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B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission seeks 6 new B.C. ridings, revisions to 72 others
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending the creation of six more electoral districts in the province, raising the number of ridings to 93 from the current 87. The...
Apr 4, 2023
Average carbon rebates were higher than average carbon price costs in 2021: report
OTTAWA - A new report says rebates sent to most Canadians in 2021 far outstripped what they paid in carbon pricing that year. The annual report on the federal government's national price on pollution ...
Apr 4, 2023
Trump surrenders at NY courthouse. Here's what to expect
Former President Donald Trump came to a New York City courtroom Tuesday for his arraignment on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to...
Apr 4, 2023
Once-prestigious 24 Sussex full of rodents, carcasses: National Capital Commission
OTTAWA - When a lumber baron first built a home for his wife 24 Sussex Drive, he described it as a place of peace, but now it has become a place of rodents. Documents from National Capital Commission ...
Apr 4, 2023
Trump leaves NYC home ahead of arraignment in criminal probe
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump departed Trump Tower on Tuesday ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Trump was believe...
Apr 4, 2023
Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to oilsands releases: document
EDMONTON - The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows. The docume...
Apr 4, 2023
AFN chiefs endorse revised child-welfare settlement, call on Trudeau to apologize
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have endorsed a revised multi-billion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve child and family services. Chiefs gathered...
Apr 4, 2023
Former Quebec doctor faces manslaughter charge after patient dies following surgery
MONTREAL - Laval police say a former doctor is facing a manslaughter charge after an 84-year-old patient died following a 2019 surgery. Isabelle Desormeau was arrested March 30 and released under cond...
Apr 4, 2023
Federal privacy watchdog probing OpenAI, ChatGPT after complaint about popular bot
OTTAWA - The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. The office says...
Apr 4, 2023
iGO reports robust first year for Ontario's open sports-betting market
TORONTO - It's been quite an opening year for Ontario's fledgling open sports-betting market. iGaming Ontario announced Tuesday - the Ontario market's first anniversary - the province delivered about ...
Apr 4, 2023