Penticton students help launch ‘Friendly Streets’ initiative
This is the first of many street painting projects planned for Penticton, which includes community collaboration, asphalt art and other creative elements.
Canada
May 3
Man attacked vehicle with hatchet: Winnipeg police
According to police, an armed man was spotted Monday around 2:30 a.m., damaging a vehicle on Weitzel Street.
Crime
Apr 30
RCMP ask for public’s help after armed robbery in Selkirk, Man.
RCMP are looking for a man after an armed robbery at a store on Main Street in Selkirk, Man. Mounties said he had a handgun, demanded money and then ran away.
Crime
Apr 8
Man charged after stabbing on Oshawa street: police
Durham Regional Police said officers responded to an armed person call at around 11:20 p.m. on Thursday in the Simcoe Street South and Bagot Street area.
Crime
Apr 1
Court strikes down parts of Ontario panhandling law as unconstitutional
The case was launched in 2017 by the Fair Change legal clinic against the Safe Streets Act, the second constitutional challenge against the law that has been in force since 2000.
Canada
Apr 3
Downtown Eastside artist featured at Emily Carr University exhibit
The art exhibition is the culmination of a course on the impact of graffiti culture launched by a B.C. university professor.
Education
Apr 7
Banksy art exhibition debuts in London, Ont. next month
Banksy, regarded as one of the most valuable artists of our time, has an exhibit making its Canadian debut in London, Ont.
Canada
Mar 28
‘They’re people, they matter’: N.B. artist creates mural to honour those who died while homeless
The mural has now become a collaborative art piece, where members of the homeless population leave messages for each other, or tributes for those who have died.
Canada
Apr 23
Life in the forest: How Stanley Park’s longest resident survived a changing landscape
Christenson Bailey could go weeks in Stanley Park without speaking to another person. He spent his time meditating, studying the forest, and making art.
Canada
Apr 18
Feel-good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the week
An iconic arm-wrestler, Canada's first Filipino immigrant's B.C. roots and an exhibit by a Vancouver graffiti artist are among the good news stories we're sharing this week.
Trending
Apr 12
Calgary Event Centre designs could be public this summer: committee chair
On Monday, Calgary's Event Centre Committee is set to meet for the first time since February to privately discuss preparations for a development permit.
Canada
May 2
Feel-good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the week
We met a man this week who has lived for more than 30 years in Stanley Park. Christenson Bailey has made himself a home among the trees but now he is looking at a new future.
Trending
Apr 19
Central Edmonton residents call for ban on knife sales at corner stores: ‘They’re designed to kill’
A group of central Edmonton community leagues and organizations say knives are too easily bought in convenience stores, and want the city to crack down.
Crime
Apr 3
Unique leather shop in Plateau-Mont-Royal to close after rent triples
It's hard not to marvel at what Dan Rogers' store front has to offer: part improptu art gallery, part custom leather atelier. it's a staple of the Petit-Laurier neighborhood.
Canada
Apr 1
Door-kicking suspects sought in 5th incident targeting North Vancouver home
Officers say a house on Mahon Avenue near 15th Street, owned by seniors, has been targeted five times by various acts of vandalism involving youth.
Crime
Feb 19
Ambitious health, housing overhaul in the works for Portage Place site
The site of the beleaguered mall is set for an ambitious redevelopment, anchored by the Health-Care Centre of Excellence -- a planned 300,000-square foot, 12-storey tower.
Canada
Apr 5
Banksy confirms mural that appeared overnight in London is his work
Banksy took credit for the massive art piece on his Instagram after rumours swirled about the origin of the mural.
Trending
Mar 18
Police raid magic mushrooms stores in Cambridge and Kitchener again
Waterloo Regional Police say they conducted raids at magic mushrooms stores in Cambridge and Kitchener for the third time in less than a month.
Crime
May 3
Edmonton police charge man in 3 armed robberies involving handguns, shotgun
A 39-year-old man has been charged with several firearms- and robbery-related offences following three armed robberies in Edmonton late last month.
Crime
May 2
Russia hits Kyiv in missile strike, Ukraine says
A three-story building in central Kyiv was badly damaged in a Russian missile attack on Monday that saw missile debris fall in three other districts of the city, officials said.
World
Mar 25