Murray Wood: When fishing trips really are about fishing
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Federal health coverage for rejected asylum claimants topped $275M over last decade
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department says Canada spent more than $275 million on health coverage over the past decade for asylum seekers whose claims were rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board ...
Apr 23, 2026
Parliamentary committee on assisted dying has gone 'off the rails,' expert warns
OTTAWA - An expert in Canada's assisted dying laws is warning that the committee of MPs and senators tasked with studying whether the country is ready to allow people with mental illness to access MAI...
Apr 23, 2026
A year after Lapu Lapu ramming attack, grief, anger and hope intertwine
VANCOUVER - At a South Vancouver long-term care home, Jhosie Sico has forgotten what proper sleep feels like, because she now gets up in the middle of the night to change her 30-year-old son's diaper ...
Apr 23, 2026 Jhosie Sico comforts her son AJ Sico, who sustained a severe brain injury, multiple fractures and nerve damage to his right eye in the Lapu Lapu festival car ramming attack last year, while posing for a photograph at their home, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, April 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Alberta launches website pushing referendum proposals on immigration, Constitution
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has launched a website to put the weight of the government's persuasive powers behind getting a democratic mandate for sweeping immigration reform. Smith said...
Apr 23, 2026
Alberta government to lower age of eligibility for free breast cancer screening
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is lowering the age for breast cancer screening to those as young as 40, a move that opens the door to self-referral so more people can access publicly funded mammogram...
Apr 22, 2026
B.C. children's representative says drug crisis having staggering impact on kids
The toxic drug crisis that has killed thousands of people in British Columbia has had a "staggeringly high" impact on the youngest in the province, not only killing hundreds but leaving many more as o...
Apr 22, 2026
Premier Eby says investigation into Tumbler Ridge shooting has entered final stages
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby said the police investigation into the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting is in its final stages. Eby offered the update during a meeting with Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka...
Apr 22, 2026
Tick season is here for many parts of Saskatchewan
While the spring weather may be taking its sweet time to take hold in the province, some areas are already seeing a less-welcome aspect of the warmer weather. Ticks have woken up in parts of Saskatche...
Apr 22, 2026 An American dog tick, the most common tick found in Saskatchewan. (Melinda Fawver/Dreamstime.com)
'The day the music dies': Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
EDMONTON - Music from a pipe organ has filled a convocation hall at the University of Alberta for a century, but that may soon come to an end as the institution begins renovations that include removin...
Apr 22, 2026
Lionel Desmond inquiry: N.S. opposition wants transparency on government progress
HALIFAX - Opposition parties say government owes it to Nova Scotians to be more transparent on its progress in implementing recommendations from an inquiry into a former soldier who killed his family ...
Apr 21, 2026
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