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B.C. experiments with 'Lego block' housing in fight against homelessness
VANCOUVER - Stack them up. Take them down. Move them around. Repeat. What could easily pass as a description of the children’s toy Lego could also be a portrait of British Columbia’s lates...
Oct 06, 2017
Lone Liberal who supported Tory motion on taxes informed of his punishment
OTTAWA - A Liberal backbencher has been informed of the price he’ll pay for breaking ranks with the Trudeau government on an opposition motion calling for more consultation on controversial tax ...
Oct 06, 2017
Vernon, B.C., ultra athlete Shanda Hill tests her endurance in latest race
VERNON, B.C. - Ultra marathon veteran Shanda Hill from Vernon, British Columbia, is jumping right into her next test of endurance after completing a 2,260-kilometre race in Switzerland just over a mon...
Oct 06, 2017
Nova Scotia makes second attempt at 'vital' cyberbullying legislation
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has narrowed the definition of cyberbullying in a replacement law for pioneering legislation struck down by the province’s top court nearly two years ago. Th...
Oct 06, 2017
Feds underestimated, ignored issues with Phoenix before rollout: Review
OTTAWA - A critical report about the federal government’s problem-plagued pay system says officials underestimated the project’s complexity and seemed to ignore warning signs before giving...
Oct 06, 2017
On video, accused killer says women, police lied to get him sent to jail
OTTAWA - Women and law enforcement had been conspiring to ruin Basil Borutski’s life for decades, the accused killer told police the day after three of his female Ottawa Valley acquaintances wer...
Oct 06, 2017
No wild Atlantic salmon found in N.B. river, conservation group says
ST. ANDREWS, N.B. - Not a single wild Atlantic salmon was found in a New Brunswick river that was once home to a healthy population of the species, alarming conservationists who link their disappearan...
Oct 06, 2017
TransCanada blames 'substantial uncertainty' for killing Energy East pipeline
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says it is cancelling its $15.7-billion proposed Energy East pipeline because of “substantial uncertainty” caused by a regulatory panel’s decisi...
Oct 06, 2017
Whales killed by ships, fishing gear: 'They died because of human activity'
CHARLOTTETOWN - Analysis of six endangered North Atlantic right whales found dead since June in the Gulf of St. Lawrence suggests four were struck by ships and one died caught in fishing gear, says a ...
Oct 06, 2017
Baloney Meter: Horgan wrong to say pot tax revenue sharing a new idea
OTTAWA - “For the first time that I’m aware of, the federal government is looking at a revenue-sharing model. That’s not something we’ve contemplated before.” B.C. Premie...
Oct 06, 2017