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Correctional service says it's tackling 'evolving threat' posed by drone smugglers
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the "evolving threat" of drones dropping contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to call attention to violence that they say is fuelled by the smuggling. The correctional service says in a statement it's using a "layered approach" to respond to the drone drops by procuring drone detection equipment and piloting a program using cellphone detection technology. It says it's also using bod
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Alberta snow makes its way into Quebec; here's how much is ahead
Winter's not done with Quebec just yet
1 min read - BusinessThe Canadian Press
Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1: B.C. government
LANGLEY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is tilting the rules towards families who need a home, and speculators should invest in that instead of short-term rentals and houses to flip. Eby made his comments today in advance of the rule changes on May 1 that limit short-term rental units to within the principal home of a host. The government says figures gathered in March show more than 19,000 entire homes are listed as short-term rentals, something the new regulation
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'Big Mood': Nicola Coughlan moves on from 'shy' roles, playing a confident and 'wild' woman in must-watch show
Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan will make you laugh and cry so hard in Camilla Whitehill's show Big Mood, on Tubi April 19.
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Alberta seeing “heightened wildfire activity”, outpacing 2023 so far
“To date, in 2024, we’ve had more wildfire starts than we had in 2023,” said Forestry Minister Todd Loewen
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Speaker of Ontario legislature stands by keffiyeh ban; Ford, opposition seek reversal
TORONTO — The Speaker of Ontario's legislature is standing by a ruling that bans people in the building from wearing keffiyehs, which he says are being worn to make a political statement, even after the premier and all opposition parties asked him to reverse it. The legislature has a long-standing rule that members can't use props, signage or accessories intended to express a political statement, and Speaker Ted Arnott said after "extensive research" he has concluded that keffiyehs meet that def
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre's working-class overtures as 'fraud'
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class, the head of the country's largest labour organization said Thursday, urging unions to do everything they can to expose him before the next federal election. Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske delivered her call to arms as union leaders gathered in Ottawa to plot strategy ahead of the vote, which must happen before October 2025. "We must do everything in our power to expo
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