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Volkswagen Beetle removed from rock face in Squamish, B.C.
A group claiming to represent a group of anonymous University of B.C. engineering students took credit for suspending the car last week, as part of a long-running tradition of pranks.
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Man threatens girl with knife at Windsor bus stop, police allege
The accused also made disparaging comments about the victim’s skirt, according to authorities.
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Inside a derailed human smuggling operation on the Quebec-U.S. border
In a rural farming region south of Montreal, a narrow trail slices through the forest, separating Hemmingford, Que., from Mooers, New York. Through text messages sent at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 22, 2025, two alleged human smugglers prepare to send clients southbound, from Canada into the United States, through the snow-covered woodlands on foot.…
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B.C. woman who flew to South Korea for love faces drug smuggling charges
A woman from British Columbia is facing drug-smuggling charges in South Korea, but her family says she is the victim of a romance scam and had no idea that she was being used as a drug mule. Spring Parks, 59, lives in Surrey, B.C., but left Canada at the end of January to meet a…
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24 Sussex Drive is a slow-motion disaster. So we asked architects how to fix it
Elected a year ago, the Mark Carney government made housing a priority and rolled out a $13-billion plan with a goal of building 500,000 houses a year for the next decade. Yet there is one house no one in the government seems willing to touch or even talk about. Just over two kilometres from Parliament…
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Liberals descend on Montreal for convention on the cusp of a majority government
Liberals are gathering in Montreal for the next few days, buzzing on a fifth floor crossing and with a sought-after majority government in sight.
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On-ice expectations were high for the Vancouver Goldeneyes. What went wrong?
The Goldeneyes capped off a five-game road trip with a 5-1 loss to Boston on Tuesday. It was the team’s fourth loss in five games.
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Survivor of intimate partner violence asks P.E.I. MLAs for better protection for victims
Clare’s Law allows police officers to provide an individual’s history of abusive behaviour to those who may be at risk. It was named after Clare Wood, a 36-year-old woman in the U.K. who was murdered by a former domestic partner who police knew to be dangerous.
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Carney’s Liberals are attracting support from unlikely places
During his brief and ill-fated time as leader of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff invited Canadians to join him inside the “big red tent.” This appeal obviously did not work out for Ignatieff. But perhaps he was merely ahead of his time.
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Shock, betrayal among some Sarnia residents as they react to MP Marilyn Gladu’s decision to join the Liberals
Sarnia Lambton residents from across the political spectrum expressed shock Wednesday with the decision by MP Marilyn Gladu to cross the floor from the Conservative Party to the Liberals. While some expressed outrage with the decision, going so far as to protest in front of her constituency office, and others said it was the right…