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Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules
WINNIPEG - The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal by several churches that fought Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions. Lawyers for the churches argued public health orders in 2020 ...
Mar 14, 2024
SOUND OFF: B.C.'s health care system moves closer to collapse
EVERY BRITISH COLUMBIAN deserves access to timely and dignified health care. This week in the B.C. legislature, I shared the heart-wrenching story of an elderly man from my community who was neglected...
Mar 14, 2024
Category 2 and 3 open burning ban for Cariboo Fire Centre takes effect in two weeks
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents in the Cariboo Fire Centre have been given two weeks' notice to get their open burning done. In a news release issued Thursday (March 14), the BC Wildfire Service says ...
Mar 14, 2024
Longtime Conservative MP Ed Fast says he won't run in the next federal election
OTTAWA - Longtime Conservative member of Parliament Ed Fast says he will retire from politics as of the next federal election. Fast, who represents a riding in Abbotsford, B.C., has been an MP for mor...
Mar 14, 2024
PWHL Toronto's Brittany Howard suspended one game for cross-check
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League handed Toronto forward Brittany Howard a one-game suspension on Thursday for a cross-checking incident in Toronto's 3-0 win over Montreal last Friday. ...
Mar 14, 2024
Canada's earlier Olympic mixed doubles curling trials puts athletes in hurry-up mode
For mixed doubles curlers in Canada, the next Olympic Games are coming fast. Curling Canada's changes to qualification means the country will know its 2026 representative in just over nine months, and...
Mar 14, 2024
Calgary Flames sign defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz to entry-level contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz to a three-year entry-level contract. The average annual value of the deal is US$950,000. Calgary acquired Brzustewicz from Vanco...
Mar 14, 2024
Canada relocating some diplomats from 'volatile' Haiti, following other nations
OTTAWA - Canada is moving to reduce the number of diplomats at its embassy in Haiti, citing an increasingly volatile security situation in the Caribbean country. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly s...
Mar 14, 2024
Woman charged with buying guns used in Minnesota standoff that killed 3 first responders
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities say a woman has been charged with illegally buying guns used in the killings of three Minnesota first responders in a standoff at a home in the Minneapolis subur...
Mar 14, 2024
Top court won't hear appeal of Calgary man found not responsible for killing five
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of a Calgary man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party nearly a decade ago. The court, as per usual practice, did not give...
Mar 14, 2024
