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Dix out as health minister as Eby introduces a drastically reshaped B.C. NDP cabinet

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says "kitchen table" issues in British Columbia will be the focus for his revamped, postelection cabinet that was sworn in on Monday.

Nov 18, 2024 6:25 PM Read more >

Forecasters issue 'bomb cyclone' warning for B.C., with 120 km/h winds predicted

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that a "bomb cyclone" is expected to bring powerful winds to most of Vancouver Island and the B.C. coast, with hurricane-force gusts of 120 km/h predicted for some areas this week.

Nov 18, 2024 6:04 PM Read more >

Trudeau, Biden talk rule of law at Brazil G20 summit amid meetings on global hunger

RIO DE JANEIRO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his first day at the G20 leaders' summit Monday speaking in closed-door meetings about issues like continental trade, fighting world hunger and multilateralism, as Donald Trump's impending return t

Nov 18, 2024 5:07 PM Read more >

'Profit ahead of people's lives': Trial begins in freezing deaths of migrant family

FERGUS FALLS — A family of four from India froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in a blizzard because alleged human smugglers cared more about money than the risk of people dying, a prosecutor said Monday.

Nov 18, 2024 5:04 PM Read more >

Prince Harry in Vancouver as Invictus Games school program launches online

VANCOUVER — One day after surprising fans at the pinnacle of Canadian football in Vancouver, Prince Harry got down to ground level with a game of sitting volleyball with schoolchildren in the city.

Nov 18, 2024 3:57 PM Read more >

MPs condemn alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler

OTTAWA — The House of Commons on Monday condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler.

Nov 18, 2024 3:47 PM Read more >

Tories call on Boissoneault to resign amid apology over Indigenous ancestry claims

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa on Monday after a weeklong break with no sign of a resolution to the House stalemate, tempers ramped back up, and renewed calls for a Liberal cabinet minister to resign — or be fired.

Nov 18, 2024 3:15 PM Read more >

Man police linked to neo-Nazi group pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

OTTAWA — An Ottawa man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of terrorism and hate speech related to the promotion of a far-right group.

Nov 18, 2024 2:54 PM Read more >

Coroner's inquest underway into 2016 death of Ottawa man Abdirahman Abdi

OTTAWA — The family of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest by police eight years ago is hoping the coroner's inquest into his death will lead to improvements in the way police respond to calls involving a mental health crisis.

Nov 18, 2024 2:39 PM Read more >

$375M announced for Indigenous-led conservation in Northwest Territories

OTTAWA — K'ahsho Got'ine guardians Twyla Edgi-Masuzumi, John Tobac and Buddy Gully pulled more than 300 fish out of the waters last week, distributing them to community members in the Northwest Territories who often struggle with the high cost of foo

Nov 18, 2024 2:23 PM Read more >

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