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Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. coroner wants 'urgent action' on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's coroner says over 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. L...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. coroner wants 'urgent action' on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's coroner says over 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. L...
Apr 12, 2022
Ginsburg's art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office. That signed and...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Ukrainian flag to remain up at Vernon City Hall
The City of Vernon will keep the Ukrainian flag flying at City Hall for longer than originally planned.The flag was raised on March 2 with a three week time line, which was extended for another three ...
Apr 12, 2022
'Blood sport:' Observers say purported emails suggest decline of Alberta politics
EDMONTON - Observers say emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to obtain a reporter's phone logs show how the province's politics have deteriorated. The Canadian ...
Apr 12, 2022
Most of those injured in fire that destroyed building in Vancouver out of hospital
VANCOUVER - Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Flames broke out in the 110-y...
Apr 12, 2022
Most of those injured in fire that destroyed building in Vancouver out of hospital
VANCOUVER - Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Flames broke out in the 110-y...
Apr 12, 2022
