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Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame. Members of the group Last Generation Austria tweeted they had targeted the 1915 painting Death and Life at the Leopold …

The sounds from the Northern Cree drum has spanned more than four decades and 49 albums but the group’s latest release Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning is completely owned by the artists. Steve Wood, who is Nehiyaw from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, is the group’s co-founder and leader and said it’s exciting …

A growing number of new immigrants in B.C. are choosing to live outside of Metro Vancouver, according to 2021 census data from Statistics Canada. One of them is Alan Gonzales, who came to Kelowna, B.C., five years ago as a Canadian permanent resident. Gonzales, who is from the Philippines, received his permanent residency through the …

It’s been called the nuclear blackmail card — both within western diplomatic and defence circles and in Russia itself. And it’s a reference to President Vladimir Putin’s poker-faced threat on Wednesday to resort to weapons of mass destruction if NATO steps over the line or Ukraine reclaims more of its own …

A group of immigrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, part of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the immigration burden to Democratic areas. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for the arrival of two planes of immigrants, one spokesperson told Fox News and …

Like many Canadians, a woman we’ll call Mary was looking for a little extra income during the pandemic, to offset the rising cost of living. But instead of turning to the traditional options of working some overtime, freelancing a little or starting up an unrelated side hustle, she and her …

Public instances of threats and intimidation of women in public life have intensified in recent weeks, with significant examples of abuse targeted toward politicians — most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — as well as activists and journalists. For weeks, a group of journalists, particularly journalists of colour, have publicly shared …

A Michigan judge has ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. in its long-standing dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. In her ruling on Thursday, Judge Janet Neff said the case belongs in federal court — a blow to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s bid to shut down the …

Vancouver firefighters battled a fire at a Downtown Eastside church on the 100 block of East Hastings Street for hours on Wednesday evening. Black smoke billowed from the second floor of the two-storey brick building as firefighters used multiple hoses from a crane and the street to attempt to control the …

Early this year, as Russia was preparing for an invasion of Ukraine, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to see an opportunity. With the United States and its allies distracted and busy countering Moscow’s belligerence, Pyongyang’s generals would put on a show — firing off more test missiles than ever …