Beyond Local

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Monday accused a Chinese coast guard ship of hitting a Philippine coast guard vessel with a military-grade laser and temporarily blinding some of its crew in the disputed South China Sea, calling it a “blatant” violation of Manila’s sovereign rights.

VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby says he doesn't mind being told his government's approach to the toxic drug and overdose crisis is too narrow and doomed to fail — he disagrees, but at least it shows his critics are engaged in the crucial discussion.

VANCOUVER — When Vancouver-based Justin Wong was studying online for his master of arts at Trinity Western University during the pandemic, he had to get up at 4 a.m. to collaborate with classmates. That's because they were in China.

LAVAL, Que. — While police are still piecing together what happened, witness accounts gathered over the two days following the accident provide a harrowing account of those first moments.

A new report predicts there will be almost no narwhal left in an area off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island this summer and says shipping traffic from the nearby Mary River iron-ore mine is to blame.

VANCOUVER — The voice you hear on the other end of your phone call may not be who you think it is, the person you're texting with may really be a bot and the face in a photo or video on your favourite dating app may not even exist.

As the passengers unload luggage from under the bus, the taxi drivers are relentless, beckoning them into their cars for the 30-minute drive to Roxham Road, the wooded route into Canada that has become an unofficial border crossing for tens of thousands of asylum seekers over the past several years. 

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to divulge all her conversations relating to COVID-19 court cases after she acknowledged having contact with an accused before his trial relating to a blockade at a U.S.-Canada border crossing.

OTTAWA — Russia's ambassador in Ottawa claims Canada is unsafe for his compatriots to visit. "Canada today is a very dangerous country for Russian citizens," Oleg Stepanov said in a Russian-language interview last Friday.

The U.S. military has shot four flying objects out of the sky in the month of February.