The City of New Westminster will begin phasing out the use of its Royal City moniker. The motion passed by council Monday night also directs the city to update its logo, a gold crown symbolic of Queen Victoria and to work with the community to develop a new brand identity.  New Westminster …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that Ottawa and Ontario have signed a deal with Umicore, a global metals refiner, to build a new battery materials facility in the province’s Loyalist Township. Speaking at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., the prime minister said the facility will supply materials for one million electric vehicles a …

WARNING: This story contains references to suicide.   Three months after Robert Martin died by suicide in his family home in April 2022, the Chatham, Ont., hospital where he had been treated is now taking steps to improve its mental health care services.  While it doesn’t erase the horrible pain of losing …

Artisanal baking is undergoing a resurgence around the world — and that includes Israel. Hagay Ben Yehuda is one of a small number of Israeli bakers who stick close to the old ways, working by hand with organic ingredients to produce healthier, tastier bread. He is a fifth-generation baker, working at …

A large statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at a Hindu temple in Richmond Hill on Wednesday and police say it’s being investigated as a hate crime. The statue, which is five metres high, was vandalized at Vishnu Mandir in the area of Yonge Street and Garden Avenue, according to York Regional …

A train carrying grain has derailed in southern Alberta, Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed Wednesday.  Wednesday afternoon a CP train derailed in Bassano, Alta., approximately 140 kilometres southeast of Calgary.  A CP spokesperson said there were no injuries, and the incident is under investigation.  Bassano resident Thomas McPhail said he’s happy …

Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed one of its trains derailed in Kamloops, B.C. on Wednesday afternoon. The railway said the train went off the tracks in the Mission Flats area, to the west of town, south of the Thompson River. The train was carrying grain, CP added, and no one was injured. …

The makeup of Canadian households is continuing to change, with alternatives to family households — such as roommates — and common-law marriages all seeing significant increases, says the latest census data release from Statistics Canada. “In recent decades, there has been a gradual decrease in the share of households composed of …

Farmers are used to keeping an eye on the weather and their fields, but now they’re also watching the Bank of Canada after it raised its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point in an attempt to fight runaway inflation. “It’s made for a challenging year, especially with paying off …

Months after avian flu was first detected in Quebec’s birds, it’s now affecting a new population: seals. Quebec scientists say they’ve found traces of avian flu in dead harbour seals that are washing ashore in the St. Lawrence estuary, a 250-kilometre long ecosystem that runs from just north of Quebec …