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North Vancouver RCMP warn of radioactive material in equipment in stolen car
VANCOUVER - Police in North Vancouver say a car stolen from an underground parking lot Tuesday had a piece of equipment containing radioactive material inside. Mounties say they responded to a theft c...
Feb 14, 2024
Assisted-dying expansion delay not based on stereotypes around mental illness: Virani
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is rejecting charges that the federal government is bowing to mental-illness stereotypes by delaying a planned expansion of medical assistance in dying. Arif Virani ...
Feb 14, 2024
First Nations, Jim Balsillie slam government over lack of consultation on AI bill
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations is warning it could take the Liberal government to court over its proposed privacy and artificial intelligence bill. And former tech executive Jim Balsillie is t...
Feb 14, 2024
Roughriders feeling good about early work in free agency after disappointing seasons
REGINA - After back-to-back disappointing seasons, Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day knew changes had to be made when the CFL free agency period opened Tuesday. The Roughriders fin...
Feb 14, 2024
Argos lose Hendrix, Barlow to Ticats in free agency but re-sign towering Oakman
They lost elements of their pass rush but the Toronto Argonauts did keep a huge presence in the middle of their defensive line. Toronto re-signed towering defensive tackle Shawn Oakman on Wednesday, t...
Feb 14, 2024
Special counsel asks Supreme Court to let Trump's 2020 election case proceed to trial without delay
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case proceed to trial without further delay. Pr...
Feb 14, 2024
West Fraser Timber loses US$153 million in fourth quarter, sales soften
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it lost US$153 million in its fourth quarter, a steeper loss than US$94 million a year earlier. Sales for the quarter ended Dec. 31 were US$1.5 billion, do...
Feb 14, 2024
B.C. cherry growers 'reeling' after January cold snap that damaged buds
KELOWNA, B.C. - This season will likely be the most challenging cherry growers have ever experienced in British Columbia, a farmer and industry leader says, after a widespread cold snap damaged trees ...
Feb 14, 2024
More upgrades to improve flood resilience in Abbotsford, B.C., after 2021 disaster
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Premier David Eby says his government will provide almost $80 million to help upgrade Abbotsford's Barrowtown Pump Station, which was nearly overwhelmed in 2021 by atmospheric river...
Feb 14, 2024
Inquest into slain Quebec officer looks at lack of oversight for mental-health cases
MONTREAL - The last psychiatrist to speak to a mentally ill Quebec man before he fatally stabbed a provincial police sergeant last March had a particularly difficult phone call with him days before th...
Feb 14, 2024
