Expectations were high for former head coach Bruce Boudreau and the Vancouver Canucks heading into the 2022-23 season. The club specified the JT Miller injury is a lower-body one. Miller signed a 7 year, $56,000,000 contract with the Vancouver Canucks on September 2, 2022. What The JT Miller Injury MeansThe Canucks in no way, shape, or form will make the playoffs in 2023. The JT Miller is a big blow for the Canucks going forwardMain photo by: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

February 28, 2023 00:17 UTC

TORONTO — Black creators in Canada's television and film industry say Black History Month is about looking forward, as much as it is about looking back. TORONTO — Black creators in Canada's television and film industry say Black History Month is about looking forward, as much as it is about looking back. That’s where my inspiration comes from and that’s my celebration of Black history as opposed to Black History Month.”Elamin Abdelmahmoud, host of CBC Radio's daily arts, pop culture and entertainment show "Commotion." You similarly cannot imagine Black futures without making room for Black joy, Black creation and Black celebration. So it’s Black History and Black Futures Month for me."

February 27, 2023 22:00 UTC

Indu-Pacific region could become more important to agrifood exportersPopulation growth will lead to more demand for food in the region. Ottawa—As important as it already is, the Indo-Pacific region could become an even more important customer for Canadian agrifood exports, says Farm Credit Canada. Five of the 40 countries in the region are already significant agrifood customers and many of the others are untapped export markets, FCC says. Currently the 10 largest agrifood exports to the Indu-Paciic are by value wheat, canola oil, bread, canola seed, crustaceans, dried legumes, pork, fresh beef, soybeans and chocolate. These shipments, worth $50.5 billion, accounted for 55 per cent of Canada’s total agrifood exports.

February 27, 2023 17:09 UTC

California copes with unprecedented winter weatherDuration: 01:51People in much of California are bracing for even more extreme weather after days of unusual conditions, from snow in Los Angeles to heavy rains across the south and central parts of the state.

February 27, 2023 04:24 UTC

The cartoon Dilbert has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube. "If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people ... that's a hate group," Adams said on his YouTube channel on Wednesday. The comments ignited a furor on social media, along with calls for the cartoonist's work to be dropped from publishers' rosters. "Cartoonist Scott Adams made racist comments in a YouTube live stream Feb. 22, offensive remarks that The Times rejects," the newspaper said on its website. But on his YouTube channel, he confirmed his comic was being dropped and said he had expected that to happen.

February 27, 2023 01:01 UTC





Privy Council says a report assessing work of foreign interference panel sent to PMOOTTAWA — An assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the 2021 federal election is now complete and has been sent to the Prime Minister's Office and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, the Privy Council Office has confirmed. The update from the Privy Council marks the first report on its status. The Privy Council Office says an unclassified and public version of the report is being finalized and will be made available soon, but offered no specific timeline. The Conservative Party of Canada is renewing calls to have Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, testify at a House of Commons committee investigating election interference. But the panel members, who were to work with national security agencies under their departments' mandates, did not make any announcements about foreign interference during the 2019 or 2021 elections.

February 26, 2023 23:54 UTC

Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, who starred in ‘Away From Her,’ has died at 92Gordon Pinsent, the adored Canadian actor whose career hit its peak well into his 70s with an award-winning performance as the heartbroken husband in “Away From Her,” has died. Pinset died on Saturday evening at age 92, his friend actor Mark Critch confirmed. Actors in Canada are following "on a path that (Pinsent) cut through a forest," said Critch in a phone interview. In the early 1950s, Pinsent took a break from acting and joined the Canadian Army, serving for about four years. In 2013 he starred in Don McKellar's acclaimed Newfoundland-set comedy "The Grand Seduction," which earned him a Canadian Screen Award for best supporting actor.

February 26, 2023 23:06 UTC

Below are all the names of people who've come forward so far. (Canadian Press - image credit)You may be seeing a lot of pre-election campaigning going on lately, with people announcing their intention to run in the next provincial election on P.E.I. We've put together a running list of the people who've put their name forward to run. Below are all the names of people who've come forward so far. Provincial Election Candidates

February 26, 2023 22:44 UTC

© Andrew Kurjata/CBC Prince George received between 10 and 23 cm of snow Saturday. "Work has been suspended for the night and crews will resume repairs to the line Monday morning," B.C. It said snow is now transitioning to light showers, but there is potential for additional delays and schedule adjustments due to overnight snow. The city of Surrey, which received 30 cm of snow overnight, says it has all of its equipment—over 50 machines—out brining the streets. 50 cm of snow in SquamishSquamish received up to 50 cm of snow through Saturday and overnight.

February 26, 2023 22:40 UTC

CBC News published this video item, entitled “Chinese diplomats accused of election interference are operating under immunity, says former MP” – below is their description. Former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu says he was targeted by a Chinese disinformation campaign that cost him his B.C. Chiu says the federal government is dragging its feet on investigating reports that China interfered in the 2019 election. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below.

February 26, 2023 22:18 UTC

The CBC belongs to all of us, and should always be off the table for any political party. Where Poilievre went too far is his promise to cut funding to the CBC. The CBC is not biased—although I imagine anything in the middle might look like it’s far left when you’re sitting as far right as Poilievre. The CBC regularly gets reviewed for bias in its news coverage and always passes with flying colours. The CBC, which belongs to all of us, is the exception, and should always be off the table for any political party.

February 26, 2023 21:18 UTC

Sacramento, California, February 26 (Hussan Ladoa Banga/Punjab Mail)- A small plane crashed in the US state of Arkansas and 5 people on board died. Ohio officials said the plane was en route to the site of an explosion at a local metal factory the previous day. The plane took off from Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport in Littlerock for John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio at noon. The twin-engine plane crashed near the Little Rock airport shortly after takeoff and caught fire, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. It is worth mentioning here that one person died due to burns in the fire that broke out after the explosion in a metal factory in Ohio last Monday.

February 26, 2023 19:59 UTC

© Provided by National Post A letter writer decries the firing of B.C. The teacher’s comments were consistent with the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and yet he was still fired. We, the people who were directly affected by the Freedom Convoy’s lawlessness, welcomed the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. As long as English Quebec was getting the Rodney Dangerfield treatment, Quebec was not going to get its booty. In sorrow and gratitude,Mary Lou Finlay, TorontoNational Post and Financial Post welcome letters to the editor (150 words or fewer).

February 26, 2023 18:21 UTC

Unfortunately, 48% of FCS patients report being misdiagnosed (3). Even with adherence to extremely restricted diet, patients continue to experience pancreatitis and a reduced quality of life (3,5), making patients feel defeated. Glybera, the world’s first approved gene therapy, priced at a million dollars was approved for FCS in Europe. “The FDA seems to have very little understanding of what FCS patients deal with on daily basis. “All they kept looking at were the number of pancreatitis attacks and hospitalizations” several patients shared.

February 26, 2023 18:03 UTC

It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Various Indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. As a highly developed country, Canada has the seventeenth-highest nominal per-capita income globally as well as the thirteenth-highest ranking in the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks.

February 26, 2023 06:12 UTC