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RCMP gave banks police info on Ottawa protesters with list of accounts to freeze

RCMP: about 257 accounts of people and businesses involved in the protests frozen

Mar 8, 2022 8:30 AM Read more >

‘No simple solution’ to gas prices; B.C. has no tax reduction plans: Farnworth

Farnworth says prices that have risen to over $2 a litre are driven by events outside B.C. control

Mar 8, 2022 8:30 AM Read more >

Blood drive to mark Women’s Day halted, Afghan activists say

Organizers say the event was viewed as a protest by Taliban authorities

Mar 8, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >

‘Some kind of terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women refugees

Women and children make up the bulk, as the number of Ukrainian refugees reached 2 million

Mar 8, 2022 7:30 AM Read more >

Attempted murder charges dropped against Fort St. John man in Merritt shootout

6 counts of using a prohibited weapon and 2 charges of theft over $5,000 remain

Mar 7, 2022 2:30 PM Read more >

Indigenous groups still aim to buy Trans Mountain pipeline, even as costs soar

Construction costs of the expansion have ballooned by 70 per cent to $21.4 billion

Mar 7, 2022 2:30 PM Read more >

Feds leaving West Coast fishing sector to flounder after salmon closures, harvesters say

United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union wonders why industry hasn’t had climate compensation

Mar 7, 2022 2:30 PM Read more >

International students in Canada struggling with COVID, inflation

Charity organizations seeing increased demand for their services from those studying from abroad

Mar 7, 2022 11:30 AM Read more >

Opposition mounts to forced transfers of medically assisted death seekers in B.C.

Transfers happen when a patient is treated in a facility that forbids medical assistance in dying

Mar 7, 2022 11:30 AM Read more >

Muslim groups ask feds to intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugees in Vancouver

From 2015 to 2021, Canada received over 3,900 refugee claims from Egypt and accepted about 3,100

Mar 7, 2022 11:30 AM Read more >