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Two Alberta UCP members kicked out of caucus after challenging Kenney's leadership

Two Alberta UCP members kicked out of caucus after challenging Kenney's leadership

EDMONTON — Members of Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party caucus have voted to turf two of their own for challenging the leader.
Meeting police chance to get sense of 'frustrating' gang violence situation: minister

Meeting police chance to get sense of 'frustrating' gang violence situation: minister

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's solicitor general says a meeting with representatives from police agencies is an opportunity to get a full sense of the "intolerable" situation facing Lower Mainland communities amid a gang conflict.
Community leaders call for action on anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver

Community leaders call for action on anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Leaders of the Chinese-Canadian community say the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across Vancouver and North America suggests the population has not been accepted as a part of the wider society.
Ethics watchdog: PM didn't violate conflict rules over WE Charity, but Morneau did

Ethics watchdog: PM didn't violate conflict rules over WE Charity, but Morneau did

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the WE Charity affair by the federal ethics watchdog but opposition parties aren't willing to let the politically fraught controversy drop just yet.
Habitat for endangered spiny softshell turtle protected southeast of Montreal

Habitat for endangered spiny softshell turtle protected southeast of Montreal

MONTREAL — The Nature Conservancy of Canada said Thursday it acquired two hectares of land southeast of Montreal to protect the habitat of the endangered spiny softshell turtle.
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 5:55 p.m. Alberta health officials are reporting 1,558 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths.
Saskatchewan Mountie charged with murder had been harassing man: sister

Saskatchewan Mountie charged with murder had been harassing man: sister

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A woman is alleging that a Saskatchewan RCMP officer accused of killing her brother had been harassing him for the last two years. Cpl.
Canada unlikely to follow U.S. approach to easing COVID-19 masking rules: doctor

Canada unlikely to follow U.S. approach to easing COVID-19 masking rules: doctor

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Family seeks justice for Joyce Echaquan as Quebec coroner begins inquest into death

Family seeks justice for Joyce Echaquan as Quebec coroner begins inquest into death

MONTREAL — The husband of an Indigenous woman subjected to disparaging comments as she lay dying in hospital told a Quebec coroner's inquiry Thursday his wife didn't deserve to have her life end that way.
Privacy watchdog closes file on complaint against federal political parties

Privacy watchdog closes file on complaint against federal political parties

OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties.