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British Columbia’s public safety minister says he is ordering an investigation into why a repeat sexual offender was released in Kelowna without the public being notified. Taylor Dueck was later arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a youth at an equestrian school in the Okanagan city. The 29-year-old was arrested …

The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades. How a national drug plan would work, why experts say it’s needed and what it might cost. The Liberal government is expected to table its …

A growing number of Canadian parents are opposed to vaccinating their children, according to a new poll, amid a resurgence in potentially deadly diseases such as measles. Experts stress importance of being immunized given spike in diseases such as measles. A growing number of Canadian parents say they are opposed …

Most of the outages are in the Montérégie and Montreal regions, followed by the Eastern Townships, Lanaudière and the Laurentians. Montérégie, Montreal regions most affected. More than 200,000 Quebecers were left in the dark and Montreal’s light-rail network was down after violent winds and heavy rain pummeled much of the …

In January, Heather Insley spent three excruciating days at Ottawa’s Montfort Hospital, watching her eldest son die. Days later, she was speaking with him on the phone. Case of mistaken identity an ’emotionally traumatic nightmare’ for Ontario family. She watched her son die at an Ottawa hospital. Then, she got …

Ottawa’s emergency preparedness minister has warned that this summer could be even worse than last year’s record-breaking wildfire season — while communities on the front lines say they need money for prevention right now. Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says this season could be worse than the last. Ottawa’s emergency preparedness …

Just before Angie Sweeney’s ex shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last October, he sent her several banking e-transfers, including one for one cent that included an abusive message. Experts say technology-based abuse is a growing threat because some abusers will go to any length to contact …

A lawyer in British Columbia has been disbarred for a second time following a tribunal hearing panel by the provincial law society. Hong Guo was first disbarred in November 2023 when a Law Society of B.C. panel said she was incapable of rehabilitating her professional conduct. On Tuesday, the society …

Back to reality, Ontario. Winter has taken over once again. The abrupt switch back to winter weather on Wednesday came after rare February thunderstorms in southern Ontario on Tuesday, with some cells even dropping some hail, putting a rare spin on the late-winter day. RELATED: Rare winter hail pelts southern …

Documents obtained by CBC News reveal which colleges and universities account for the greatest share of Canada’s steep growth in international students, and which have the most to lose from a new cap on permits to study in this country. Data obtained by CBC News reveals which colleges, universities account …