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A man who admitted to setting a fire inside the only full-service grocery store in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside earlier this year has received a two-year conditional sentence followed by two years of probation. Victor Atkinson, 50, was originally charged with arson to inhabited property and theft in the March 30 fire at Nesters Market but pleaded guilty in June to the lesser charge of arson to property.At a sentencing hearing Thursday, the court heard Atkinson, who was captured on surveillance and quickly identified by store management and police immediately after the fire, confessed to the crime.Following his arrest at the…

A strong system of thunderstorms in British Columbia has sparked new wildfires, with more than 7,000 lightning strikes within 24 hours between Saturday and Sunday. B.C. Wildfire Service said on Sunday the province had experienced a subtropical weather system that brought high temperatures and widespread lightning.“There were lightning-caused wildfires in all southern fire centres yesterday after more than 7,000 strikes were recorded,” the service said in its provincial situation report.The service said many of the areas affected by lightning received a good amount of precipitation, however, which helped decrease fire behaviour and the likelihood of new starts.While it did not…

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The expanding decentralized finance landscape on the Solana network is entering a new chapter as capital moves away from purely speculative projects toward ecosystems anchored by functional software. Solana Unchained has quickly positioned itself as a standout participant in this rotation after unveiling its comprehensive product ecosystem. By designing a decentralized environment where native utility tokens are mandatory for powering artificial intelligence modules, retail commerce, and account security protocols, the platform establishes an internal demand loop tied directly to on-chain execution. With Phase 5 of the public presale currently active and less…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 23, 2026 3:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premiers in Eastern Canada are once again calling on residents to buy local as Canada squares off against the United States in an escalating trade war. Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz issued a news release Sunday urging Islanders to seek out products produced in Canada and in their home province. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Lantz said every dollar spent…

Following several apparent video leaks of Grand Theft Auto VI, Take-Two Interactive has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over content that “infringes copyrights” held for the game, Kotaku reports. In the subpoenas, filed on Thursday, Take-Two says copyrighted material includes “audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements” and it is looking to identify “alleged infringers at issue.” The subpoenas give Microsoft and Discord until September 4th to produce the requested information.The leaked clips have been watermarked by a person or group going by “CyberLeek,” and they have shown what appears to be GTA VI protagonist Jason Duval (one of…

Canadian businesses are bracing for more uncertainty as a new round of U.S. tariffs take effect following the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Canadian goods came into force Saturday after negotiators failed to reach an agreement before the deadline.Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was “walking away from a bad deal,” and vowed to respond with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.For businesses caught in the middle of the trade war, attention is now turning to what the new tariffs will mean…

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to revive his “51st state” rhetoric early Sunday as he made his first comments on the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States. “Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!” Trump wrote in a post on his social platform Truth Social. “They have charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!! President DJT.”On Friday, Trump expressed confidence a deal would be reached before the deadline for the talks which had been set for Saturday.Hours later, Prime Minister Mark Carney called back his negotiators…

The Conservative Party of Canada is urging the federal government to release the full details of the proposed U.S. deal that prompted Canada to walk away from trade negotiations. Shuvaloy Majumdar, the party’s critic for Canada-U.S. relations, wrote to Dominic LeBlanc on Sunday asking for details while underscoring his party’s support in fighting for tariff-free trade.“I am requesting that your government release the full details of the proposed deal from which you chose to walk away on Friday evening,” Majumdar wrote. “If there was a draft text of any agreement that both governments have seen, please release it. The U.S.…

The mystery man known as “Lucky,” who was found with no identification in Amsterdam in 2023, is not a missing Vancouver man, according to police. Vancouver police confirmed earlier this week they were looking into whether “Lucky” might be John Russell Kenny, missing since 1994. On Saturday, Amsterdam police confirmed on Saturday “Lucky” and Kenny are different people.“This lead was investigated together with the Canadian police, and it has now been definitively established that Lucky and Mr. Kenny are not the same person,” Amsterdam police spokesperson Marijke Stor said.Vancouver police Const. Megan Lui confirmed the finding in an email to…

The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye. The concern revolves around private credit, which doesn’t have a universal definition but broadly involves businesses taking out loans from non-bank lenders including asset managers, insurers and pension funds.A mid-sized business might turn to private credit if they’re looking for money to fund the next stage of growth but are still too small for a traditional bank loan or issuing debt on the bond market.The share…