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One of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s point people on the government’s budget consultations says Ottawa plans to tackle long-awaited tax code reform “one bite at a time” and changes for small businesses are high on the priority list. The Canadian Press spoke to a number of tax experts and advocates in recent weeks who all…

WINNIPEG – Running back Brady Oliveira began as a game-time decision, only to become a major difference-maker. The Winnipeg native rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown, while hauling in another 80 in pass receptions to lead the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 33-21 victory over the winless Ottawa Redblacks at Princess Auto Stadium on…

OTTAWA – Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan. “From outside, it’s possible for the world to take action,” said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the Calgary-based charity Right to Learn Afghanistan. She was raised in Afghanistan. “Why (is it) we…

The federal government says it’s committed to protecting the endangered southern resident killer whale population while also fast-tracking a new West Coast oil pipeline and other infrastructure projects that could threaten the orcas’ survival. And the British Columbia government has said it recognizes, along with Ottawa, the need to protect these whales when it dropped…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A park on Vancouver Island is closed after a bear attack on Friday morning. B.C. Conservation Officers said that shortly before 10 a.m., a woman was hiking with her dogs off-leash in Stoney Hill Regional Park, east of Duncan. Officers said the woman encountered a sow and…

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes, killing at least five people and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and…

When more than 18,000 people were forced from their homes by the Bald Range wildfire, many were left scrambling for somewhere to go. For many, the immediate challenge was finding somewhere to sleep, something to eat and the basic necessities they had suddenly left behind. But as evacuees arrived in communities across the Okanagan, so…

The BC Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a B.C. man convicted in the killing of his ex-girlfriend’s tiny chihuahua. Randeep Ghataura, 45, was convicted in October 2024 of willfully killing, wounding or injuring an animal, and sentenced in February 2025 to four months in jail, three years probation, and a 20-year…

An Alberta teen’s family is heading to court in an effort to recoup nearly $200,000 they spent on out-of-country surgery after she waited more than two years in Canada’s health care system, claiming their daughters’ constitutional rights were violated. In 2021, when Vienna Pedatella was 13 years old, she was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis, in…