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Premier-in-waiting David Eby pitches 100-day plan for B.C. housing, health, safety

VANCOUVER — The B.C. New Democrats' newly minted leader and premier-in-waiting is promising "significant action" to bolster the province's affordable housing, health-care system, public safety and environmental policies.

Oct 21, 2022 5:12 PM Read more >

OPP officer says Emergencies Act wasn't needed to end Ottawa 'Freedom Convoy' protest

OTTAWA — A former senior officer for the Ontario Provincial Police says the "Freedom Convoy" protests in Ottawa could have been ended without the federal Emergencies Act. Former Chief Supt.

Oct 21, 2022 4:32 PM Read more >

Industry minister on Canada-U.S. Nexus dispute: 'Should be an easy one to resolve'

WASHINGTON — Canada's clash with the United States over the Nexus trusted-traveller program should be resolved well before the president and prime minister meet in December, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Friday.

Oct 21, 2022 2:41 PM Read more >

Dispute over Nova Scotia land development can go to trial: Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA — A trial can proceed over whether Halifax Regional Municipality improperly used its regulatory powers to effectively seize land for use as a public park without compensation, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

Oct 21, 2022 2:23 PM Read more >

Second Quebec opposition party refuses constitutionally required loyalty oath to King

QUEBEC — Members of a second Quebec opposition party have refused to swear allegiance to King Charles III, as required by the Canadian Constitution, putting their ability to sit in the legislature into question.

Oct 21, 2022 2:09 PM Read more >

A correction to a story on the B.C. officer killed that moved Thursday, Oct. 20

VANCOUVER — In a story that moved Thursday, Oct. 20, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that Ruby Ba, president of B.C.'s Taiwanese Canadian Association, had contacted RCMP about holding a memorial service for Const. Shaelyn Yang.

Oct 21, 2022 1:28 PM Read more >

Drought, lack of rain and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but hot and dry weather that lasted through most of October has created drought conditions.

Oct 21, 2022 12:23 PM Read more >

Federal handgun freeze now in effect amid fears MPs will water down the measure

OTTAWA — Federal regulations aimed at capping the number of handguns in Canada took effect Friday amid concerns from firearm-control advocates that MPs will weaken the effect through changes to accompanying legislation.

Oct 21, 2022 12:23 PM Read more >

At last, rain in Vancouver and elsewhere, but much more needed to break B.C. drought

VANCOUVER — The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve the drought gripping parts of British Columbia.

Oct 21, 2022 12:21 PM Read more >

RCMP release new details about Indian migrants who died at border

WINNIPEG — Mounties have confirmed some of the movements of members of an Indian migrant family who froze to death near the U.S.-Canadian border earlier this year

Oct 21, 2022 11:09 AM Read more >