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Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada authorized Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the…
Labour Day train delay isolated incident, Via Rail CEO tells MPs
OTTAWA — The head of Via Rail repeatedly told MPs a train delay over the…
MPs want Canadians tied to alleged Russian influencer op to testify at committee
OTTAWA — MPs on the public safety and national security committee voted unanimously to launch…
Some key issues to watch for in B.C.’s provincial election campaign
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday,…
A look back at nearly three decades of British Columbia provincial elections
British Columbians are voting in the next provincial election on Oct. 19. The NDP is…
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground
SURREY, B.C. — New Democrat Leader David Eby kicked off his British Columbia election campaign…
In the news today: Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Could a cap on grad students from abroad hurt more than help? Experts raise the alarm
TORONTO — As Ottawa moves to include graduate students in its cap on international study…
Joly, women foreign ministers say it’s time a woman leads the United Nations
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it’s time for a woman to lead…
Police fan out across Quebec after ‘vile’ death of teen linked to organized crime
MONTREAL — Quebec police said they would make their presence felt in major cities across…
A corrective to a story that moved Sept. 18 about short-term rental policy in B.C.
VANCOUVER — In a story that moved Wednesday, Sept. 18, The Canadian Press erroneously referred…
NDP asks competition watchdog to probe potential rent-fixing by corporate landlords
OTTAWA — The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian corporate landlords…
Three men injured after man enters Montreal-area mosque bearing a knife
MONTREAL — Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest…
RCMP officers face firing for ‘atrocious’ racist behaviour, harassment, documents say
VANCOUVER — Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged…
Canada announces $151 million for polio eradication, after outbreak in Gaza Strip
OTTAWA — Canada is setting aside $151 million for the fight to eradicate polio worldwide.…
Joly says about 45,000 Canadians in Lebanon; she’s concerned about pager explosions
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon,…
A look at British Columbia New Democratic Party Leader David Eby
VANCOUVER — A look at British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby. British Columbia NDP Leader…
A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia
VICTORIA — A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.…
Eby ‘impatient’ to resolve B.C.’s hard issues of housing, opioids, affordability
David Eby thumbs through a stack of vinyl records at Zulu Records located in his…
John Rustad, political cast off to potential B.C. premier: ‘remarkable,’ he says
VICTORIA — British Columbia Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was at a low point in…
A look at Sonia Furstenau, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia
VICTORIA — British Columbia Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is running in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding…
Greens reject acrimony, setting them apart from other B.C. parties: Furstenau
The leader of British Columbia’s Green Party faces an uphill battle one month before the…
Ottawa’s $2B loan for satellites has Tories calling for Elon Musk to step in
OTTAWA — A $2.14-billion federal loan for an Ottawa-based satellite operator has Canadian politicians arguing…
B.C. leaders officially start election campaign talking health, addiction, economy
It didn’t take long for the leaders of the two contending parties in British Columbia’s…