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Carney reaffirms Canadian support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelenskyy
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada’s “steadfast and unwavering support” for Ukraine in…
Rain provides respite in Manitoba wildfire fight, but evacuation order still in place
LAC DU BONNET — Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac…
Vancouver Island University students make the world’s largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of…
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about…
Elections Canada confirms win for NDP incumbent Lori Idlout in Nunavut
IQALUIT — Elections Canada has confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has won the riding of…
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure,…
A one-teen prom on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK — Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on…
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect…
Big streamers tell CRTC they should have more flexibility than broadcasters on CanCon
OTTAWA — A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those…
Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling
Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want…
Rain offers some help for crews battling deadly wildfires in eastern Manitoba
LAC DU BONNET — Rain offered some help in the battle against forest fires in…
B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA — British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100…
Carney wheels up to Rome ahead of Pope’s inaugural mass
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to…
Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures
MONTREAL — A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the…
New Indigenous Services minister says she’s been handed the ‘toughest task’
OTTAWA — As the first Indigenous person ever to lead the federal department responsible for…
Opposition slams Liberals for having no plans to table budget soon
OTTAWA — Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his…
Bryde’s whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two…
Prosecution lays out first-degree murder case in Quebec truck attack that killed 3
RIMOUSKI — The case against a Quebec man charged with killing three people with his…
City and police say Vancouver festival planning followed rules before attack
VANCOUVER — Sixteen 320-kilogram barriers arrived in Vancouver this week, specially designed to block vehicles…
Canada Post report puts union in tight spot, experts say
OTTAWA — A consequential report on Canada Post largely backs the Crown corporation’s story about…
U.S. trade disruption is ‘messy’ but the turbulence will pass: Nikki Haley
OTTAWA — Canada and other countries should not give up on doing business with the…
Patients in Quebec’s Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s…
Consortium of Quebec investors to purchase Lion Electric
MONTREAL — A group of Quebec investors has reached a deal to acquire and relaunch…
Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it’s dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA — The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said…