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Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year
QUBEC - The Quebec government remained opposed to lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit in the province on Thursday, despite a provincial police study that estimates reducing the limit to .05 would s...
Dec 5, 2024
Chief 'disappointed' to see clean water used as a political 'tactic' by Conservatives
OTTAWA - Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is "disappointed' that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political "tactic." Bill C-61 rec...
Dec 5, 2024
NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's trip to the moon has been delayed once again. NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program - sending four astronauts around the mo...
Dec 5, 2024
B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...
Dec 5, 2024
B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...
Dec 5, 2024
Jack Eichel says Team USA seeks to prove it has closed the gap on Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off
It didn't take much to stir Jack Eichel's national pride in looking ahead to representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Appearing on a Team USA Zoom call on Thursday, the Veg...
Dec 5, 2024
Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties - guns it says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters. The move follows the May 2020 ban of...
Dec 5, 2024
B.C. premier says feds and provinces plan right-left approach to Trump's tariff plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada's premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan over possible U.S. tariffs, where Conservative premiers lobby their Republican ...
Dec 5, 2024
B.C. premier says feds and provinces plan right-left approach to Trump's tariff plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada's premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan over possible U.S. tariffs, where Conservative premiers lobby their Republican ...
Dec 5, 2024
Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs
OTTAWA - Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for mon...
Dec 5, 2024