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B.C. police probe possible hate crime over arson fire at home of Ukrainian pastor
VICTORIA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress and its British Columbia council are calling on police in Victoria to investigate an arson fire as a hate crime. The congress says in a statement that someon...
Apr 21, 2022
Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernndez to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leade...
Apr 21, 2022
New COVID cases on the downswing as number of deaths per week remain consistent
The province has reported 890 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province during the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report this week.The number of new laboratory-confi...
Apr 21, 2022
Kentucky abortion law blocked in win for clinics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a state law that effectively eliminated abortions in Kentucky after the state's two remaining clinics said they couldn't meet its...
Apr 21, 2022
B.C. prioritizing negotiation over litigation for Indigenous rights
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has developed "a new approach to litigation" as part of its process to implement its 2019 legislation adopting the United Nations Declaration on the ...
Apr 21, 2022
U of R economist says recession could be on the way
With inflation driving prices higher all the time, there has been no shortage of money problems and a recession could be coming soon.That's according to Jason Childs, an economist with the University ...
Apr 21, 2022
Electric vehicle popularity grows in 2021 but still not on track for federal targets
OTTAWA - Electric vehicle sales grew almost 60 per cent last year but they need to pick up the pace even more to hit federal sales mandates expected by the end of this year. Statistics Canada says Can...
Apr 21, 2022
Military officer retires, heads to Ukraine amid sex misconduct investigation
OTTAWA - A senior military officer who was under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct has retired and travelled to Ukraine. Defence sources say lieutenant-general Trevor Cadieu hung up his unif...
Apr 21, 2022
Ottawa making good on threat to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou: minister
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's acting on his threat to unilaterally protect Quebec caribou after the province failed to meet a deadline to provide an acceptable pl...
Apr 21, 2022
Métis Nation looks to re-vamp constitution
A series of public consultations have kicked off as the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) works to re-vamp its constitution. Changing the document was part of an agreement struck with the federal gove...
Apr 21, 2022