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B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it’s about more than votes
VANCOUVER — In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates —…
Canada booking seats on flights out of Lebanon as violence escalates
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada began booking blocks of seats on the few remaining commercial…
Former B.C. army reservist gets house arrest for online shotgun threat against MP
RICHMOND, B.C. — A British Columbia judge has given a former Canadian Army reservist a…
No deal after two days of negotiating in the Vancouver grain workers strike
VANCOUVER — Negotiations to end a strike by grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver have…
Man, 31, charged with causing indignity to body in missing Quebec woman case
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. — A man has been charged with causing indignity to a body in…
Montreal police make arrest in Presidents Cup golf apparel theft
MONTREAL — Montreal police say they’ve arrested a man in connection with the theft of…
First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation
OTTAWA — The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one…
Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. — By this time, Jasper National Park’s caribou breeding centre was supposed to…
Critics see drug debate tainted by politicization in B.C. election campaign
VANCOUVER — When NDP Leader David Eby announced this month that the province would open…
Counting the cost of British Columbia’s toxic drug crisis
The toxic drug crisis is one of the most contentious and widely debated issues ahead…
LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave
OTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is set to make history by becoming the…
Montreal’s Muslim Maghrebi community sounds alarm on deadly gangs recruiting youth
MONTREAL — Members of Montreal’s Muslim and Maghrebi communities gathered at a city park on…
NDP uses BC United research to mount attacks on ‘crackpot’ B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA — Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within…
Tentative deal reached in Metro Vancouver grain strike, federal minister says
VANCOUVER — Canada’s labour minister says striking grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver and their…
Canada announces $10 million for humanitarian assistance in Lebanon
OTTAWA — Canada is contributing $10 million for humanitarian assistance for civilians in Lebanon amid…
B.C.’s NDP, Conservatives nominate full slates of candidates for Oct. 19 election
VICTORIA — Elections BC says the New Democrats and Conservatives have nominated full slates of…
Labrador residents say “inhumane” food prices force families to go hungry
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A mother in a community where the cost of living is…
Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans
OTTAWA — The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion…
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. — Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and…
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members…
Small Quebec towns debate reducing council size amid recruitment challenges
MONTREAL — Some small Quebec municipalities are considering reducing the size of their city councils…
‘Programming error’ results in accidental sale on Quebec liquor products
MONTREAL — The provincial Crown corporation in charge of liquor sales in Quebec says a…
Liberals roll out more security cash, details in strategy for fighting hate
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is announcing more details on its existing strategy and funding…
Eby says more than 90 per cent of British Columbians to benefit from tax cut promise
SURREY, B.C. — New Democrat Leader David Eby, speaking before his largest crowd of the…