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B.C. conditions are magic for mushrooms in bumper season for fungi, tasty and toxic

B.C. conditions are magic for mushrooms in bumper season for fungi, tasty and toxic

VANCOUVER — Mushrooms large and small, tasty and toxic, are popping up across British Columbia this year in what experts say is a bumper season for fungi. B.C.
Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man

Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man

Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a British Columbia man who uses a wheelchair, after he was forced to drag himself off a flight in Las Vegas this summer.
Alberta would need to negotiate international agreements if it quits CPP: Freeland

Alberta would need to negotiate international agreements if it quits CPP: Freeland

OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says if Alberta were to quit the Canada Pension Plan it would require a "complex and multi-year process" of negotiating international social security agreements to deal with contributors who work ab
Safe supply supporters march after arrests of Vancouver drug activists

Safe supply supporters march after arrests of Vancouver drug activists

VANCOUVER — Activist and podcaster Garth Mullins has been advocating for safe supply of illegal drugs for years, but says he started feeling a "moral panic brewing" recently against the idea.
Turpel-Lafond removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous identity discredited

Turpel-Lafond removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous identity discredited

OTTAWA — Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge whose claims to Indigenous identity have been discredited, is no longer a member of the Order of Canada.
Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional.
Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.
Man grabbed officer's gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog

Man grabbed officer's gun before deadly shooting in Saskatchewan: police watchdog

ESTEVAN, Sask. — Saskatchewan's police watchdog says a 19-year-old man grabbed an officer's gun while he was getting his arrest photo taken, and an officer was shot and wounded.
Canadian government tells people stuck in Gaza they could leave 'as early as Sunday'

Canadian government tells people stuck in Gaza they could leave 'as early as Sunday'

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada has informed Canadians trapped in the Gaza Strip that they could be allowed out "as early as Sunday," as people with loved ones in the besieged Palestinian territory voiced frustration that Canadians remained off the ev
McGill says Quebec tuition hike threatens future of Schulich School of Music

McGill says Quebec tuition hike threatens future of Schulich School of Music

MONTREAL — McGill Symphony Orchestra artistic director and conductor Alexis Hauser says he's bracing for "catastrophe" if Quebec's plan to nearly double tuition for out-of-province students comes to fruition next fall.