Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Gender-based violence costs B.C. $1.12 billion annually, YWCA report says
VANCOUVER - Gender-based violence is costing British Columbia an estimated $1.12 billion each year, says a new report commissioned by the provincial YWCA. The report, titled The Cost of Inaction: Meas...
Apr 14, 2026
18,000 lives later, B.C. marks 10 years since declaring overdose emergency
Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people. A ...
Apr 14, 2026 Meredith Dan holds a photo of her late son Glenn Rebic, who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2019 at the age of 29, while posing for a photograph at the China Creek skatepark where he used to skateboard, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
In the news today: Liberal byelection sweep, Meet Canada's new MPs, jail revamp
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Liberals return to Parliament with majority after three byelection wins Liberal MPs will now have more clout ...
Apr 14, 2026
Carney promises collaboration, substantive debate in majority Parliament
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians can expect Parliament to be more substantive and less performative now that the Liberals have a majority government. "There's a difference between re...
Apr 14, 2026
Tatiana Auguste returning to Parliament Hill after winning tight Terrebonne race
TERREBONNE - Tatiana Auguste is returning to the House of Commons after winning a hotly contested byelection for the Liberals in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne. The suburban riding near Montreal saw ...
Apr 14, 2026
Meet Doly Begum, the new Liberal MP for Scarborough Southwest
OTTAWA - Former New Democrat Doly Begum completed her political transformation Monday night by securing another seat for her new party in the House of Commons in a byelection in the Toronto-area ridin...
Apr 14, 2026
'Ready to get started': Family doctor elected MP eager for next chapter
TORONTO - Danielle Martin's first job after graduating from university was in the office of a member of provincial parliament who served as the Liberals' health critic under a Progressive Conservative...
Apr 14, 2026
BC United executives eye Conservative race, as donations still flow for dormant party
VANCOUVER - It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant - at least in the public eye. No...
Apr 14, 2026
Ontario plans massive jail expansion, internal government documents show
TORONTO - Ontario is planning a massive expansion of jails over the next few decades, The Canadian Press has learned. The province's jails are bursting and have been significantly over capacity for ye...
Apr 14, 2026
Liberals win Terrebonne rematch after previous one-vote victory overturned
TERREBONNE - Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste won the Terrebonne riding north of Montreal for the second time in a year Monday after her one-vote victory in 2025 was overturned by the courts. With al...
Apr 13, 2026
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