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A man has received a hefty COVID-19 fine and could face further restrictions after police say they discovered a "makeshift nightclub" in his downtown Vancouver apartment.
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A player with the Western Hockey League Kamloops Blazers has suffered what the league describes as 'life-altering injuries' following a weekend snowboarding accident in Saskatchewan.
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Most B.C. Christians support temporary ban on in-person religious services to stop COVID-19: poll
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B.C. dentists argue for COVID-19 vaccine priority after exclusion from provincial plan
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Judge throws out complaint from taxi companies claiming regulator made error approving Uber and Lyft
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Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travellers returning from non-essential trips abroad.
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BREAKING | Liberal MP removed from caucus over allegedly 'dangerous' accusations about colleagues
MP Ramesh Sangha has been removed from the Liberal caucus over allegedly 'baseless and dangerous accusations against a number of his caucus colleagues,' according to Liberal Whip Mark Holland's office.
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UPDATED | Sen. Lynn Beyak announces immediate retirement
Facing a call for her colleagues to expel her from the Senate, Sen. Lynn Beyak has announced her early retirement. Her decision to leave follows a commitment to only serve eight years in the upper chamber, she said.
Ontario officially extends state of emergency and stay-at-home order by 14 days
Ontario has officially extended the province's state of emergency and all orders associated with it, including the stay-at-home order, for an additional 14 days.
Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to 'severe': newly released documents
New documents show Canada's cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to "severe" from "high" in the days after his arrest.
Quebec records lowest case count in weeks with 1,203 new COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths
Hospitalizations dropped by six for a cumulative total of 1,321. Among these, the number of people in intensive care decreased by two, for a total of 217.
Payette shouldn't get same benefits as other ex-governors general: O'Toole
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says it's not appropriate for former governor general Julie Payette to receive the customary benefits afforded to those who've left the post.
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It took the world's top 1,000 billionaires nine months to recoup their fortunes after the coronavirus pandemic hit, but may take more than a decade is how long it could take the world's poorest to recover, according to Oxfam International's annual inequality report.
MPs ink new hybrid House sitting deal, agree to limit in-person attendance
A very small number of MPs took their seats in the House of Commons on Monday, kicking off the first sitting of 2021 by inking a new deal to continue limiting the number of in-person participants.
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