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Make passports free to ease new no-fly list measures, federal panel suggests
Ottawa should consider making passports free to everyone for a year to ease the introduction of new no-fly list procedures, a federal advisory panel recommends. The coming changes will...
Jun 21, 2019
Balance of Power: B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson and B.C. Liberal Forests Critic John Rustad
This week's episode is dedicated to the crisis in the B.C. forest industry.Host James Peters speaks to Forests Minister Doug Donaldson from Vancouver, who explains what the government is doing to help...
Jun 21, 2019
Canadian women look to defeat Dutch for third straight win at Women's World Cup
REIMS, France - Canada goes into its final group game against the Netherlands on Thursday at the Women's World Cup knowing it is already assured of a berth in the knockout stage whatever the resu...
Jun 21, 2019
Trans Mountain CEO says shovels could be in ground on pipeline by September
CALGARY - The CEO of the Crown corporation building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says shovels could be in the ground by September following cabinet approval Tuesday of the long-delayed projec...
Jun 21, 2019
District 12 of 'The Hunger Games' is now a historic place
RALEIGH, N.C. - District 12 is now on the National Register of Historic Places. North Carolina officials announced earlier this week that the Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran now has that histori...
Jun 21, 2019
Security committee 'questions wisdom' of using Chinese technology
OTTAWA - The House of Commons' national-security committee "questions the wisdom" of using technology produced in China in the electronic devices and software Canadians use daily. The committee's ...
Jun 21, 2019
Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says
OTTAWA - As the number of displaced people worldwide reaches modern highs, new figures show Canada resettled more refugees last year than any other country and had the second-highest nu...
Jun 21, 2019
Inuit sue federal government over medical experiments that included skin grafts
Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments they say were performed on them. A statement of claim filed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, says the experiments inclu...
Jun 21, 2019
B.C. home support for seniors is unaffordable, which boosts care costs: advocate
VICTORIA - Most seniors in British Columbia can't afford the public home support system to keep them in their own homes for as long as possible, says a report from the province's advoca...
Jun 21, 2019
Anaheim Ducks buy out contract of former MVP Corey Perry
The Anaheim Ducks have bought out the contract of former NHL MVP Corey Perry after 14 seasons with the franchise. The Ducks announced the move Wednesday, with general manager Bob Murray calling it "on...
Jun 21, 2019
