B.C. tenants evicted for landlord's use after refusing large rent increase to take over neighbouring suite
Ashley Dickey and her mother rented part of the same Coquitlam duplex in three different decades under three different landlords.
Novak Djokovic intends to defend his title at Wimbledon and supports the decision by the ATP men's tour to withhold ranking points from that tournament as a show of unity among players -- even though the move will negatively affect his hold on the No. 1 spot.
In response to a reporter's question after his first-round victory at the French Open on Monday night, Djokovic called the All England Club's ban of players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine "a mistake" and criticized Wimbledon organizers for their lack of communication.
"They haven't discussed it with anybody from ATP or any individual players -- or, for that matter, Russian or Belarusian players -- to just communicate and understand whether there is a common ground where both sides could be making a compromise and something could work out," Djokovic said about the All England Club. "So I think it was a wrong decision. I don't support that at all."
He called it a "lose-lose situation for everyone."
Russia, with help from Belarus, began attacking Ukraine in late February. The All England Club said last month it would not allow players from Russia or Belarus to compete when its Grand Slam tournament begins on June 27; the ATP and the WTA women's tour responded by announcing Friday they would not award ranking points to any players for results at Wimbledon.
Djokovic said he heard there might have been other options available to All England Club decision-makers than has been revealed, such as the possibility of exhibition matches to raise money to help Ukrainians in need.
Djokovic has had his run-ins with ATP management in the past, and even worked to create a separate players' association, but on this matter he said he backs the tour.
"Collectively, I'm glad that players got together with the ATP, the governing body of men's tennis, and showed to the Grand Slam that when there is a mistake happening -- and there was, from the Wimbledon side -- then we have to show that there's going to be some consequences," Djokovic said.
The ATP says that all players who earned ranking points at Wimbledon in 2021 (Djokovic earned the maximum 2,000 for taking the championship) will have those erased from their record as part of the usual 52-week system that counts someone's best 19 tournaments over that span.
Whatever happens at the tournament in 2022 will have no bearing on a player's standing.
"For me, or for the guys that did well last year, we are not only not going to have a chance to earn points, but we can't defend them," Djokovic said. "And there are some guys, obviously, who are not going to have a chance to earn points, of course. It's a very unique and weird situation, I must say."
Earlier in the day, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said she was leaning toward skipping Wimbledon with no points on offer.
But Djokovic's view was different.
"A Grand Slam is still a Grand Slam," said the owner of 20 such titles, one shy of Rafael Nadal's men's record. "Wimbledon, for me, was always my dream tournament when I was a child. So I don't look at it through the lens of points or of prize money. For me, it's something else."
Ashley Dickey and her mother rented part of the same Coquitlam duplex in three different decades under three different landlords.
A man who fell into a crevasse while leading a backcountry ski group deep in the Canadian Rockies has died.
A new survey by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab asked Canadians about their food consumption habits amid rising prices.
MPP Sarah Jama was asked to leave the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by House Speaker Ted Arnott on Thursday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment which has been banned at Queen’s Park.
Charlie Woods failed to advance in a U.S. Open local qualifying event Thursday, shooting a 9-over 81 at Legacy Golf & Tennis Club.
As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye.
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would still send Canada Carbon Rebate cheques to Saskatchewan residents, despite Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe's decision to stop collecting the carbon tax on natural gas or home heating, questions were raised about whether other provinces would follow suit. CTV News reached out across the country and here's what we found out.
A Montreal actress, who has previously detailed incidents she had with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, says a New York Court of Appeals decision overturning his 2020 rape conviction is 'discouraging' but not surprising.
Caleb Williams is heading to the Windy City, aiming to become the franchise quarterback Chicago has sought for decades.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
A property tax bill is perplexing a small townhouse community in Fergus, Ont.
When identical twin sisters Kim and Michelle Krezonoski were invited to compete against some of the world’s most elite female runners at last week’s Boston Marathon, they were in disbelief.
The giant stone statues guarding the Lions Gate Bridge have been dressed in custom Vancouver Canucks jerseys as the NHL playoffs get underway.
A local Oilers fan is hoping to see his team cut through the postseason, so he can cut his hair.
A family from Laval, Que. is looking for answers... and their father's body. He died on vacation in Cuba and authorities sent someone else's body back to Canada.
A former educational assistant is calling attention to the rising violence in Alberta's classrooms.
The federal government says its plan to increase taxes on capital gains is aimed at wealthy Canadians to achieve “tax fairness.”
At 6'8" and 350 pounds, there is nothing typical about UBC offensive lineman Giovanni Manu, who was born in Tonga and went to high school in Pitt Meadows.