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Canucks viewing parties to start Sunday in Vancouver park, far from downtown
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver will host viewing parties for the Canucks' Round 2 playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers starting with Game 3 on Sunday. Mayor Ken Sim and others have previously expressed concern about large-scale events for the playoffs, given Vancouver's history of Stanley Cup riots. But Sim now says a lot of thought and planning has gone into events set to take place at a park located far from the downtown core, where hordes of drunken fans rioted after the Canucks' Gam
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Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost
OTTAWA — Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to cover more than three-quarters of its costs. "Carbon capture and sequestration technologies are getting better and, over time, they actually get less expensive just like every other technology that goes through the cycle," Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesd
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Jewish students say they don't feel safe, as MPs probe antisemitism at universities
OTTAWA — Jewish students on major university campuses are being forced to hide their Jewish identity and fear for their safety, as they face a tide of antisemitism, which school administrators are failing to protect them from, a group of students said Wednesday. Six students from schools in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta appeared on Parliament Hill to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses which was triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. They spoke with several Liberal MPs inclu
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Ottawa cancels public ceremony for Israeli flag-raising, citing security concerns
OTTAWA — City officials say they've cancelled plans to host a flag-raising ceremony at Ottawa City Hall marking the establishment of Israel because of security concerns. The Israeli flag will be raised next Tuesday to mark Yom Ha'atzmaut, but a ceremony involving the mayor, diplomats and members of the Jewish community will not go ahead. The city said it has intelligence that suggests the event would pose "a substantial risk to public safety." It did not offer details about the nature of that co
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B.C. drug use advocates warn decriminalization change may cause more drug deaths
VANCOUVER — The executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, calling it "prohibition 2.0." Brittany Graham says the initial decriminalization exemption in January 2023 had called for consistent engagement with stakeholders, people with lived experience and advocates, but none of that happened before B.C. asked for the change. She says
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'Beautiful to see so many people coming together': Behind the scenes of University of Toronto encampment for Palestine
An encampment consisting of hundreds of students set up on the grounds of University of Toronto has entered it's seventh day, drawing both scrutiny and praise from the public and officials.
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Public service unions promise 'summer of discontent' over in-office policy
OTTAWA — Public service unions say they'll launch further legal challenges and grievances over new rules that federal employees must work from the office at least three days a week. The unions are promising a "summer of discontent" over the policy, which was announced by the federal government earlier this month. Public Service Alliance of Canada president Chris Aylward said Wednesday the NDP supports the unions and he expects the party to press the Liberals on the issue. But he stopped short of
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