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Freeland pledges pharmacare deal won't jeopardize federal finances
WARSAW, Poland - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says pharmacare will not jeopardize Canada's fiscal standing as the federal government intends to abide by the spending rules it pledged in the fall...
Feb 25, 2024
Liverpool beats Chelsea 1-0 to win the English League Cup
LONDON (AP) - Virgil van Dijk headed Liverpool to a record-extending 10th English League Cup title by securing a 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. The center back's header in the 28th minu...
Feb 25, 2024
Quebec City police make four arrests linked to violent conflict between crime groups
Quebec City police say four more people have been arrested in connection with a series of police operations targeting a violent conflict between criminal groups. Police say three men and one woman, ag...
Feb 25, 2024
Vancouver firefighter recovering abroad after losing leg to 'flesh-eating' infection
VANCOUVER - An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a Hong Kong hospital after contracting an infection commonly known as flesh-eating disease, forcing the amputat...
Feb 25, 2024
Vancouver firefighter recovering abroad after losing leg to 'flesh-eating' infection
VANCOUVER - An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a Hong Kong hospital after contracting an infection commonly known as flesh-eating disease, forcing the amputat...
Feb 25, 2024
Free mid-Island income tax filing service ramps up for another year
NANAIMO - Dedicated volunteers are getting prepared to ease tax time anxiety for those requiring additional support.Provided by Volunteer Nanaimo since the late 1990's, people on low and fixed incomes...
Feb 25, 2024
'A white man's war': Calgary military museum focuses on Black Canadian soldiers
CALGARY - Oral Virtue first met Newfoundland-based Canadian soldiers as a child growing up in Jamaica, never forgetting their friendliness, openness and the way they spoke this "funky foreign language...
Feb 25, 2024
Canadian women's rugby 7s squad to compete in semifinals at HSBC SVNS
VANCOUVER - The Canadian women's rugby sevens squad will have a shot at a medal on Sunday in the HSBC SVNS tournament at B.C. Place. Canada edged the United States 12-10 in quarterfinal action to secu...
Feb 25, 2024
Online safety a key part of Ottawa's new gender plan — and to world peace, says envoy
OTTAWA - Authoritarian countries are leveraging social media to set back progress for women worldwide, a Canadian special envoy says, as Ottawa refreshes its cross-government gender policy. Canada's a...
Feb 25, 2024
Poland wants allies to 'remain engaged' in Ukraine war: Canadian ambassador
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to Poland says the country wants allies to remain engaged in the war that has been raging on the other side of its border for two years. Speaking on the second anniversary...
Feb 25, 2024