Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add?

Environmental groups aren’t the only ones characterizing Canada’s recent draft Ocean Noise Strategy as weak and watered down. The same criticism came from inside the department. Key Fisheries ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As movie theaters worked to entice Americans back into seats after COVID-19 lockdowns and labor strikes, the industry marketed blockbuster films like " Wicked ” and the ...

The fire chief of a British Columbia community devastated by a fast-moving wildfire in 2023 says it's "haunting" to see similar circumstances playing out in Southern California. Jason Brolund, the ...

TORONTO - Traci Loader helped devise the haunting blood tears Lily-Rose Depp’s character cries in "Nosferatu." On Thursday, the Ontario makeup artist said she couldn't contain her own tears as ...

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but a ...

Peter Simonsen says buds on the peach trees at his farm in Naramata, B.C., are already starting to swell early. But that makes him nervous. "They seem healthy and good, but I'm a little worried ...

Israel's Cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting and release dozens of hostages held by militants, along with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The approval ...

WASHINGTON - United States president-elect Donald Trump may declare a national emergency in order to turn his threat to slap Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs into a reality.

Getting someone to confess to a murder in Canada is neither easy…nor should it be. It’s especially challenging when those murders have gone unsolved…so-called “cold cases” in law ...

Lawyers met in court for the first time after a group of Kamloops residents challenged a counter petition process saw $275 million in loans for new facility. Central to the challenge is whether ...

The presence of invasive jellyfish in Osoyoos Lake was discovered in recent years, yet the full impact of the invaders on native ecosystems isn’t clear yet. The peach blossom jellyfish ...