as royal tour continues for second day
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are presented with bread and salt during a visit to a Ukrainian church in Ottawa on their royal tour of Canada on May 18.PAUL CHIASSON/AFP/Getty Images Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, embarked on the second day of a visit to …
Read More »Prince Charles and Camilla meet with Ottawa’s Ukrainian community as royal tour continues for second day
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are presented with bread and salt during a visit to a Ukrainian church in Ottawa on their royal tour of Canada on May 18.PAUL CHIASSON/AFP/Getty Images Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, embarked on the second day of a visit to …
Read More »Prince Charles says Canada must confront ‘darker’ aspects of its past
Prince Charles is greeted by well-wishers in St. John’s on May 17.PAUL CHIASSON/AFP/Getty Images The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall began their tour of Canada confronted by the legacy of British colonialism, and faced calls for the Crown to apologize for the trauma left behind by the …
Read More »Prince Charles to come face to face with ‘woolly doppelganger’ on royal tour
A wool sculpture of Prince Charles by Manitoban artist Rosemarie Péloquin.Valerie Wilcox/The Canadian Press The Prince of Wales is set to be greeted by a sheepish figure when he arrives in Canada on Tuesday: his own “woolly doppelganger.” Prince Charles will lock eyes with a life-size, hand-needle-felted bust of his …
Read More »Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit
As Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to formally acknowledge the harm colonization did to First Nations people. The royal couple will arrive in St. Johns, Newfoundland on Tuesday on …
Read More »Postman caught on Ring doorbell camera ‘kicking small dog across drive’
A postman has been caught on camera as he apparently kicked a small family dog, which he claims nipped him. The tiny pet can be heard barking in the background as the postman delivers a parcel. However, with the door open, the creature runs towards it, as the family’s teenage …
Read More »RBC to hike pay 3 per cent for lower-paid employees as fight for talent intensifies
Royal Bank of Canada RY-T is raising base pay by 3 per cent for its lower-paid employees as part of a $200-million spending package that aims to fend off fierce competition for talent by improving salaries and benefits. The unusual increase takes effect on July 1, and applies to all …
Read More »Disgruntled woman fed up of acting as ‘concierge service’ for next-door neighbour
As we are all aware, relationships with neighbours are either friendly and civil or a bit of a tense nightmare. It was recently reported how one couple were having an issue with their neighbour coming into their front garden whenever she likes, as she claims that part of it belongs …
Read More »Storm Eunice – what we know so far
S torm Eunice has brought mighty winds and major disruption to much of the UK. These are the major developments so far: – Casualties One man has died after being struck by a falling tree in Co Wexford, police in Ireland said. Elsewhere, Thames Valley Police said a member of …
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