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VICTORIA — British Columbia is looking to put the brakes on crashes into highway overpasses by imposing the highest fines and penalties in Canada. Penalties for crashes into overpasses or other highway infrastructure by commercial vehicles in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Residents in Vancouver's only legal tent encampment are wary of a city plan to force them to temporarily move while it cleans up the site, an advocate said.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday tabled his sixth budget, with big spending increases for health and education. Here are some highlights. - Deficit of $11 billion, which includes a $1.5-billion contingency reserve and a $2.

QUEBEC — A stagnant economy, a historic forest fire season and billions of dollars in public sector wage increases are what Quebec’s finance minister says have led to one of the biggest budget deficits in the province’s history.

SASKATOON — An investigation into the statutory release of a man months before he went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has made 14 recommendations, including more time for parole board members to handle cases and domestic violence training for

OTTAWA — Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government when disaster strikes.

OTTAWA — The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021.

VANCOUVER — It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a "bump on the sea floor" where the fish liked to be and led to the discovery of Canada's only known live coral reef.

CALGARY — A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator. "It was terrible.

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