Officials with the Vancouver Aquarium say they have applied for a judicial review aimed at overturning a park board bylaw banning whales, dolphins and porpoises from its facility in Stanley Park.
Over 22 per cent of Canadian children live in poverty and most issues related to kids showed no improvement or worsened during the last decade, said the 14th report from UNICEF on children's well-being amongst wealthy countries.
The flames broke out shortly after midnight and when firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke pouring from the house, fire officials said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shooting down a parliamentary committee's recommendation that Ottawa impose a five per cent tax on broadband Internet services as a way to "level the playing field" in Canada's rapidly evolving news industry.
The Immigration and Refugee Board is already trying to whittle down its current backlog, but received no new money in the latest federal budget.
Police in British Columbia say they have arrested nine people after breaking up a network they believe to be connected to illegal gaming houses and money laundering.