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Manitoba budget expands tax exemption on food items, aims to cut deficit
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government laid out a provincial budget Tuesday that promises savings for…

Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.’s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend’s home…

Three years after deadly fire, police arrest owner of Old Montreal building
MONTREAL — The owner of an Old Montreal building that went up in flames in…

Lytton, B.C., officials ‘immediately overwhelmed’ by wildfire rebuild, auditor says
The British Columbia government expected the small Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery…

Some B.C. appraisers adding land-claims clause after Aboriginal title court case
VICTORIA — An organization representing about 1,200 appraisers in British Columbia says some of its…

Media harder to identify, RCMP officer tells hearing over photojournalist’s lawsuit
VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer in charge of enforcing a court injunction in a British…

