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Fraud risk management at B.C.'s $16-billion Site C dam project can improved: auditor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says Crown-owned BC Hydro can improve its management of potential fraud risks at the $16 billion Site C dam project. Michael Pickup says an audit found th...
Apr 26, 2022
Facebook has serious concerns over online news bill, looking at future response
OTTAWA - Digital giant Meta says it has serious concerns about the federal government's online news bill, which would force tech companies to compensate news groups for reusing work on their platforms...
Apr 26, 2022
As Canadian sport wrestles with winning and athlete wellness, Norway a possible model
"We do not do this for the medals. Do not misunderstand, we love to win, but it should be done in the proper way." Given the current athlete unrest in Canadian high-performance sport, that statement b...
Apr 26, 2022
Another new Quebec party launches, courting federalists, anglophones, minorities
MONTREAL - A second new political party courting Quebec anglophones, minorities and federalists has arrived on the scene in the province. The Canadian Party of Quebec describes itself as "a progressiv...
Apr 26, 2022
Giant 23,000-kilogram steel ring to be installed in Montreal as public art
MONTREAL - A giant steel ring weighing more than 23,000 kilograms will soon loom over downtown Montreal - all in the name of public art. Real estate company Ivanho Cambridge said today the 30-metre-ta...
Apr 26, 2022
Commissioner for Emergencies Act inquiry 'thoughtful' and 'decisive': colleagues
OTTAWA - The newly appointed inquiry commissioner set to probe the government's use of the Emergencies Act is described by colleagues as thoughtful and decisive in his approach to the law. Justice Pau...
Apr 26, 2022
Lopsided wins over Hungary, Czechs bump Canada to 5-1 at mixed doubles worlds
GENEVA - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant rebounded from a "frustrating loss" to Scotland with a pair of lopsided wins on Tuesday at the world mixed doubles curling championship. Canada ope...
Apr 26, 2022
Day 8 of search: Hope remains that missing Saskatchewan boy is still alive
RED EARTH CREE NATION - The search for a five-year-old Saskatchewan boy, missing in the province's north for more than a week, is still being treated as a rescue mission. Chief Fabian Head of the Red ...
Apr 26, 2022
Canadians bitten by travel bug but squeezed by delays at the passport office
OTTAWA - Canadians appear keen to venture to far shores for the first time since the pandemic began, but passport delays are keeping some on a short leash. Service Canada says it has seen a big boost ...
Apr 26, 2022
Raptors able to keep cool heads in the absence of all-star guard VanVleet
PHILADELPHIA - In enemy territory, and on the biggest stage for many of them, the young Toronto Raptors could have withered without their all-star point guard in Philadelphia on Monday night. But in a...
Apr 26, 2022