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Petition revives campaign to award Victoria Cross to Afghan war veterans
OTTAWA - A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict should be reconsidered for Canada's top military honour. Liberal MP Pau...
Aug 12, 2025

Federal Liberals looking to provide 'certainty' to investors in fall budget
OTTAWA - Major institutional investors are asking the federal government to give them a reason to invest more at home in the upcoming fall budget, says the Liberal MPs leading budget consultations acr...
Aug 12, 2025

B.C. court squelches Vancouver bylaw that forced ride-hailing firms to pay fees
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours. Uber Canada took the ...
Aug 11, 2025

Defenceman Ryker Evans agrees to 2-year extension with Seattle Kraken
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Kraken defenceman Ryker Evans agreed Monday to a two-year contract extension, which carries a $2.05 million average annual value and runs through the 2026-27 NHL season. The 23-...
Aug 11, 2025

Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 classroom shooting, after legal fight over access
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - School officials in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School, following a...
Aug 11, 2025
New data show Sask. health closures worsening; province cites staffing, innovation to respond
The Saskatchewan NDP says new internal health authority data shows the province's health-care system is going in the wrong direction, while the government says it is addressing the problem through sta...
Aug 11, 2025
Swift Current man critically injured after rattlesnake bite while golfing in Texas
What is normally a beloved hobby for a Swift Current man ended with him fighting for his life in Texas.According to a GoFundMe organized by his family, Danny Fehr went into anaphylactic shock and card...
Aug 11, 2025
‘We were forgotten’: Denare Beach resident calls for accountability
Dustin Trumbley watched as the fire that destroyed the northern community of Denare Beach burned his home down.He and his fiance, Joanne Churchill, had evacuated to his family's home in Swan River, th...
Aug 11, 2025

Montreal police arrest a suspect after alleged attack on Jewish father in a park.
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they have arrested a 24-year-old suspect in connection with an alleged assault on a Jewish father in a park on Friday. They say the suspect was arrested Monday and was b...
Aug 11, 2025

RCMP creates drone corridor along part of U.S. border in bid to boost security
The RCMP is introducing a drone corridor along part of the Canada-U.S. border in an effort to boost security. Drones are to patrol the border in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in what the RCMP say...
Aug 11, 2025