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New rules coming for mortgage brokers following B.C.'s money laundering probe
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in new laws to replace the outdated Mortgage Brokers Act as it follows recommendations from an inquiry into money laundering. Finance Minister Se...
Oct 4, 2022
Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.'s Lower Mainland
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A regional park in British Columbia's Lower Mainland has been closed since Saturday as crews battle a wildfire sparked in persistently hot and dry conditions. The Metro Vancouver Reg...
Oct 4, 2022
Lewis confident Poilievre will include all caucus voices, as he picks critics
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis says she is confident Pierre Poilievre will ensure all of the party's caucus voices are heard, amid calls for him to name her to a critic role. Lewis ran ...
Oct 4, 2022
Toronto Arrows sign Canadian international fly half Shane O'Leary
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows bolstered their backs Tuesday by signing Canadian international fly half Shane O'Leary for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 29-year-old O'Leary spent the last two y...
Oct 4, 2022
B.C. attorney general says increasing arrests to fight violent crime is 'futile'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the government has no plans to arrest its way out of the province's crime issues because it won't work. Murray Rankin says fighting crime by arresti...
Oct 4, 2022
B.C. attorney general says increasing arrests to fight violent crime is 'futile'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the government has no plans to arrest its way out of the province's crime issues because it won't work. Murray Rankin says fighting crime by arresti...
Oct 4, 2022
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florid...
Oct 4, 2022
MPs call for tight federal restriction on use of facial recognition technology
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by federal police and Canadian businesses unless there is court authorization or input fro...
Oct 4, 2022
B.C. breaking its own law on climate-change reporting, Sierra Club tells court
VANCOUVER - An environmental group has gone to court against the British Columbia government for allegedly failing to report if its climate plans will achieve key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as ...
Oct 4, 2022
B.C. breaking its own law on climate-change reporting, Sierra Club tells court
VANCOUVER - An environmental group has gone to court against the British Columbia government for allegedly failing to report if its climate plans will achieve key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as ...
Oct 4, 2022
