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Damages in Jasper wildfire rise to $1.2B, goal to clear rubble for May construction
JASPER, ALTA. - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year's wildfire in Jasper, Alta., which destroyed one-third of the town's homes and buildings, is the second costliest fire disaster in the cou...
Jan 29, 2025
All six Liberal leadership candidates now registered with Elections Canada
OTTAWA - The six candidates running for Liberal leadership have now all registered with Elections Canada, which monitors their fundraising activities as political leadership contestants under the law....
Jan 29, 2025
Lawyers reach a deal on dividing a $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims
HONOLULU (AP) - A last-minute deal reached between lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire has averted the need for a trial to determine how to split a $4 billion settlement. The unus...
Jan 29, 2025
Rockets' Dillon Brooks fined $25,000 for using profane language in televised interview
Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks was fined $25,000 by the NBA Wednesday for using profane language during a post-game television interview. The offending comments came when Brooks and sophomore g...
Jan 29, 2025
Ontario judge begins hearing arguments over landmark $32.5-billion tobacco settlement
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has begun hearing arguments about whether to approve a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and e...
Jan 29, 2025
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad last month was named on Wednesday the country's interim president, following a meeting of the for...
Jan 29, 2025
Specialist wait lists for B.C. patients grow to 1.2 million people: doctors groups
VANCOUVER - Two doctors groups in British Columbia say there is a "wait-list crisis" for specialists that is severely compromising the health and well-being of residents. Doctors of BC and the Consult...
Jan 29, 2025
Ukrainians worry as their three-year emergency visas soon expire
OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is warning that many of the 300,000 Ukrainians who arrived in Canada under three-year emergency visas face an uncertain future because their temporary residenc...
Jan 29, 2025
'Staggering' number of families struggle in B.C.'s system for disabled kids: advocate
British Columbia's children's representative says in the 18 years her office has been in place, the province has been slow to respond to the growing needs of children with disabilities and their famil...
Jan 29, 2025
Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad was named on Wednesday the country's interim president, following a meeting of the former insurge...
Jan 29, 2025
