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EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs is encouraging Albertans to sign a petition that calls for a vote on separation from Canada. Jason Stephan, a Uni...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is supporting a ruling this week by the International Olympic Committee that bans transgender women from women's sports at the Games. The policy change co...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
VERNON - A man in Vernon, B.C., has been charged with bestiality after he was allegedly captured on security cameras trespassing on a rural property occupied by a horse jumping and training business i...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
OTTAWA - Public servants who are eligible for the federal government's early retirement incentive can now apply for it after waiting months for the program's launch. The program - part of the governme...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
Canada's national lawyers group has rebuked a call from four premiers for Ottawa to overhaul how it appoints provincial superior court and appeal judges. The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Friday the federal government is opposed to forced labour, a day after another Liberal MP cast doubt on China's labour practices. On Thursday, MP Michael Ma a...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Uber that accuses the San Francisco-based company of violating the province's Consumer Protection Act with its cancel...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
MONTREAL - Police are searching for a man who fell through the ice on Thursday in the Prairies River in Montreal. They say two young men were walking on the frozen surface of the river in Montreal's l...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the ...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government. The budget implementation act, Bill C-15, received royal assent Thursday ev...
The Canadian Press Mar 27, 2026