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'Plan in advance': Eclipse glasses are hot sellers ahead of rare celestial event

'Plan in advance': Eclipse glasses are hot sellers ahead of rare celestial event

MONTREAL — These days, Mylene Gamache-Tremblay spends her evenings and weekends taking orders for solar eclipse glasses, and packing and shipping them around the eastern part of the country.
In the news today: Suspect in Ottawa killings being held in protective custody

In the news today: Suspect in Ottawa killings being held in protective custody

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
How the 2019 Fridays for Futures strikes inspired a wave of Canadian climate leaders

How the 2019 Fridays for Futures strikes inspired a wave of Canadian climate leaders

As they marched through the streets in 2019, Ashley Torres and Louis Couillard did not expect a protest would alter the trajectory of their lives.
International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn

International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn

OTTAWA — When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students are under, he remembers a young man who called in tears.
Doctors urge myth-busting, education to counter misinformation as measles cases rise

Doctors urge myth-busting, education to counter misinformation as measles cases rise

A troubling rise in measles cases has a Toronto doctor remembering a little girl who became blind, noncommunicative and incontinent after contracting the virus. Dr.
Police say woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested

Police say woman murdered at home near University of B.C. campus, two arrested

VANCOUVER — Police say a woman has been murdered at a home on the edge of the University of British Columbia campus, and two people have been arrested.
B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma

B.C. law to recover health costs from companies behind harmful products: AG Sharma

VICTORIA — British Columbia introduced proposed legislation Thursday that would allow it to sue for health-related costs over damages by companies like social-media giants and energy drink manufacturers whose products could cause harm.
B.C.'s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support

B.C.'s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support

VICTORIA — British Columbia's seniors advocate says the increasing unmet demand for home support services is likely to blame for a ballooning wait-list to get a bed in long-term care, with the problem worsened by population growth.
B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits

B.C. boy, 9, loves hockey, his rabbit and pi, which he has memorized to 2,030 digits

Nine-year-old Lucas Mason Yao loves the Vancouver Canucks, his pet bunny Chomp and pi, the mathematical constant that's celebrated every March 14 around the world. Yao, from Pitt Meadows, B.C.
B.C. First Nation and Western LNG partner to purchase natural gas pipeline project

B.C. First Nation and Western LNG partner to purchase natural gas pipeline project

A B.C. First Nation and a Houston-based firm are buying a ready-to-construct pipeline project that would supply a proposed floating LNG export terminal north of Prince Rupert. The Nisga’a Nation — whose lands are located on the northwest coast of B.
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