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Flowers, painted rocks stolen from memorial bench for B.C. teen actor who died 2 years ago

Each week, Marlyse Williams cleans and looks after a bench in Port Coquitlam, B.C., that honours her late son, actor Logan Williams, who died two years ago of a fentanyl overdose at the age of 16. The Pitt River Trail bench was adorned with photos of Logan, flowers, succulents and hand-painted rocks. …

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What to watch for as Canada’s premiers meet in Victoria

It’s been three years since what used to be a staple of the political calendar — the annual summer premiers’ gathering — was held in person. As the Council of the Federation reconvenes, Canada’s premiers are packing a lot of familiar baggage, particularly when it comes to their demands of the federal …

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More than 100 health-care professionals challenge rejection of psilocybin access

Shannon McKenney has had a severe migraine for about 1,500 days in a row. “I have trouble sleeping and I have trouble staying asleep,” the musician from Burnaby, B.C., said during a recent phoneinterview while dealing with the same lingering headache that is often accompanied by dizziness and exhaustion. “In …

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Doctor’s cancelled flight to Magdalen Islands leaves 57 patients waiting months for care

Nearly 60 patients suffering from chronic pain on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Dr. David Landry, a radiologist at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital, was due to spend a week providing specialized …

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Family doctors deny they’re causing Ontario’s emergency room problems

Family doctors are pushing back against claims that they are partly responsible for the woes of hospital emergency rooms across Ontario by limiting patients’ in-person appointments. Ontario Health has just released a new set of statistics showing another month of record-high wait times in the province’s emergency departments. The figures show …

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‘Open, easy to access and safer’: CTrain riders praise new open concept Victoria Park platform

With only one way on or off the platform at the Stampede/Victoria Park CTrain station, transit rider Jen Hall used to worry she’d be trapped if a fight or worse broke out. This station is now being renovated. But Chinook, Marlborough, the Zoo and many other CTrain platforms have a …

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Stolen fibreglass horse turns up in West Kelowna orchard

Harry the life-size fibreglass horse is back where he belongs, three weeks after being stolen from a saddlery store in Kelowna, B.C., by two people in a U-Haul truck.  The brown equestrian replica had been standing in front of the Diamond H Tack Shop for nearly 30 years when it was stolen …

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Zelensky says Moscow will see Canada’s decision to return turbines as ‘weakness’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is blasting the Canadian government over its decision to return to Germany natural gas turbines caught up in sanctions imposed on Russia, calling the move “absolutely unacceptable” and warning that Moscow will see it as a sign of weakness. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced Saturday that the turbines will be making their way back to Germany after the Canadian …

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Sask. cattle producers call for meat pricing investigation, transparency

Cattle producers in Saskatchewan want more transparency about who is profiting from beef sales. They say meat packers and retailers are limiting supply to drive up prices.  “We know what retail prices are and we know what our farm gate prices are,” said Garner Deobald, who farms near Hodgeville, Sask. “There’s a …

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Role of extremist groups in Capitol attack to be the focus of today’s Jan. 6 committee hearing

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered former U.S president Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some are now facing rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack to overturn the presidential election. The panel investigating …

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