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Nunavut MP calls on Liberals to extend Inuit child funding program
OTTAWA - Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children, saying the situation is dire. The Inuit Child First Initiative was introduced in 2019 ...
Feb 05, 2025
B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking
VICTORIA - A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being traffic...
Feb 05, 2025
Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults
VANCOUVER - A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for s...
Feb 05, 2025
Trudeau travelling to Paris, Brussels for AI summit, meetings with European allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet European leaders and the head of NATO next week as Canada reaches out to allies reeling under the impact of the new Trump administration in the United ...
Feb 05, 2025
Attrition is the 'worst way' to shrink federal public service, says former clerk
OTTAWA - Canada's federal public service grew by more than 100,000 people over the past 10 years, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are looking to trim it by not filling jobs when they are left ...
Feb 05, 2025
Toronto Blue Jays prospect Adam Macko ready to make MLB impact in 2025
As the Major League Baseball season gets closer to opening day, 2025 is looking to be a very important year for a Canadian top prospect.Adam Macko, a left-handed pitcher, was drafted in the seventh ro...
Feb 05, 2025
RCMP highlights recent border incursions, including two at Coutts
Border security and police officers in Canada say they have dealt with a trio of incidents lately at the international border.Alberta RCMP Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland used Wednesday's news co...
Feb 05, 2025
'Nothing new:' Police officials say fentanyl crackdown existed before tariff threats
EDMONTON - Canadian investigators were effectively cracking down on fentanyl trafficking and production well before U.S. President Donald Trump threatened devastating tariffs if Canada didn't do more ...
Feb 05, 2025
Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports...
Feb 05, 2025
Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports...
Feb 05, 2025