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B.C. to spend billions on plan to build more homes to ease housing crisis
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced a multibillion-dollar plan to construct more homes as quickly as possible in an attempt to build its way out of the housing crisis. The so-cal...
Apr 03, 2023

AFN says it secured extra $3 billion from Ottawa for child-welfare compensation
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says it has secured an extra $3 billion from the federal government in a historic child-welfare compensation case. The assembly, along with the First Nations Chi...
Apr 03, 2023

Trudeau says orderly immigration system is needed, after deaths of eight migrants
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reiterating the importance of an orderly immigration system as police investigate the deaths of eight migrants, including two children, in the Mohawk Territor...
Apr 03, 2023

Cyle Larin, Vanessa Gilles named Canada Soccer's players of the month for March
Forward Cyle Larin and defender Vanessa Gilles have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month for March. Larin scored three goals in two games for Canada while Gilles helped Olympique Lyonnais a...
Apr 03, 2023

Angela James among three new Hockey Canada Foundation board of directors members
CALGARY - The Hockey Canada Foundation has brought on three new members to its board of directors. Women's hockey great and Hall of Famer Angela James, Steven Albiani and Brad Morris were appointed, t...
Apr 03, 2023

UBC encourages students to uninstall TikTok app, citing 'unproven' security risks
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is encouraging students to uninstall the TikTok app from their mobile phones, citing concerns about data sharing with the social media platform's Chinese...
Apr 03, 2023

Vasilevskiy, Draisaitl, Pastrnak named NHL three stars of the week
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl and Boston Bruins winger David Pastrnak are the NHL's three stars of the week. Vasilevskiy posted a 3-0-0 record wi...
Apr 03, 2023

Muslim charity alleges systemic bias in bid to halt revenue agency's 'tainted' audit
OTTAWA - A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal audit is fundamentally tainted by systemi...
Apr 03, 2023

Egyptian asylum seekers decry 'Islamophobia' by Canada's border agency
VANCOUVER - Attia Elserfy was expecting a second lease on life when he escaped Egypt with his family, landing in Vancouver in October 2018. But the Elserfys say their lives are in limbo because the Ca...
Apr 03, 2023

First Nations police services say Ottawa's underfunding amounts to discrimination
OTTAWA - Nine First Nations police services say Ottawa's "deliberate and wilful underfunding" of policing in their communities amounts to discrimination. The services, represented by the Indigenous Po...
Apr 03, 2023