Jonathan Cardinal, a 29-year-old federal sex offender who failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house last week, has been arrested by police.
Just before midnight on July 7, two uniformed officers noticed Cardinal walking in the Downtown Eastside.
Cardinal initially provided officers with a false name, however, he was arrested after officers discovered his identity.
Cardinal is in custody.
The B.C. government says public health officials will start reviewing school enrolment records of kindergarten- to Grade 12 students to ensure children are immunized against contagious diseases including measles.
HALIFAX — Transport Canada has implemented a speed restriction for vessels in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence following yet another death of the endangered North Atlantic right whale on Wednesday.
HOUSTON — Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he's adapting well to life back on Earth following a more than six-month mission in space.
"It was and remains profoundly distressing and heartbreaking to watch," Gudelot said in Lethbridge on Wednesday. "It is unforgettable and impossible to unsee."
OTTAWA — The federal government has signed historic self-government agreements with the Metis nations of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people.