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B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA, in secret document shared with First Nations leaders
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is considering amendments that would weaken the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, after two recent court decisions siding with First Nations under the law’s current wording. Amendments proposed in a confidential letter and document sent to some First Nations leaders in B.C. on Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Chinese hiker who died in B.C. mountain fall faces ‘enormous’ medical bills
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
VANCOUVER — An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver’s tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces “enormous” medical bills. The Pacific Northwest Outdoor Association says in an online statement that Yan Cen, who fell about 100 metres on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. heli-ski company suspends service after avalanche that killed three
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
A heli-ski company in northwestern British Columbia says one of its guides is undergoing surgery in Vancouver after surviving an avalanche on Sunday that killed three skiers, and the company has halted service until further notice. Michael Brackenhofer, the guiding manager for White Wilderness Heliskiing, said the four were “fully buried” after being caught in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada’s advisory committee of political parties says voters will have to write in the first name, or initials, and last name of their chosen candidate, as is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timeline: Safety board releases final minutes of Air Canada collision at LaGuardia
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
NEW YORK — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The information indicates that a fire truck had been cleared to cross a runway at the busy New York airport only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to overhaul Bill P-38, or the Act respecting the protection of persons whose mental state presents a danger to themselves or to others, adopted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union president asks Canada Post workers to reject tentative agreement
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — The head of the union representing 55,000 Canada Post workers is calling for the employees to reject a tentative contract agreement in a vote this spring, even though a majority of the national executive board recommend that the deal be accepted. A newsletter published by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers today outlines ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fraser rejects call from four premiers to appoint judges approved by the provinces
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
Canada’s justice minister is brushing aside calls from four premiers to start appointing judges at the provincial appeal and superior court level that are pre-approved and recommended by their governments. “We’re not contemplating a sea change in the manner of which judges are appointed,” Sean Fraser told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday. “We haven’t changed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa floats new rule to keep vessels one kilometre from southern resident orcas
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
VICTORIA — Vessels will have to steer one kilometre clear of endangered southern resident orcas under newly proposed federal regulations that are being applauded by commercial whale watchers. Erin Gless, executive director of the Pacific Whale Watch Association that represents 28 companies in Canada and the United States, says the organization “strongly supports” the proposed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian sport system ‘underfunded and unsafe,’ commission urges Ottawa to step up
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
Canadian sport needs an overhaul, and it starts with the federal government. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission’s final report released Tuesday. The Canadian sport system is broken, fragmented and unsustainable, said Lise Maisonneuve, a former chief justice of the Ontario court of justice, who headed the commission. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tax help and affordability: Highlights from the Manitoba budget
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: — The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at grocery stores. Basic groceries are already exempt. — The annual homeowners credit on education property taxes is to increase next ... Read More »
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