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B.C. Conservatives awaken from decades in dormancy ahead of 2024 vote

VICTORIA — The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British Columbia politics occurred in the summer byelection to fill the seat vacated by former New Democrat premier John Horgan.

Dec 12, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

U.S. president not making much fuss over Canada's 3% tax on web giants, Trudeau says

OTTAWA — Canada's tax on Netflix and other foreign digital services companies may be a major irritant for the U.S. tech sector, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it doesn't seem to be much concern to President Joe Biden.

Dec 12, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Long-awaited bill would give First Nations 'tools and powers' to protect water: Hajdu

OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled much-anticipated legislation Monday that aims to improve water quality in First Nations communities, improve collaboration on water protection and codify a new First Nations-led commission.

Dec 11, 2023 5:22 PM Read more >

Police say person took loaded gun into Ibrahim Ali murder trial: lawyer

VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Ibrahim Ali in his first-degree murder trial said police told him a person close to the proceeding brought a handgun into the Vancouver courtroom on Friday with "intent to kill.

Dec 11, 2023 5:11 PM Read more >

'Tragic, deadly': Three dead after shed fire outside Calgary home improvement store

CALGARY — A patch of black ash covered snow outside a Calgary home improvement store where three people died early Monday in a shed fire.

Dec 11, 2023 4:49 PM Read more >

Advocates, victims' families oppose destroying Robert Pickton evidence

VANCOUVER — Lorelei Williams decided not to attend the 2007 trial of notorious B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton, who was linked to the murder of her cousin Tanya Holyk, because she felt it would be too traumatizing.

Dec 11, 2023 4:49 PM Read more >

New N.W.T. premier to focus on emergency readiness, working with Indigenous leaders

YELLOWKNIFE — Few understand better the growing need for communities to be prepared for emergencies and disasters than the new premier of the Northwest Territories. R.J.

Dec 11, 2023 4:23 PM Read more >

Tories have 'successfully' scapegoated carbon price in affordability crisis: Trudeau

OTTAWA — The Liberals' signature climate policy to put a price on pollution is not unravelling, and it is not the main reason for inflation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, despite what the Conservatives insist.

Dec 11, 2023 4:15 PM Read more >

NDP health critic holding out hope pharmacare bill could be tabled in next five days

OTTAWA — With the House of Commons set to rise for the holidays at the end of this week, time is quickly running out for the Liberal government to introduce pharmacare legislation before the end of the year.

Dec 11, 2023 4:02 PM Read more >

Police violated protesters' rights in Wet'suwet'en pipeline blockades, Amnesty says

VANCOUVER — A hereditary chief with a British Columbia First Nation at the centre of protests against the Coastal GasLink pipeline says an Amnesty International report tells the truth about "police violations" of Indigenous rights when they removed a

Dec 11, 2023 3:21 PM Read more >