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PQ leader's allusion to deportations, executions a threat to social cohesion: MP
OTTAWA - Quebec Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Qubcois, who referenced dark moments in Canadian history to justify the party's push for independe...
Apr 17, 2024
Canada edged by reigning champion Costa Rica in CONCACAF futsal quarterfinal
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Defending champion Costa Rica held on to edge Canada 3-2 in quarterfinal play Wednesday at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, ending the Canadian men's hope of reaching the FIFA Fu...
Apr 17, 2024
B.C. police seize guns, 14 kilograms of fentanyl in Lower Mainland trafficking probe
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Mounties in B.C.'s Lower Mainland say a months-long trafficking investigation spanned multiple cities and led to the seizure of significant quantities of illicit drugs, along with g...
Apr 17, 2024
Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km
VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...
Apr 17, 2024
Elephant seal Emerson is back in Victoria, defying relocation by swimming 200 km
VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...
Apr 17, 2024
What measures were missing from the 2024 federal budget
TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...
Apr 17, 2024
Youth charity selected for annual Fox Wrap-A-Van
A charity that supports children and youth will be receiving some funding and advertising support through the annual Fox Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Electrical Wrap-A-Van initiative."This year's winne...
Apr 17, 2024
Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hygienis...
Apr 17, 2024
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
Advocates say a disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget. The new Canada Disability Benefit will...
Apr 17, 2024
Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White t...
Apr 17, 2024
