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Homicide team probes suspicious fire where three bodies found in Langley, B.C.

Homicide team probes suspicious fire where three bodies found in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Homicide investigators say three bodies have been found in the wreckage of a burned out home in Langley, B.C., and at least one death has been ruled a homicide.
Court tells hospice society that refuses to allow assisted death to stop meeting

Court tells hospice society that refuses to allow assisted death to stop meeting

DELTA, B.C. — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has cancelled a pivotal meeting on Monday for a hospice society in Delta, B.C., that does not allow medical assistance in dying.
Police lack mental health training: former New Brunswick ombudsman

Police lack mental health training: former New Brunswick ombudsman

MIRAMICHI, N.B.
Ninety Canadian troops to leave for Ukraine as military looks to resume mission

Ninety Canadian troops to leave for Ukraine as military looks to resume mission

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart some of the many missions and exercises temporarily suspended or scaled back because of COVID-19.
Opponents mark one year since adoption of Quebec's controversial religious symbols law

Opponents mark one year since adoption of Quebec's controversial religious symbols law

MONTREAL — Opponents of Quebec's controversial secularism law vowed Sunday to keep up the fight to see it rescinded ahead of the first anniversary of its passing.
Auditors target Defence Department for poor oversight of military-spending plan

Auditors target Defence Department for poor oversight of military-spending plan

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence has been called out for assigning less than three people to monitor the rollout of the Liberal government's plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in new military equipment, troops and training.
Migrant workers hold virtual rally seeking full immigration status

Migrant workers hold virtual rally seeking full immigration status

TORONTO — A group supporting migrant workers held a virtual rally Sunday that called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and MPs to immediately extend full immigration status for all non-permanent residents.
Erin O'Toole used American call centre to contact Conservative voters

Erin O'Toole used American call centre to contact Conservative voters

OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole, running for the leadership of the federal Conservative party promising to stand up for Canadian workers, used American ones on his campaign. A U.S.
Some Montreal bar owners planning to reopen in defiance of provincial stance

Some Montreal bar owners planning to reopen in defiance of provincial stance

MONTREAL — This is usually one of Ziggy Eichenbaum's biggest-earning weekends of the year, when his pub is packed with tourists and partiers soaking up the atmosphere surrounding the Montreal Grand Prix.
Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing

Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing

OTTAWA — A new analysis of the country's stock of affordable housing suggests the Liberals' decade-long strategy to provide more of it is starting in a deeper hole than previously thought, and may be further behind once the COVID-19 pandemic passes.