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Pet abandonments in Quebec used to spike around Canada Day; now they're year-round
July 01, 2025 - 3:00 AM

MONTREAL — Canada Day has traditionally been synonymous in Montreal with moving day: piles of junk on street corners, sweaty bodies carrying couches up and down the city's winding staircases — and a spike in abandoned animals at shelters.
Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall
June 13, 2025 - 10:39 PM

EDMONTON — Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Provinces 'hold the key' to unlocking homebuilding, new report argues
May 29, 2025 - 8:50 AM

OTTAWA — While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues.
Hundreds mourn outside school for students and coach killed in Ontario crash
May 25, 2025 - 9:18 PM

WALKERTON — Grief rippled through a central Ontario community on Sunday as residents struggled to come to terms with the deaths of four students and a teacher killed in a crash, with hundreds of people paying tribute at an evening vigil outside the school the victims attended.
Hundreds of government job losses planned at the CRA, ESDC
May 23, 2025 - 6:08 PM

OTTAWA — Top officials at the Canada Revenue Agency say mounting job cuts will impact how the agency is able to deliver services.
Vancouver dismantles and consolidates festival memorials, advocates say it's too soon
May 22, 2025 - 2:52 PM

VANCOUVER — For almost four weeks, the tributes to victims of the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack have grown -- piles of teddy bears, flowers, candles and cards stretching down Fraser Street from East 41st Avenue, then round the corner on East 43rd where the attack took place.
One worker dead, two injured after collapse at construction site north of Montreal
May 20, 2025 - 2:35 PM

BLAINVILLE — The underground walls of a construction site north of Montreal collapsed on Tuesday morning, killing one worker and injuring two others.
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
May 19, 2025 - 6:58 AM

BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends.
Homes destroyed, people evacuated as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland
May 08, 2025 - 7:34 PM

SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE - Residents of two small communities in eastern Newfoundland fled their homes Thursday as a wildfire raged along the shore of Conception Bay, burning houses and other buildings about 45 kilometres northwest of St. John's.
Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
May 07, 2025 - 10:22 AM

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape.
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THOMPSON: More questions than answers following Trump's attack on Iran
OPINION Just six months ago, President Donald Trump said he would “stop the chaos in the Middle East…prevent world war three”. Last week, President Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture. The Regional District of the Centr

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Pet abandonments in Quebec used to spike around Canada Day; now they're year-round

Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall

Provinces 'hold the key' to unlocking homebuilding, new report argues

Hundreds mourn outside school for students and coach killed in Ontario crash

Hundreds of government job losses planned at the CRA, ESDC

Vancouver dismantles and consolidates festival memorials, advocates say it's too soon

One worker dead, two injured after collapse at construction site north of Montreal

Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire

Homes destroyed, people evacuated as wildfires rage in eastern Newfoundland

Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report

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