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Warning over hiking apps after 'virtually identical' rescues on Vancouver North Shore

Warning over hiking apps after 'virtually identical' rescues on Vancouver North Shore

VANCOUVER — The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver's North Shore mountains is warning people to do their research after international visitors became stranded in two separate incidents while relying on hiking apps to plan their routes
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Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs

Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs

OTTAWA — Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation.
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B.C. premier says feds and premiers have right-left strategy to tackle Trump tariffs

B.C. premier says feds and premiers have right-left strategy to tackle Trump tariffs

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his fellow premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan to fight U.S.
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Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris

Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris

QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a fire in April 2019.
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Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year

Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government remained opposed to lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit in the province on Thursday, despite a provincial police study that estimates reducing the limit to .
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NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026

NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026

MONTREAL — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's trip to the moon has been delayed once again.
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Patrick Brown says foreign interference did not affect Tory leadership race outcome

Patrick Brown says foreign interference did not affect Tory leadership race outcome

OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm.
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Poilievre calls on House to back Singh's 'wise' words in no-confidence motion

Poilievre calls on House to back Singh's 'wise' words in no-confidence motion

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on one thing: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are too weak to fight for Canadians.
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Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

OTTAWA — Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society response" to deal with the radicalization of young people lured into violent extremism.
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Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass 'lost Canadians' bill

Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass 'lost Canadians' bill

OTTAWA — The federal government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to "lost Canadians," Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday.
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