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Valérie Bah wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award for ‘Subterrane’
TORONTO — Valérie Bah’s speculative comedy “Subterrane” has won the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel…
Dive-bombed or not, Vancouverites are still pro-crow, researchers say
VANCOUVER — Along her journey towards understanding Vancouver’s crows, psychology professor Suzanne MacDonald says she…
Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law…
Silent tribute and fundraisers mark one month since Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER — Members of Parliament held a moment of silence on the one-month anniversary of…
$40 million lottery ticket sold in B.C., same month as record prize win
BURNABY — British Columbia has another multimillion-dollar lottery winner about a week after handing out…
Three-year deal reached in labour dispute between LifeLabs and 1,200 striking workers
BURNABY — British Columbia’s main outpatient lab services provider and the union representing about 1,200…
Port says dredging of Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet underway, a project touted by Carney
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge…
Metro Vancouver area councillors urge more B.C. oversight of municipal spending
VICTORIA — Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia…
Family in B.C. festival tragedy celebrates small victories on long road to recovery
VANCOUVER — Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family,…
Police in B.C. say three face charges over stolen beer, food and toilet paper
BURNABY — Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., have recovered pallets of beer, food and enough toilet…
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
OTTAWA — A change to Canada’s electoral system would have delivered a very different House…
Ex-mayor Gregor Robertson gets second shot at housing crisis in Carney’s cabinet
Gregor Robertson set himself a bold goal as the newly elected mayor in Vancouver in…
Here are the newcomers, familiar faces in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s inner circle
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list…
Parkland-Sunoco deal comes amid fraught U.S.-Canada relations, resource nationalism
CALGARY — Ottawa is weighing the proposed takeover of Calgary-based Parkland Corp. by American fuel…
B.C., federal government support dredging Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet, others opposed
British Columbia’s energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet to…
NDP faces ‘Parliament from hell’ without official party status, says former MP
OTTAWA — The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status…
In the news today: Former NDP MP warns: tough times ahead in parliament for the party
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Debut novels about war, urban underground among finalists for Amazon award
Writer, poet and past soldier Benjamin Hertwig is among six finalists for the $60,000 Amazon…
How Lytton Chinese History Museum rose from the ashes, almost four years after fire
LYTTON — Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese…
B.C. MP Don Davies chosen as interim NDP leader to succeed Jagmeet Singh
OTTAWA — B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic…
More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER — About 400 people attended a memorial mass Saturday morning to honour those killed…
Liberals projected to finish just short of a majority after very close election race
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority government after a very close…
Liberals win 4th mandate as NDP vote collapses and Singh announces he will resign
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to unite the country and govern for all…
CP NewsAlert: Jagmeet Singh to step down as NDP Leader after losing seat
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP…