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Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers

Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers

MONTREAL — Quebec has released a new plan to curb the number of collisions on its roads, including higher fines to deter dangerous driving.
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Stricter bail a 'balancing act' with overrepresented groups: police chiefs

Stricter bail a 'balancing act' with overrepresented groups: police chiefs

OTTAWA — Toughening up the bail system without putting more people of colour behind bars is a balancing act, the leader of Canada's police chiefs said Tuesday.
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Climate change made worst Quebec fire weather twice as likely, more intense: study

Climate change made worst Quebec fire weather twice as likely, more intense: study

Climate change has made summers like the kind that led to Quebec's disastrous wildfire season at least seven times more likely to happen again, says a new scientific analysis. The study by the U.K.
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Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires

Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires

Nearly 900 seniors have been forced out of care facilities in a wildfire-ravaged region of British Columbia while the province has joined Alberta in receiving medical evacuees from the Northwest Territories, where thousands of residents have escaped
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Large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends three to hospital

Large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends three to hospital

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Heather Ziebart was working on her product for the day at her donut shop in downtown Prince George, B.C., when a "large kaboom" shook the building.
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B.C. woman looking for lone firefighter she says saved her home with garden hose

B.C. woman looking for lone firefighter she says saved her home with garden hose

KELOWNA — A British Columbia fire evacuee is looking for a solo firefighter she says saved her home from flames with a garden hose.
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Canada to seek judicial review of latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties

Canada to seek judicial review of latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties

WASHINGTON — The federal government in Ottawa is pushing back against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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Liberals look to sitting judges to lead foreign interference inquiry: LeBlanc

Liberals look to sitting judges to lead foreign interference inquiry: LeBlanc

CHARLOTTETOWN — It is taking longer than expected to find someone to lead a public inquiry into foreign interference because the government is in talks with sitting judges, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday, which means following sp
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Local news is a calling for ex-BBC reporter informing N.W.T. and beyond about fires

Local news is a calling for ex-BBC reporter informing N.W.T. and beyond about fires

As thousands of terrified people packed up their belongings last week after an evacuation order in Yellowknife, N.W.T., local news site Cabin Radio was providing line-by-line, minute-by-minute updates on where to go and what to expect.
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Accused in Quebec daycare bus crash that killed two kids has case postponed

Accused in Quebec daycare bus crash that killed two kids has case postponed

MONTREAL — The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was postponed on Tuesday, as a prosecutor requested more time to finish disclosing evidence.
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