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Rustad says no plan for user-pay health as B.C. voters break advance polling record
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says he has no plan for user-pay health care in…
Trudeau says he has list of Tories vulnerable to, or engaged in, foreign meddling
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre refuses to seek the security clearance necessary to be…
U.K. calls for India co-operation in probe, analyst warns allies might limit response
OTTAWA – The British government says India should co-operate with Canada’s investigation into accusations that…
Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
VANCOUVER – Lawyers for the founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front say their clients…
Sikh groups call for Indian consulates to be shut down in Vancouver, Toronto
Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as…
Washington mum on Canada’s latest allegations against India, expulsion of diplomats
OTTAWA – American officials did not condemn India’s response to explosive accusations that its government…
B.C. Conservatives plan $11B deficit in first year, higher than NDP or Greens
A costed policy platform delivered by the B.C. Conservatives in the final days of the…
Annual inflation falls to 1.6% in September, raises odds of 50-basis-point rate cut
OTTAWA – The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of…
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending…
Rustad stands by B.C. Conservative candidates under fire, says voters can judge them
VANCOUVER – B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to…
‘Break in the cooling trend’: Jobs report tops economists’ expectations in September
OTTAWA – The Canadian labour market exceeded many economists’ expectations in September, adding more than…
B.C. Conservatives stand by candidate who called Palestinian children ‘inbred’
The British Columbia Conservatives are standing by a candidate who called Palestinian children “inbred” and…
B.C. writer Steven Galloway’s defamation case clears court hurdle as appeal rejected
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid to appeal by accusers…
Rustad changes story after BC Coroners Service says no record of fatal overdose
VANCOUVER – B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has changed his story about seeing a man…
Eby says he’ll focus on NDP’s record in B.C., but can’t resist more digs at Rustad
RICHMOND, B.C. – New Democrat Leader David Eby says he’s focusing his provincial election campaign…
Tales of blood and death on streets make B.C. party leaders’ debate grim listening
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s three party leaders offered starkly different visions of the province and…
Canadian AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton ‘flabbergasted’ after winning Nobel Prize
Geoffrey Hinton, the British Canadian computer scientist whose machine learning discoveries have proved so profound…
Vancouver Police probe Oct. 7 rally where ‘death to Canada’ cry went up
Vancouver Police say they are conducting an investigation into a pro-Palestinian protest marking the Oct.…
Poilievre barred from speaking in House for not withdrawing remark about Joly
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was not allowed to speak in the House of…
Prayers, protests and police as Canada marks anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
MONTREAL – With prayers, protests, and a heavy police presence, Canada has marked the anniversary…
Rustad’s Nuremberg, Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures ‘regrettable,’ says Eby
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – British Columbia’s election campaign was dragged far off course Monday as…
Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard found not guilty of sexual assault
Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was found not guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a young woman…
Paper straws stir up B.C. election campaign as leaders gibe over taxes and communism
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial…
Here’s what the jury didn’t hear in Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial
A jury has found Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard not guilty of sexually assaulting a young…