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Hate crimes, protests, police costs surge since Middle East war: Vancouver police

Hate crimes, protests, police costs surge since Middle East war: Vancouver police

VANCOUVER — The Israel-Hamas war fuelled a "record-breaking" year for protests in Vancouver in 2023, triggering additional policing costs in the millions for overtime.
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'Hurry please': Inquest told 92 emergency calls made during Saskatchewan rampage

'Hurry please': Inquest told 92 emergency calls made during Saskatchewan rampage

MELFORT, Sask. — Family members hugged and wept at a coroner's inquest after learning how a man went from home to home, kicking in doors and stabbing people on a Saskatchewan First Nation.
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Crash southeast of Kamloops, B.C., claims four lives, one person injured

Crash southeast of Kamloops, B.C., claims four lives, one person injured

MONTE LAKE, B.C. — Police say four people are dead and one person is in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 97 southeast of Kamloops, B.C., on Tuesday.
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Longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett to become envoy to Denmark: source

Longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett to become envoy to Denmark: source

OTTAWA — Longtime Liberal member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett is set to become the next ambassador to Denmark.
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Chrétien-era effort to soften UN's Indigenous language a 'stain' on Canada: Hajdu

Chrétien-era effort to soften UN's Indigenous language a 'stain' on Canada: Hajdu

OTTAWA — The current federal Liberal government tried to distance itself Tuesday from the Jean Chrétien-led one that reportedly conspired with Australia to weaken United Nations language on Indigenous Peoples in the early 2000s.
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Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search

Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search

WINNIPEG — The daughter of a slain First Nations woman has filed a human rights complaint against Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives for an ad campaign about its decision not to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for her mother's remains.
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As cold moves out of much of the West, snow moves into B.C., Environment Canada warns

As cold moves out of much of the West, snow moves into B.C., Environment Canada warns

VANCOUVER — An arctic stranglehold on much of Western Canada is loosening on all but northern Alberta, while a Pacific low-pressure system brings snow to much of British Columbia.
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Health minister chides U.S. officials over cost-saving scheme to buy Canadian drugs

Health minister chides U.S. officials over cost-saving scheme to buy Canadian drugs

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland has been calling around to United States officials to let them know that the Canadian government will be guarding its medical drug supply after the U.S. moved to allow states to mass import medicine from Canada.
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Notley says she'll step down from Alberta NDP helm to make way for fresh voices

Notley says she'll step down from Alberta NDP helm to make way for fresh voices

EDMONTON — Former premier Rachel Notley, after almost a decade at the helm of Alberta’s NDP, is stepping down from the top job.
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Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project

Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project

MONTREAL — A Quebec man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago was tracked down with the help of a project that matches DNA with male surnames, the Crown said Tuesday in court.
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