Servers clad in short skirts and stilettos could soon be a thing of the past, as British Columbia and Ontario take steps to ditch sexualized dress codes.

An aquarium and zoo industry group says a park board vote to ban cetacean captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium is "troubling" and it will work with the facility to influence the policy.

"Would you put that sheen on your vegetable garden?" asked Bob Chamberlin, the nation’s elected chief councillor. "They have no technology whatsoever to recover that sheen."

"It's a beacon of intolerance," said Coun. Kerry Jang. "It's a beacon of sexism and bullying. That's just not Vancouver."

What if carbon dioxide emissions could be transformed from a liability into an asset?

Letter-writers are demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revoke approvals for the $8.8-billion dam project which would flood First Nations spiritual, burial and archeological sites

​For Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, pipeline politics begin and end at home. She won't weigh into the B.C. election where the NDP is opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.

They fear Donald Trump's election in the United States adds pressure to Canada to clear regulatory hurdles blocking new projects.

In an email Boyden wrote that the letter "does not draw conclusions about guilt or innocence, but focuses on a process that ill-served complainants and Mr. Galloway.

First Nations have urged Will and Kate to encourage the B.C. and federal governments to take their issues seriously.