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Vancouver Park Board preparing for 'unpermitted' cannabis events on 4-20
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it's gearing up for "unpermitted" events on April 20 including on Sunset Beach, where thousands of people gathered in recent years to smoke cannabis to the ch...
Apr 17, 2025
Trump claims tariffs making America rich while also suggesting trade deals are coming
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump showed little signs of backing down on his plans to tariff the world Thursday - even as members of his administration continued to claim the duties will lead t...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your lane
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an...
Apr 17, 2025
U.S. students look north as Trump freezes funding to American universities
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has briefly reopened admissions for its graduate programs to take applications from U.S. citizens in what is a growing trend for Canadian institutions as...
Apr 17, 2025
Saskatchewan legislature passes NDP bill recognizing Sikh Heritage Month
REGINA - The Saskatchewan legislature has unanimously passed an Opposition NDP private members' bill to formally recognize Sikh Heritage Month in April. Bhajan Brar's legislation says the month is imp...
Apr 17, 2025
WestJet halts bid to hire temporary foreign workers as pilots
MONTREAL - WestJet has walked back its bid to put temporary foreign workers in the cockpit. In an email, spokeswoman Julia Kaiser confirmed that the airline halted its hunt for overseas recruits for r...
Apr 17, 2025
B.C. premier says talk of Western Canada separation 'needs to stop'
Talk of the western provinces separating from the rest of Canada is a "tired trope" that needs to stop, British Columbia Premier David Eby says. Eby told a news conference Thursday he doesn't think th...
Apr 17, 2025
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return
SAN SALVADOR (AP) - Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Thursday evening in El Salvador, coming face to face with the wrongly deported man after two days in the country pus...
Apr 17, 2025
Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dal...
Apr 17, 2025
Supreme Court won't hear appeal on questioning former Alberta minister in coal suit
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear an appeal by the Alberta government regarding a decision to have its former energy minister questioned in a multibillion-dollar coal mining laws...
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