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B.C. long-term care changes aim to give residents and families more say in policy
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's giving long-term care residents and their families a more direct line of communication with decision-makers on issues that affect them, after many expressed fr...
Nov 03, 2022
RCMP investigate so-called Chinese 'police' stations in Toronto area
The RCMP is investigating reports of criminal activity related to so-called foreign "police" stations in Canada after a human rights group reported China is operating more than 50 such venues overseas...
Nov 03, 2022
'I always considered myself a Canuck:' Bieksa officially retires in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - When Kevin Bieksa stepped on the ice at Rogers Arena for the Vancouver Canucks' morning skate on Thursday, he felt like he was home. It's been more than four years since the defenceman sui...
Nov 03, 2022
Decorated Canadian curler Jennifer Jones fast-tracking young team
CALGARY - Winning and mentorship hand in hand is what Jennifer Jones envisioned when she phoned Mackenzie Zacharias. Jones, an Olympic and two-time world curling champion, saw potential for both when ...
Nov 03, 2022
Fiscal Update 2022: Ottawa to permanently eliminate student loan interest
Ottawa says it plans to make permanent the pandemic era removal of interest on student loans in an effort to reduce some of the current financial pressures on young Canadians as the cost of living ris...
Nov 03, 2022
Five things you need to know about the Liberals’ fall economic update
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals unveiled their fall economic update Thursday - a 92-page mini-budget setting out Canada's fiscal situation and outlining new policies to tackle cost-of-living woes. The w...
Nov 03, 2022
After N.S. mass shooting, American family member of victims lost faith in Mounties
HALIFAX - U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In...
Nov 03, 2022
Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first b...
Nov 03, 2022
Avery Oitomen returns to Arrows after taking break to obtain degree in Wales
TORONTO - Wing Avery Oitomen is returning to the Toronto Arrows for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., played for the Arrows in 2019 before stepping away to ob...
Nov 03, 2022
Hamilton will have to win two road games to make third straight Grey Cup appearance
HAMILTON - Safety Tunde Adeleke and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to become road warriors to make another Grey Cup appearance. Hamilton (8-10) visits the Montreal Alouettes (9-9) in the East Divis...
Nov 03, 2022