Новости за 29.07.2017

George Street was plastered side to side in yoga mats Saturday afternoon as Laura-Beth Power led 700 people in a free yoga class.

The creator of the viral #oscarssowhite campaign is hoping to use her social media savvy for another cause: stopping HBO's Confederate before it even has a script.

Jason Beck, a curator at the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, knew he had found something special when Joanne Johnson recently presented him with a baseball bat dating back to 1885.

Opinion polls show that more than 70 per cent of Venezuelans are opposed to Sunday's vote that is expected to lead to a new assembly full of Maduro loyalists.

Maurice Filion, the former coach and general manager of the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League, has died.

Jason Kenney announced his bid to become leader of the new United Conservative Party in Edmonton on Saturday, making him the third candidate to enter the race.

Edward Collins of Embree says idle hands are the devil's playground — so he builds giant fibreglass animals for his garden.

The Canadian quartet featuring Penny Oleksiak swam to bronze in the 4x100-metre mixed freestyle relay, shortly after the Toronto swimmer set a new Canadian record in the 50m butterfly at the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Saturday.

After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometres, the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage.

Brett Ryan, 36, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree murder for killing his mother and two brothers in last year's Toronto crossbow slayings.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the company that owns the rail line serving the northern Manitoba town of Churchill must repair the washed-out tracks that have been out of commission since May.

A look at how teen drinking could contribute to obesity, and a scientist's battle against the marketing unproven stem cell therapies. Read our weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news.

A Regina mother decided to raise her child without eating animal products. A pediatrician agrees it can be a healthy way of eating.

Why didn't two Ontario police forces notify the province's police watchdog about an assault allegedly involving one of their own?

Unionized ground crew workers will continue to walk picket lines this weekend at Toronto's Pearson International Airport after voting to reject a deal with their employer.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company's Model 3 electric car had over half a million advance reservations as he handed over the first 30 to employee buyers.

It seems unlikely that time will smooth over the large divide between former B.C. premier Christy Clark's fans and her detractors.

A unique summer festival is turning once bleak Edmonton walls into vibrant works of art. Rust Magic 2017 celebrates spray paint by bringing graffiti artists from around the world to transform the city into a living art gallery.

"Conscious consumers" don't buy excess amounts of fast fashion or support manufacturers whose employees work in sweatshops. Canadian entrepreneurs are discovering opportunities to sell sustainable fashion.

The data isn't always complete and there's always exceptions, but statistics indicate that breakdowns or accidents on amusement park rides are rare.

Canada's Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs says she agrees with the Assembly of First Nation's calls to tweak the plagued National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

On his administration's recent list of "asks" in the NAFTA renegotiation, Trump's trade officials demand a Canadian de minimis "comparable to the U.S. de minimis shipment value of $800." For Canadian consumers, that could mean that our choices would expand exponentially, our money would go further and we'd enjoy the benefits of competition.

The exit of Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff means that Donald Trump loses a Washington insider with key congressional contacts, at a time when the U.S. president's politically inexperienced administration is starving for a legislative win.

WestJet says it is working with police in Calgary and the RCMP cybercrime unit after some member's profile data was disclosed online.

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a package of stiff financial sanctions against Russia that passed Congress with overwhelming support, the White House says.