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$475K settlement approved in Vancouver Whitecaps class-action lawsuit
The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $475,000 settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer after star players, including Lionel Messi, were promoted to play in a 2024 game but didn’t show up.
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Canadians aboard tourist bus that crashed in Dominican Republic: embassy
The Embassy of Canada to the Dominican Republic says there were Canadians involved in a tourist bus accident in the Caribbean nation on Sunday night.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looking to ditch clock changes as B.C. moves to permanent daylight
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says with the province’s neighbours to the west moving to adopt year-round daylight time, it’s once again time to consider abandoning the practice of changing clocks twice a year.
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19 opioid overdoses recorded in a week in Windsor-Essex, public health warns
Emergency rooms in Windsor-Essex saw 19 opioid overdoses in the space of a week late last month, the vast majority involving fentanyl.
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Child, 6, dies after sledding accident in off-island Montreal suburb
A six-year-old child has died following a sledding accident Monday afternoon near a sports centre in Chambly, Que., an off-island suburb of Montreal.
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Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
Producers of beer, wine and spirits will be able to start applying Tuesday to the province’s liquor corporation for authorizations to do direct-to-consumer sales, a process the premiers say will only take a matter of days.
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Former head of Competition Bureau Matthew Boswell joins law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as partner
Matthew Boswell , who served as commissioner of Canada’s Competition Bureau from May 2018 until late last year, has joined law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its antitrust and competition practice in Ottawa. Boswell left his role as commissioner of competition on Dec. 17, after completing an initial five-year term, ending in 2023,…
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Iran conflict’s jolt to oil prices could buffer Alberta’s budget deficits
While oil prices stay $10 US above expectations, Alberta government rakes in an extra $20 million — every day, says an economist.
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Trio of deer stuck on quickly moving Detroit River ice floe
Three deer stuck on a piece of ice were spotted floating down the Detroit River on Monday.
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Family of Tumbler Ridge victim buries 12-year-old son in Zambia
The body of Abel Mwansa Jr., one of the students killed in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting earlier this month, was buried Monday in his native Zambia. The 12-year-old’s funeral service was held Monday in Kitwe in Copperbelt province, a mining region in northern Zambia. His father, Abel Mwansa Sr., said the family is “eternally…