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Pat McGeer, B.C. Social Credit cabinet minister, brain scientist, athlete, dies at 95

McGeer also served as president and chairman of the Crown-owned ICBC

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Union for B.C. 911 dispatchers calls for extended supports amid staff shortage

Worker retention remains a major problem because of low wages and burnout

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Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek swap federal cabinet roles in minor shuffle

Trudeau makes shift to lessen travel demands on Tassi, says no further moves coming

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Freeland says Albertans kind, welcoming, as RCMP investigate confrontation

Deputy PM subjected to a profane tirade while in Grande Prairie, Friday

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Mikhail Gorbachev will be ‘sorely missed,’ former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says

Mulroney says he first met Gorbachev in March 1985 and found him to be a breath of fresh air

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UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022

La Nina often leads to more Atlantic hurricanes, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States

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Quebec election: Gun control advocates to sound out parties on handgun ban, buybacks

Montreal, in particular, has dealt with a spate of high-profile shootings in recent months

Aug 31, 2022 8:10 AM Read more >

Fuel shortages, inclement weather disrupting Canadian North’s High Arctic flights

Canadian North says weather disruptions are also affecting service in the High Arctic

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For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally

More than 1,160 people have been killed in flooding across Pakistan since mid-June

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Racialized people had higher mortality rates from COVID-19: Statistics Canada

‘It confirms what a lot of us had believed, how COVID has basically targeted racialized people’

Aug 31, 2022 7:00 AM Read more >