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$1.2M in funding announced for University of Victoria housing and dining project
VICTORIA - British Columbia is helping build four housing and infrastructure projects using mass timber, including a new building at the University of Victoria. Ravi Kahlon, minister of jobs, economic...
Apr 7, 2022
Nanaimo RCMP search for 'vehicle of interest' following bear spray attack on teenage girls
NANAIMO - Local Mounties have a lead in their investigation into an apparently random attack in north Nanaimo.Two girls were bear sprayed in their home after an individual entered suddenly on March 14...
Apr 7, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: $452B federal budget focused on affordability, innovation
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable for people and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity. But ...
Apr 7, 2022
Budget 2022: Flush from booming economy, Feds eye growth with $31B in new spending
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have more than $85 billion in new spending room from a booming economic rebound and plan to spend some of the windfall on a series of measures aimed at keeping the good g...
Apr 7, 2022
Two Mounties started firing at N.S. mass shooter as he lifted RCMP pistol: documents
HALIFAX - Two officers who fired rounds into the torso of a mass shooter at a Nova Scotia gas station say they started shooting as the killer raised what one believed to be an RCMP general duty pistol...
Apr 7, 2022
B.C. floats rules to push charged, convicted politicians out of local elected posts
VICTORIA - The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has introduced new tools it says will help local governments in British Columbia to act when elected officials are accused or convicted of breaking the law...
Apr 7, 2022
University of Toronto scholars ask Sport Minister for a review of Own The Podium
TORONTO - Three University of Toronto sport scholars are asking Canada's sport minister to take a look at Own The Podium's mandate amid mounting allegations of athlete maltreatment. In a letter to Spo...
Apr 7, 2022
Canada's Gushue falls 10-6 to the United States in men's world curling championship
LAS VEGAS - Canada's Brad Gushue lost 10-6 to Korey Dropkin of the United States in the men's world curling championship Thursday. The U.S. scored four points in the fifth end for a 7-2 lead, which pr...
Apr 7, 2022
RCMP collects evidence of possible war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing invasion
OTTAWA - The RCMP is collecting evidence of alleged war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing to Canada following Russia's invasion of their country. The investigation by the Mounties has been launche...
Apr 7, 2022
Gender-affirming medication banned for youth in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers on Thursday approved sweeping legislation to outlaw gender-affirming medications for trans kids and advanced separate legislation to prohibit classroom instru...
Apr 7, 2022