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Sports channel TSN has partnered with the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) to air select games throughout the 2023 season, including the 2023 CEBL Championship Weekend. As of May 24, TSN will show the CEBL Game of the Week on its channels, starting with the defending champions Brampton Honey Badgers taking on the Ottawa BlackJacks in the nation’s […]
Move over Cocaine Bear, here comes meth pigeon. OK, not exactly, since the pigeon didn’t ingest any drugs and go on a rampage. But in an Abbotsford, British Columbia prison yard, officials did find a pigeon on the grounds wearing a “backpack” with crystal meth inside. John Randle, the Pacific regional president of the Union for Canadian Correctional […]
After long deliberation, former Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm against one of two complainants. The 37-year-old originally plead not guilty to two counts of sexual assault, and one count of sexual interference—an offence referring to sexually touching someone under 16. Hoggard was found guilty of one count […]
British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to decriminalize cocaine, amphetamines, and opioids. Starting on January 31, 2023, people 18 years or older carrying 2.5 grams of the aforementioned drugs will not face criminal charges or mandatory treatment. This comes after the B.C. government asked for an exemption from the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances […]
Don’t confuse this with bragging, but Canada has been crushing it in the pandemic Olympics lately. Daily-infection case records are being broken in provinces from Ontario to Quebec to B.C., and the country just registered its highest new infections figure of 14,456 on Wednesday, Dec. 22, according to Global News’ tally. Today in Ontario, where […]
Carsen Gray’s sound effortlessly takes you to a serene place. Signed to Nettwerk Music Group, the B.C.-based artist is set to release her latest EP Each Moment on Jan. 28th, 2022. Her soulful voice crosses the genres of R&B, Pop and Folk—she’s proven that she isn’t limiting herself into any specific box. Her musical talents are […]
When it comes to breakdancing, there’s no one doing it quite like Konatsu Yamasa. Originally from Japan but currently settled in Toronto, Yamasa is a b-girl who can never stop moving—literally. As a dancer, she’s constantly pushing herself to learn new tricks and routines when she isn’t busy with her other job as a Japanese teacher. […]
Back before Boslen collaborated with fellow hotshot rappers like Charmaine and Snotty Nose Rez Kids, before he was signed to a big label, and before he got props from major publications like The Fader, he was one of the few bi-racial kids in a small B.C. town, fending off slurs like “jiggaboo” at the skate park. Born […]
For most of the world, travel came to a screeching halt during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was not the case for Manny Jacinto. The Filipino-Canadian actor packed his bags and headed down under when he was cast in a new show, Nine Perfect Strangers. It was a world away for Jacinto, who is was born in the […]
After raising suspicion from the Indigenous community, an art dealer from the Fraser Valley, B.C. has confessed that he’s been deliberately deceiving buyers in Canada and around the world for years. For years, the gift shops at some of B.C.’s most renowned museums and art galleries have carried wood carvings by an artist named “Harvey John,” who, according to an […]
