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Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters
RICHMOND - The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for the use of city shelters, with the new...
Mar 12, 2024
Tourism Nanaimo opens relocated visitor centre
NANAIMO - A new visitor information centre location is designed to engage with more tourists in Nanaimo instead of those just passing through.After vacating its location on the Nanaimo Parkway at the ...
Mar 12, 2024
Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions
Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Sin...
Mar 12, 2024
Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions
Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Sin...
Mar 12, 2024
By the numbers: Canada's disaster financial assistance program
OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...
Mar 12, 2024
B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents
VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The...
Mar 12, 2024
B.C. to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over-height truck incidents
VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The...
Mar 12, 2024
Investigation concludes into release of Saskatchewan man who went on stabbing rampage
SASKATOON - An investigation into the statutory release of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has released 14 recommendations for the Correctional Service of Canada and the parole bo...
Mar 12, 2024
Canadian Tre Ford expects to have chip on his shoulder this season with Elks
He made Edmonton Elks fans forget about a dismal 0-9 start and dubious 22-game home losing streak last season. But when Canadian quarterback Tre Ford reports to training camp in May, it will be to com...
Mar 12, 2024
Rockets guard Dillon Brooks would welcome more NBA players on Canada's Olympic team
Dillon Brooks would welcome more Canadian NBAers on the men's senior basketball team for this summer's Paris Olympics. Brooks, from Mississauga, Ont., is one of the 14 players who have committed to pl...
Mar 12, 2024