LOS ANGELES – Bobby Brown Jr., the son of singer Bobby Brown, was found dead at a Los Angeles home Wednesday. He was 28. Los Angeles Police spokesman Officer Jeff Lee said officers were responding to a medical emergency when they found Brown Jr.’s body around 1:50 p.m. at a…

Torontos busiest intersections will see new traffic agents start directing drivers and pedestrians Wednesday, part of a years-long effort by Toronto Mayor John Tory to help traffic flow downtown without adding to the workload of police. The agents will help keep motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and transit vehicles in line when…

Companies making more than $1 million a year will see no real change to their business, with the standard rate of 30 percent remaining in place. Apple makes the point, of course, that for that cut, companies are able to access various payment processing, security and hosting services for their…

The federal government says it is reviewing a proposal that would allow the Toronto Raptors to play in Canada again when the new NBA season starts. In a statement to CTV News Toronto Tuesday evening, Health Minister Patty Hajdus office said the government has received a proposal and is considering…

VICTORIA — Vancouver Islands chief medical health officer is encouraging the province to impose a 14-day quarantine period for non-essential travellers to the island amid the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Richard Stanwick told Vancouver radio station CKNW 980 on Tuesday that the significant leap in the number of…

OTTAWA — At this point during last year’s flu season, Canada had already recorded 711 positive cases of influenza. So far this year, there have been just 17. Influenza is way behind the eight ball here, said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of infectious disease in the department of medicine at…

The following opinion piece by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was released by B.C.’s Ministry of Health on Monday afternoon, shortly after health officials provided another record-breaking COVID-19 update for the province. VICTORIA — British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of…

Alek Minassian has never shown remorse or apologized for carrying out the deadly Toronto van attack, his father told a virtual courtroom on Monday as lawyers opened the 28-year-olds not criminally responsible defence. Before Vahe Minassian was called to the stand as the first witness in his sons murder trial,…

VANCOUVER — Nine people died from COVID-19 in British Columbia over the weekend as the province broke several more records related to the coronavirus pandemic. Another 1,959 new COVID-19 cases were also identified from Friday afternoon to Monday afternoon, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced at her first briefing…

By Reuters Staff German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), following video consultations with the premiers of Germany’s 16 federal states, at Chancellery in Berlin, Germany November 16, 2020. Odd Andersen/Pool via REUTERS BERLIN (Reuters) – A partial lockdown imposed in Germany at the…