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Future of sitting BC United MLAs uncertain after party demise
The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad's Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign.
Opposition Leader Falcon ends BC United election campaign, backs BC Conservatives
Falcon says nominations of BC United candidates will be withdrawn to allow the Conservatives to draw from them for its election slate, less than two months before the provincial election on Oct. 19.
Family members of women killed by Winnipeg serial killer to address court
A judge convicted Jeremy Skibicki last month of first-degree murder in the 2022 slayings, which put another spotlight on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
B.C. bans cell phone use in schools and restricts protests nearby
Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices by students.
Jasper is Canada's second most costly wildfire: Insurance Bureau of Canada
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the wildfire that tore through Jasper is the second-most expensive one in Alberta's history for insured losses.
Today's cabinet focus is Canada-U.S. trade relations
Canada-U.S. relations will take centre stage today as the federal cabinet wraps up the third and final day of its annual summer retreat.
The search is on for a new Alberta Energy Regulator
The group's current president, Laurie Pushor, announced last week that he wouldn't seek a new contract after his current term expires next April.
B.C.'s Site C dam reservoir is being filled
BC Hydro says in a statement that the filling of the reservoir is one of the last steps toward starting operations for the controversial dam project, located about 14 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John, B.C.
Railway service resumes today
Traffic at Canada's two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board.
Round two of Calgary water rationing
Crews are to dig up parts of a damaged pipe and reinforce weak spots with concrete, with the job expected to last about a month.