Vancouver's 36th annual Pride Week has officially kicked off with a declaration by Mayor Gregor Robertson. The festivities commenced at 11 a.m. in the council chambers at City Hall, where speakers discussed the lives of LGBTQ refugees in Vancouver and across the entire nation.
Sunwing flight 772 was diverted back to Toronto's Pearson International Airport after a passenger made a "direct threat" to blow up the air plane.
The Canadian Government has announced new economic sanctions and travel bans against Ukrainian and Russian individuals and entities.
A WestJet plane bound for Calgary was forced to land at Toronto's Pearson Airport due to engine problems.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of sexual assault in three separate cases that took place in Ottawa.
A BC man, Hasibullah Yusufzai, accused of leaving the country to join Islamist fighters in Syria has been charged with a single count under a new law that considers it a criminal offence to leave or attempt to leave Canada to engage in terrorism.