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Tent City founder and homeless advocate Chrissy Brett looks on as residents were granted a 24-hour extension by BC Parks to remain at Goldstream Campground in Langford, B.C., on Thursday, September 20, 2018.

Homeless people complain they are cut off in park, want B.C. to take action

LANGFORD, B.C. - A homeless woman living at a Vancouver Island campground with nearly three dozen others says vulnerable people aren't getting support from their families because officials hav ...More...

A aerial view of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain marine terminal, in Burnaby, B.C., is shown on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

Washington wants Canada to improve spill plan for U.S. spur of Trans Mountain

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington's Department of Ecology wants the Canadian government to fix what it calls "deficiencies in critical areas" of its spill response plan for a spur of the T ...More...

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland looks on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during a panel discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Trudeau embarks on New York charm offensive as United Nations fixates on Trump

NEW YORK - Canada embarked on a high-level Big Apple charm offensive of sorts Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump barrelled into the UN General Assembly with his trademark bombast and braggadoc ...More...

Bill Cosby departs after his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby left in handcuffs to begin serving a three-to-10 year prison sentence for sexual assault.

UPDATE: Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison in sex case

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, Bill Cosby was led off to prison in handcuffs Tuesday at age 81, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sex ...More...

President Donald Trump sits in the head of state chair before addressing the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 at U.N. headquarters.

iN VIDEO: Trump boasts of America's might, draws headshakes at UN

UNITED NATIONS - President Donald Trump delivered a sharp rebuke of multinational authority at the United Nations on Tuesday, drawing headshakes and even laughter from fellow world leaders as he b ...More...

New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Quispamsis, N.B. on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

New Brunswick Tories win most seats, but Liberals will try to stay in power

Voters in New Brunswick have turned have their backs on the province's entrenched two-party system for the first time in a generation, electing enough third party candidates to leave the Liber ...More...

A woman wears a shirt that reads "Believe Women" with a button that reads "I Believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford" as protesters against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh tell their personal stories of sexual assault outside offices of Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, as the Senate begins a week of scrutiny of President Donald Trump's nominee to the high court. Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has been further imperiled by a second sexual-misconduct allegation, dating to his first year at Yale University.

Canadian sex-assault survivors share #WhyIDidntReport stories amid U.S. scandal

TORONTO - Fresh debate surrounding a sexual assault allegation involving a U.S. lawmaker has spurred hundreds of Canadians to offer support to silent survivors by adding their names to trending on ...More...

Historical books detailing residential schools released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission sit on a table as the commission releases an interim report during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday February 24, 2012. A radio ad airing in Saskatchewan is asking listeners whether Canadians are being told the whole truth about residential schools. The radio spot, which aired recently across multiple private radio stations, was made by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a Winnipeg-based think tank. It was voiced by veteran prairie broadcaster Roger Currie.

Online backlash after radio ad calls residential school harms a myth

SASKATOON - A radio ad airing in Saskatchewan is asking listeners whether Canadians are being told the whole truth about residential schools. The radio spot, which aired recently across mult ...More...

Bill Cosby departs from a sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in Norristown Pa.

Cosby prosecutor asks for 5 to 10 years in prison

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Declaring Bill Cosby doesn't deserve a free pass because of his advanced age, prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence the comedian to five to 10 years in prison for d ...More...

Hydro crews work to restore power following a tornado in Dunrobin, Ont., west of Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. The tornado that hit the area was on Friday, Sept, 21.

Canada's capital region picking up the pieces following destructive tornadoes

GATINEAU, Que. - Residents from across Canada's national capital region who were hit by Friday's devastating tornadoes have started rebuilding their homes — and their lives. Fe ...More...

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Laurel Packinghouse project in Kelowna going ahead September 25, 2018 - 2:00 PM
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GEORGE: When economic imperatives clash with the military-industrial apparatus

OPINION As citizens, we expect a lot from our governments. We expect them to provide wise guidance for our economy, prudent shepherding of our environment, and protection from violence both foreign and domestic.