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B.C. Premier Eby bemoans ‘chaos’ and ‘confusion’ as U.S. tariff threat looms
By Marcy Nicholson As economists met British Columbia’s Finance Minister Brenda Bailey around a Vancouver hotel conference table and online on Friday, one announced news fresh to hand, sending a ...
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2 Navajo men and a business partner are indicted for illegal marijuana grow operations
A federal grand jury has indicted a Navajo man, his father and a business partner on charges that they were running illegal marijuana growing operations in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation to ...
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‘Here we are again’: Death row Canadian waits as Montana looks at resuming executions
By Bill Graveland The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty as state legislators try again to remove obstacles to resuming ...
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Frederick Blake Jr. was sworn in as Grand Chief of the Gwich’in Tribal Council at a ...
The ceremony went ahead even as the tribal council’s board of directors said earlier on Friday it would appeal this month’s N.W.T. Supreme Court decision that declared Blake the winner of last year’s ...
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Squamish Nation reveals ambitious land use plans in North Vancouver, Squamish
By Abby Luciano, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, North Shore News Correction: This story has been amended to update incorrect information. A previous version stated that the Squamish Nation plan ...
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With families ‘beyond their breaking point,’ watchdog calls on ‘B.C.’ to support ...
By Amy Romer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews The province’s Representative of Children and Youth (RCY) says “B.C.” must do more to assist 83,000 young people with disabilities who ...
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SNEC reviewing education funds
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) will review Education funding for community members. SNEC passed a motion to receive funding amendments for 2024-2025 from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) at its ...
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What the looming federal election could mean for the Bank of Canada’s independence
By Andrew Allison The Conversation The independence of central banks from the democratic process has been a bedrock of economic policy for decades. The Bank of Canada is no exception, maintaining ...
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‘Staggering’ number of families struggle in B.C.’s system for disabled kids: advocate
British Columbia’s children’s representative says the province is at a “threshold moment” for fixing an underfunded and fragmented system of supports for children with disabilities that is almost ...
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Parks Canada says eradicating zebra mussels in Manitoba park is ‘not feasible’
CP-Zebra mussels appear to be here to stay in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, a popular boating destination for summer tourists. Parks Canada says hundreds of live juvenile zebra mussels ...
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UBC students team up with Lil’wat for Sea to Sky forestry research
By Luke Faulks, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Twenty-one students with the University of British Columbia’s Master of Sustainable Forest Management (MSFM) program visited the Sea to Sky in ...
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Man missing from residential care facility charged with impaired driving
SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND-A 69-year-old Ohsweken man is facing impaired driving charges after police conducted a traffic stop ...