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B.C. student created wildfire map during own evacuation from Manitoba fire zone
University of British Columbia Okanagan geography student Jenna Taylor went home last month to spend…
Ottawa considering ‘combination of approaches’ to 20% military pay hike
OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office says it’s considering a “combination of approaches” to…
First Nations youth say they’re ‘starting a movement’ against major projects bills
OTTAWA — First Nations youth leaders are warning Canadians can expect a long, tense summer…
Events taking place across Canada Saturday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day
OTTAWA — Hundreds gathered Saturday at events across Canada to mark Indigenous Peoples Day, with…
Canada Transport Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ by BC Ferries deal with Chinese company
VICTORIA — Canada’s transport minister says she is “dismayed” BC Ferries contracted a Chinese state-owned…
Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of…
‘Randomness and chaos’: The invisible, unpredictable forces behind fatal rockfall
Scientist Daniel Shugar says images of the aftermath of Thursday’s deadly rockslide in Banff National…
Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending appeal
A flock of nearly 400 British Columbia ostriches that gained international fame after they were…
Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
OTTAWA — A security and defence partnership pact Prime Minister Mark Carney will sign with…
Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
OTTAWA — Music streamer Spotify says Canada’s federal broadcast regulator shouldn’t impose rules meant for…
Applications open for new disability benefit program, payments start next month
OTTAWA — Canada’s new disability benefit — a program that provides eligible people with up…
VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
MONTREAL — Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers…
Conservatives set January dates for convention, review of Poilievre’s leadership
OTTAWA — Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January,…
Montreal mom charged with abandoning daughter ‘needs help,’ to remain detained
MONTREAL — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario, triggering…
CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded…