A workshop is being held at the end of March for the Vancouver Island community of about 350 people to determine whether it continues being a municipality — or disincorporate and be overseen by a regional government.
A case of measles has been reported in British Columbia — the first since 2019 — as the number of infections rise in some parts of the world, and health officials are urging residents to make sure they’re up to date on vaccines.
Canada is approaching total irrelevance in the world’s fastest-growing continent, experts argue, saying that a pattern of disengagement in trade, diplomacy and investment in Africa means Ottawa is ceding ground to Russia and China.