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Freeland says budget lacked housing measures because 2022 funds still being spent
SURREY, B.C. - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says this week's federal budget lacked new measures to address Canada's housing crisis because last year's budget already included a $10-billion plan ...
Mar 30, 2023

Federal funding for suicide hotline applauded
. PRINCE GEORGE - It's has been a few years in the making. A Private Members Bill from Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty to create a suicide prevention hotline. 9-8-8. Its genesis stemmed from a s...
Mar 30, 2023

Trump indictment live updates: Latest news, developments
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the first ever criminal case against a former president, Donald Trump has been indicted on charges involving payments made during his 2016 campaign to quash claims of two extramar...
Mar 30, 2023

Turpel-Lafond returns honorary degree granted by Simon Fraser University in B.C.
Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous...
Mar 30, 2023

Non-profit organizations call on government to protect Muslim charities
OTTAWA - Several members of the non-profit sector, including the United Way and Imagine Canada, are calling on the federal government to take immediate steps to shield Muslim-led charities from potent...
Mar 30, 2023

Donald Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime
NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, ...
Mar 30, 2023

Turkey's parliament ratifies Finland's membership in NATO
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's parliament on Thursday ratified Finland's application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country's long-delayed accession into the Western mi...
Mar 30, 2023

Canada Soccer, CONCACAF officials defend controversial Canadian Soccer Business deal
OTTAWA - CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani and former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis have defended Canada Soccer's controversial deal with Canadian Soccer Business, telling a parliamentary co...
Mar 30, 2023

Jets forward Niederreiter says players need to 'leave it all out there'
WINNIPEG - When Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness criticized some players this week for lack of effort, veteran forward Nino Niederreiter agreed there have been "passengers" on the struggling team...
Mar 30, 2023

Quebec pedophile hunters face child pornography distribution charges
GATINEAU, Que. - Members of a self-proclaimed group of Quebec pedophile hunters have been arrested and face 38 charges including distribution of child pornography. Gatineau police say six people were ...
Mar 30, 2023