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B.C. mayor hopes wildfire evacuees can return to Fort Nelson early next week
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of the regional municipality that includes Fort Nelson, B.C., that was evacuated due to a threatening wildfire says local officials are pushing for a Monday or Tuesday de...
May 23, 2024
Ottawa police charge 74-year-old woman after woman's hijab removed at Israel protest
OTTAWA - The Ottawa police hate-crime unit has charged an unnamed older woman with assault, harassment by threatening conduct and mischief after a woman's hijab was pulled off at a recent protest. Pro...
May 23, 2024
N.B. lieutenant-governor does not need to be bilingual, says Court of Appeal
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Court of Appeal says that while it is desirable for the province's lieutenant-governor to be bilingual, the Constitution doesn't impose such a requirement. Residents of C...
May 23, 2024
Removing religion as hate speech defence an idea worth exploring: antisemitism envoy
OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy for combating antisemitism is "very interested" in exploring the idea of removing religion as a possible defence against hate speech charges, she said Thursday, raising...
May 23, 2024
Canadian Hurricane Centre says active storm season predicted for East Coast
HALIFAX - Canada's East Coast is likely to see an active storm season this year because of record high water temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, say hurricane forecasters. In a briefing Thursday, Bob ...
May 23, 2024
'Looking over our shoulders': A killing looms large in a little B.C. town
LUMBY, B.C. - Something has shifted in the pretty little village of Lumby, B.C. It's subtle, say residents of the community of 2,000 people, nestled in the hills of the North Okanagan in B.C.'s Interi...
May 23, 2024
'It's over': B.C. minister says Surrey policing saga ends as court backs transition
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force, British Columbia's public safety minister said Thursday. Mike Farnworth sai...
May 23, 2024
Métis National Council president not seeking re-election, citing growing family
OTTAWA - The president of the Mtis National Council is not seeking re-election, saying she is instead going to focus on her growing family. Cassidy Caron was elected in 2021 as the youngest person eve...
May 23, 2024
U.S. senators write to Trudeau, urging Canada to meet NATO spending target
OTTAWA - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to meet the NATO spending target Canada first agreed to in 2014. All NATO allies renewed ...
May 23, 2024
Hackers release corporate data stolen from London Drugs, company says
RICHMOND, B.C. - Retailer London Drugs says cybercriminals who stole files from its corporate head office last month have released some of the data after it refused to pay a ransom. The Richmond, B.C....
May 23, 2024