Beyond Local

VANCOUVER — A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn't.

OTTAWA — Canada is banning the import of Russian steel and aluminum as part of its sanctions regime, as Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly raises the possibility of regime change in Moscow.

“I feel like being elected is just a stepping stone to other people being elected as well in terms of more minorities or people that are gender diverse,” she said. “That’s what it means to me... giving more people the chance to have their voices heard.” 

Smaller financial institutions tend to be closer to gender parity in their executive ranks than the major Canadian banks, a new analysis by credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar has found.

Small ways to help ease the hit on your wallet at the grocery store.

Turn your banana bread into chunky monkey bread with dark chocolate chunks and walnuts.

Research shows exercise benefits lining of the arteries in postmenopausal women; helps prevent heart disease

Even if you haven’t tried artificial intelligence tools that can write essays and poems or conjure new images on command, chances are the companies that make your household products are already starting to do so.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan is revving up its electrification shift and slashing costs by using the same components across models and reducing use of expensive rare materials.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government announced Wednesday that it is planning on imposing additional restrictions on the export of machines that make advanced processor chips, joining a U.S. push that aims at limiting China's access to materials used to make such chips.