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Liberals' mortgage help for first-time buyers lands Sept. 2, weeks before vote
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say a new program to help new buyers pay for their first home will kick in on Labour Day. The program that will help cover some mortgage costs wi...
Jun 17, 2019
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: Five things to know about the project
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. 1. What is it? There is an existing, 1,150...
Jun 17, 2019
U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution as eight senators write to Horgan
American lawmakers are increasingly concerned about pollution from British Columbia mines contaminating waters in the United States. Eight U.S. senators have written a letter to B.C. Premier John...
Jun 17, 2019
Groups launch challenge of Quebec's secularism bill one day after it becomes law
MONTREAL - A national Muslim organization is joining civil liberties advocates to launch a court challenge of Quebec's secularism law less than 24 hours after the legislation was adopted. Th...
Jun 17, 2019
Sentencing hearing told other operators scared following murder of bus driver
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor has told a sentencing hearing that the murder of a Winnipeg bus driver has left other drivers and their families terrified Irvine Jubal Fraser, who was 58, was stabb...
Jun 17, 2019
Tory senator signals plan to drop probe of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are expected to drop their bid to conduct an inquiry into the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Members of the Senate defence committee will meet later thi...
Jun 17, 2019
A good weekend in the Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - The B-C Wildfire Service says there were 45 active wildfires burning in the province as of yesterday. It says 12 new fires ignited over the weekend, but most of them are small, ranging from...
Jun 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mount Polley hearing this week
VANCOUVER - Engineers and Geoscientists B-C will hold a disciplinary hearing today for engineer Stephen Rice in connection with the 2014 Mount Polley dam collapse, which poured 24-million cubic metres...
Jun 17, 2019 Image Credit: Global News
The latest from the Raptors parade in Toronto
TORONTO - 10:05 a.m. The Raptors' victory parade has kicked off in Toronto, with thousands of fans turning out to celebrate the NBA champions. Players and their families are riding in f...
Jun 17, 2019
CSIS destroyed secret file on Pierre Trudeau, stunning historians
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service destroyed a Cold War dossier on Pierre Trudeau in 1989 instead of turning it over to the national archives, The Canadian Press has learned. The Canadian Se...
Jun 17, 2019
