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Site C dam naming met with disbelief in northeast B.C.
In a small log cabin along what used to be the Peace River in northeastern B.C., Ken Boon has amassed a half century’s worth of memorabilia from protests to stop the controversial Site C dam.
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Keystone XL pipeline rises from the grave and other oilpatch news
This week FP Video looks at how the possible resurrection of the Keystone XL pipeline , what the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank does and why Canada is the best country to host it, what the latest economic and inflation data mean for interest rates and the Bank of Canada , and energy leaders weigh…
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Five years after Kamloops graves announcement, not a single confirmed burial site has been found. Here’s what we know
It’s been five years since the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced that it had discovered hundreds of unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C., using ground-penetrating radar (GPR). The announcement sent shockwaves throughout Canada and brought the residential school controversy to global attention. Then prime minister Justin Trudeau ordered flags flown at half-mast at all federal…
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Toronto man who killed off-duty firefighter at a café now out of hospital despite ‘significant threat’
A Toronto man found not criminally responsible for the unprovoked killing of an off-duty firefighter at a café in 2013 who “continues to represent a significant threat to the safety of the public” has moved out of hospital, only has to check in with his handlers every two weeks, and is now living in a…
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Woman presumed drowned in Kamloops, B.C., river identified as Kenyan immigrant
A friend has identified the 24-year-old woman who is presumed drowned in a Kamloops, B.C., river after her car entered it last Sunday. Benina Jepkoech, who was originally from Kenya, arrived in B.C. last year.
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More Canadians are struggling with debt. But there is help available
More than 37,000 people filed for insolvency in Canada in the first three months of 2026, the highest number of consumer insolvencies since 2009. Experts say many people don’t seek the help they need.
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Edmonton dog owner found guilty in fatal dog attack that killed 11-year-old boy
An Edmonton judge has found a dog owner guilty of criminal negligence causing death after a fatal dog attack killed an 11-year-old boy in 2024.
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Job action averted as B.C. nurses reach tentative deal with province
British Columbia’s nurses won’t be taking job action, after reaching a tentative deal on a new collective agreement on Friday. It comes after members of the B.C. Nurses’ Union voted 98.2 per cent in favour to give leadership a strike mandate earlier this month amid stalled contract talks. The union’s last agreement expired in March…
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Windsor police say officer-involved shooting on Windsor’s east end
Windsor police have shut down Roseville Garden Drive while investigation is underway.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford slams ‘ridiculous’ court ruling that bars clearing an encampment
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a judge’s ruling on Thursday that the Region of Waterloo cannot clear an encampment in Kitchener to make way for construction crews to work on a new transit hub is “the craziest decision I’ve ever heard.”