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Ottawa moves to acquire land for Lac-Megantic rail bypass, 10 years after disaster
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to acquire land so that it can build a rail bypass in Lac-Megantic, Que., nearly 10 years after a downtown freight train derailment killed 47 people. Transpor...
Feb 13, 2023
Premiers agree to accept new federal health-care funding offer
Canada's premiers will formally accept an offer from the federal government for billions in additional health-care funding, but say they will also insist the money continue to flow for more than 10 ye...
Feb 13, 2023
Canada's Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Western Conference player of the week
Canadian basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA's Western Conference player of the week. The Oklahoma City guard from Hamilton averaged 31.3 points, on 57.1 per cent shooting, ...
Feb 13, 2023
Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony
VICTORIA - A totem pole taken from an Indigenous village on British Columbia's Central Coast more than 100 years ago is on its way home after a repatriation ceremony at the Royal B.C. Museum, where it...
Feb 13, 2023
Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony
VICTORIA - A totem pole taken from an Indigenous village on British Columbia's Central Coast more than 100 years ago is on its way home after a repatriation ceremony at the Royal B.C. Museum, where it...
Feb 13, 2023
Photojournalist, news organization file lawsuit against RCMP over 2021 arrest
VANCOUVER - Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken and news organization the Narwhal have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP, claiming Bracken was wrongfully arrested and detained for three nights while...
Feb 13, 2023
Photojournalist, news organization file lawsuit against RCMP over 2021 arrest
VANCOUVER - Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken and news organization the Narwhal have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP, claiming Bracken was wrongfully arrested and detained for three nights while...
Feb 13, 2023
Three rascally rabbits looking to hop their way into your heart
NANAIMO - Life is more fun with three bunnies in it!Meet King, Pumpkin, and Juliet, a trio of four-year-old sibling American rabbits looking for a place to rest their ears at night.King is the largest...
Feb 13, 2023
B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids
BURNABY, B.C. - In a corner of a park in Metro Vancouver, the hunt for marital bliss is on. Groups of middle-aged and elderly Chinese pass around their smartphones or photos plucked from wallets, smil...
Feb 13, 2023
B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids
BURNABY, B.C. - In a corner of a park in Metro Vancouver, the hunt for marital bliss is on. Groups of middle-aged and elderly Chinese pass around their smartphones or photos plucked from wallets, smil...
Feb 13, 2023