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CP NewsAlert: B.C.'s 2024 deficit comes in under forecast at $7.3B
VICTORIA - British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024. The final deficit is also about $1.8 ...
Aug 07, 2025
Quebec minister disappointed after race considered in reduced sentence for Black man
A Quebec minister says he is disappointed a judge gave a Black man a reduced sentence for a drug trafficking crime due to his race. Christopher Skeete made the comments after the judge in a Longueuil ...
Aug 07, 2025
Climate change major driver of surging algae levels in Canada's lakes: study
TORONTO - A study of dozens of Canadian lakes suggests global warming is the major driver of surging algae levels, raising questions about the health of a sizable chunk of Earth's freshwater as temper...
Aug 07, 2025
New Ontario measles cases down to single digits for the first time since January
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario are reporting that the number of new measles cases are down to the single digits for the first time since January. That's based on weekly data release by Public H...
Aug 07, 2025
Ontario First Nation asks for halt to Ring of Fire mining development
TORONTO - An Ontario First Nation that has worked toward road access to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire on its traditional territory is now asking the courts to prevent the provincial and federal govern...
Aug 07, 2025
Canadian basketball player Aaliyah Edwards traded to Connecticut Sun
WASHINGTON - The Washington Mystics have dealt Canadian forward Aaliyah Edwards to the Connecticut Sun, the WNBA team announced Thursday. The Mystics received guard Jacy Sheldon. The teams also swappe...
Aug 07, 2025
18-year-old driver facing charges after 13-year-old passenger killed in Regina crash
An 18-year-old man is facing criminal charges after a crash that left a 13-year-old passenger dead last week in Regina.According to the Regina Police Service, officers were called to the intersection ...
Aug 07, 2025
Hearing for Alberta separation referendum question to be held in court
A special court proceeding on a proposed Alberta separation referendum question is scheduled to get underway today in Edmonton.Alberta's chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the proposed ...
Aug 07, 2025
Family 'heartbroken' after B.C. mother and baby killed by falling tree
COMOX - The family of a young mother and her five-month-old son killed by a falling tree at a Vancouver Island campground a week ago say they are "heartbroken" by the tragedy. In a statement provided ...
Aug 07, 2025
Woman faces 14 charges after attempted abduction at Napanee, Ont., soccer field
NAPANEE - Provincial police say a 31-year-old woman has been arrested on 14 criminal charges following an attempted abduction at a youth soccer game in Napanee, Ont. Police allege the woman smashed th...
Aug 07, 2025