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COQUITLAM, B.C. — The RCMP says an investigation is underway into a reported death threat against former British Columbia cabinet minister Selina Robinson.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trash-talked BCE Inc.'s widespread layoffs Friday, calling cuts to Bell Media a "garbage decision." "I'm furious," Trudeau told reporters at a press conference in King City, Ont.

SURREY, B.C. — Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government will establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for anyone convicted of extortion.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A Toronto woman pleaded guilty Friday in an Inuit identity fraud case as charges against her twin daughters were dropped.

VANCOUVER — Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider.

WINNIPEG — The hiring of a nun to run a mobile voting poll at an Indigenous seniors' centre during Manitoba's provincial election did not violate any laws, an investigation by the province's elections commissioner has determined.

TORONTO — It may soon cost more to send letters in the mail. Canada Post is aiming to raise the cost of stamps by seven cents, to 99 cents, for stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane, which it says account for the majority of sales.

OTTAWA — Canadians are too smart to fall for Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

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EDMONTON — An Alberta government document suggests the province has made little progress in protecting its 15 threatened caribou herds, despite having signed an agreement with Ottawa that promised it would.