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First Nations leaders strongly oppose B.C. plan to pause DRIPA as Eby defends move ahead of confidence vote
First Nations leaders in B.C. are urging B.C. NDP MLAs to reject Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend some sections of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), as the government prepares to bring the proposal forward as a confidence vote.
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Deputy minister found breaching ethics rules says she was following diversity mandate
Deputy minister of national defence Christiane Fox says she was trying to bring in outside perspectives when she influenced her former department to hire an acquaintance.
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Opinion: Why B.C.’s royalty review poses a risk to investment at a key time for Canada
British Columbia’s poor fiscal position is not simply the result of external pressures. It reflects a series of policy choices that have driven spending higher while leaving the province increasingly reliant on resource revenues. The province’s 2025 budget places taxpayer-supported debt at just under $100 billion today, with projections rising sharply in the years ahead…
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Teenager pleads guilty to 1st-degree murder of Pickering senior
A teenager who fatally stabbed an 83-year-old retired kindergarten teacher in Pickering, Ont., in 2025 has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
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Trans poet from Windsor to launch debut collection Friday evening
A trans poet from Windsor who has been described by her publisher as a “firecracker” on stage will release her debut collection on Friday at Biblioasis.
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Liberals say the party is ‘bigger than one person,’ as Gladu unsettles progressives
MONTREAL — The Liberal party is calling itself a “big tent” party, but progressives say they would like to see their values upheld. “It was a very important moment in time, in 2015 when Justin Trudeau said that this party is a pro-choice party, and people who run for us must be pro-choice, or at…
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Bank of Canada rate hike bets look ‘unrealistic’ given ‘sclerotic’ state of jobs market, say economists
Canada’s economy remains sluggish as it added just 14,000 positions in March , doing little to reverse the “devastating” losses in January and February totalling nearly 110,000 jobs , economists say. The gain in March nearly matched economists’ estimates for an addition of 15,000, while the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 per cent, matching…
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4 people displaced, $400K in damage after overnight convenience store fire in Sandwich
Four people have been displaced by an overnight fire in Sandwich Town that caused $400,000 in damage, according to Windsor Fire and Rescue Services.
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Four U.K. tourists busted by maple sugar workers for trying to illegally enter U.S. from Canada
Four men are under arrest in Maine for trying to cross illegally from Canada into the United States, after they were spotted by a pair of maple sugar employees on their way to work. According to an an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine, and obtained by National Post, the four men…