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B.C. secondary students will need to complete Indigenous-focused coursework to graduate
All secondary school students in B.C. will be required to complete Indigenous-focused coursework before graduation, according to the province’s…
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Trudeau announces help for struggling energy sector, including $1.7B to clean up orphan wells
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new measures to support Canada’s energy sector, including $1.7 billion to clean up orphan…
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B.C. organization sorry for not telling Indigenous people about free HIV drug
We let Indigenous people down. Again. These words appear in the first paragraph of a letter from Vancouver health organization…
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Be careful with your turkey, Canadians warned, with salmonella outbreak ongoing
Canadians cooking with poultry are being warned by the Public Health Agency of Canada to take extra care as a…
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Cyberattack exposes information of 15 million LifeLabs customers in B.C. and Ontario
The private and personal information of millions of medical patients living in Ontario and B.C. has been breached in a cyberattack…
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Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says
About eight per cent fewer people in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia were prescribed opioids in 2018 than in 2013,…
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Number of doctors per capita in Canada reaches record high
The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a…
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In some of Canada’s battleground ridings, renters are spending 50% or more of income on housing
Housing affordability is poised to be a defining ballot box issue in the upcoming federal election, with a sizeable portion of…
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Federal parties being warned of efforts by 6 foreign countries to influence election: sources
Canada’s intelligence services are carefully monitoring the threat of agents of the Chinese and Indian governments working with diaspora communities here to…
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53% of Canadians want next federal government to build Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, poll says
More than half of Canadians surveyed want their next federal government to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion between Alberta…
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Site of proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort in southeastern B.C. to get federal protection
The federal Liberal government will offer the Ktunaxa First Nation more than $16 million to protect a mountain valley in southeastern British Columbia…
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B.C. pleased with Oklahoma ruling in opioids case as it continues lawsuit
British Columbia’s attorney general says he is pleased with the findings of a court in Oklahoma that found Johnson &…
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Once paralyzed, this St. John’s runner just finished a 130-km race in B.C.
Finishing a 130-kilometre race through the mountains of British Columbia is no small feat, but it’s even more impressive for Dan…
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Is the federal carbon tax killing jobs? Experts say answer isn’t ‘black and white’
The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province’s trade minister say…
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Trans Mountain mobilizes workforce to start pipeline expansion, expects completion by mid-2022
The federally owned Trans Mountain Corp. said Wednesday it has issued “notice to proceed” directives to construction contractors, mobilizing the…
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Time of essence as Fraser River slide blocks spawning salmon
Time is critical to find a solution to a massive obstruction in British Columbia’s Fraser River as 90,000 salmon wait…
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Sobeys aims to scrap plastic bags from all stores in 2020
Sobeys plans to remove plastic bags from all its grocery stores by the end of January 2020. The company, headquartered in…
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Crime up, homicide down: Five things to know about the 2018 crime statistics
New national crime data for 2018 was released Monday, courtesy of Statistics Canada, with big changes to some key indicators.…
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Canada’s biggest underwater volcano is just off B.C.’s coast — and scientists are finding new species there
Canada’s largest underwater volcano is off the coast of British Columbia and, over the next two weeks, a team of national…
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B.C. man finishes walk across Canada for MMIWG, but says his work isn’t over
Matthew Jefferson walked 8,275 kilometres with a 25-kilogram bag on his back. The 33-year-old man from the Wet’suwet’en First Nation…
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Ottawa looking at Criminal Code reforms to deter ‘shameful’ conversion therapy
The federal government is calling on all provincial governments to stop conversion therapy while it reviews Canada’s Criminal Code reforms.…
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B.C. isn’t the place for billionaire businessman’s defamation suit, Twitter says
Twitter says British Columbia isn’t the proper place for a West Vancouver billionaire to sue the social media giant over…
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UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park
The United Nations body that oversees world heritage sites has given Canada a new deadline to address problems in the…
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Woman phones number on her bank card, gets a fraudster instead
Police have arrested a man in Ontario who stole $15,000 from a Hilden, N.S., woman in an elaborate phone scam…
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Feds announce $275M for ‘largest private sector investment in Canadian history’
The federal government is pumping $275 million into LNG Canada’s $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in Kitmat, B.C. Finance…
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More Canadians report high levels of happiness after age 55: survey
A new national survey suggests Canadians are happier after age 55 and when they earn a higher income, but also…
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Former UBC professor killed in Chile remembered by students, colleagues
A former professor at the University of British Columbia, killed in Chile on Friday, is being remembered by a student…
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B.C. man survives attack by mother grizzly protecting her three cubs
Alex Neumann’s claw and bite wounds are healing after he was mauled by a grizzly bear in northern B.C. last…
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