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The budget, bail and other bills: Five things to watch for as Parliament returns
September 14, 2025 - 1:54 PM

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are gearing up for their return to the House of Commons in what's expected to be a busy fall.
Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada
September 12, 2025 - 1:46 PM

OTTAWA — As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada.
Tutu the humpback whale is freed from 150 metres of fishing gear off Vancouver Island
September 12, 2025 - 12:55 AM

A juvenile humpback whale nicknamed Tutu is swimming freely again after a multi-day mission to disentangle it from more than 150 metres of fishing gear off Vancouver Island.
Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely 'very difficult project': aviation experts
September 09, 2025 - 3:20 PM

Repairing a WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island's airport for a day will be a challenge, say aviation experts.
In the news today: Teck Resources to merge with Anglo American
September 09, 2025 - 3:11 AM

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Ottawa drafting public registry of AI projects as tech spreads through government
September 09, 2025 - 1:00 AM

OTTAWA — The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence.
'Something ain't right': Streamer captures WestJet plane hard landing in St. Maarten
September 08, 2025 - 11:51 AM

A St. Maarten-based live streamer and ex-airplane mechanic says he's never witnessed something as disruptive as the hard landing of a WestJet plane that shut down the runway at the Caribbean island's iconic airport.
WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing in St. Maarten's airport
September 07, 2025 - 10:42 PM

WestJet says a flight travelling from Toronto had a rough landing at an airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten on Sunday afternoon.
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
September 04, 2025 - 1:00 AM

EDMONTON — An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
'Quite the show': Video shows orcas getting up close with B.C. boaters
August 27, 2025 - 2:40 PM

A British Columbia resident says he got the show of a lifetime when a pod of orcas got up close with him and a group of friends on the waters of Howe Sound in an encounter captured on video.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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The budget, bail and other bills: Five things to watch for as Parliament returns

Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada

Tutu the humpback whale is freed from 150 metres of fishing gear off Vancouver Island

Fixing WestJet plane in St. Maarten likely 'very difficult project': aviation experts

In the news today: Teck Resources to merge with Anglo American

Ottawa drafting public registry of AI projects as tech spreads through government

'Something ain't right': Streamer captures WestJet plane hard landing in St. Maarten

WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing in St. Maarten's airport

'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban

'Quite the show': Video shows orcas getting up close with B.C. boaters

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