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Former B.C. massage therapist convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault
A former British Columbia massage therapist with ties to White Rock, Surrey and Penticton has been convicted on a dozen counts of sexual assault over incidents dating back to 2001.
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Central Alberta wildfire spurs evacuation order for part of Barrhead County
A wildfire burning in Barrhead County, northwest of Edmonton, triggered an evacuation order for some parts of the municipality on Thursday afternoon.
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Canadian Paralympic Committee distributes $555,000 to Milano-Cortina medallists
For the first time, Canada’s winter Paralympians have been compensated equally to their Olympic counterparts for reaching the medal podium. Thirty medallists from the Milano-Cortina Games in March will receive a total of $550,000.
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5 years after Calgary declared a climate emergency, city council calls it off
One of the first motions under former mayor Jyoti Gondek was to declare a climate emergency, joining a global movement of municipalities making the same announcement. On Wednesday, city council voted to rescind the statement, arguing it was symbolic and performative.
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Ski-Doo maker BRP lowers 2027 profit guidance amid tariff woes
Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. revised its full-year 2027 guidance to reflect the impact of tariffs on its recreational machines since the United States amended its policy on imported steel , taxing the entire value of a product rather than its component metal. The company lowered its expected profits to between $215 million and…
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Canadian wanted in international drug trafficking investigation arrested in Mexico after 4 years on the run
Mexican authorities have arrested Denis Ivziku, a Canadian fugitive wanted on conspiracy charges in connection with an investigation into an international trafficking operation that smuggled drugs to Manitoba.
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Sask. legislature adds dedicated washroom for female MLAs after 114 years
NDP MLA Kim Breckner, whose son Ian was born in December 2025, says the current one-stall bathroom is inadequate for the many women and their children using it.
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Province says it won’t support ‘safer use space’ in Windsor Arena tiny home concept
An unsupervised space providing drug use supplies could be a part of the city’s concept for a “pod-style” village of tiny homes inside the former Windsor arena. But not if the province has anything to say about it.
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Senate hears calls for Liberal anti-hate bill to include ‘residential school denialism,’ hammer and sickle
OTTAWA — With senators set to begin their close study of the Liberals’ anti-hate bill, groups are calling on the Upper Chamber to expand the list of hate symbols and criminalize downplaying harms of residential schools. Those calls, made by witnesses and briefs submitted to the Senate committee on human rights currently studying Bill C-9,…
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Housing prices would be 10% lower if Canada had kept pace with U.S., CMHC says
OTTAWA — Canada’s housing stock would be about 30 per cent larger and prices 10 per cent lower if this country’s building industry had been as responsive to demand as its American counterpart over the last couple of decades, says a new report from the federal housing agency. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)…