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Toronto Councillor Parthi Kandavel Files for Re-Election While Under OPP Investigation
The nomination papers were filed quietly, on a Friday — a routine administrative act that carries anything but routine weight. Parthi Kandavel, the first-term...
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Alberta’s New Integrated ID Cards Are Creating Long Lines and Leaving Some Residents Behind
The rollout has been anything but smooth.
Since July 2, when Alberta began issuing its new integrated driver's licences and identification cards — documents that...
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Ontario Byelections Put Doug Ford’s Political Standing to the Test
Ontario Premier Doug Ford faces an imminent electoral reckoning. Three provincial byelections are set to measure whether his government's public support remains as solid...
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Two Storms in One Week Leave St. Catharines Flooded, Grieving, and Without Provincial or Federal Aid
St. Catharines is in shock. Within the span of ten days, three extraordinary rainstorms have battered this Niagara-region city, overwhelming its infrastructure, gutting basements,...
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CentreBC Wants to Redraw the Province’s Political Map — but the System May Not Let It
British Columbia's political centre is restless. Former premier Christy Clark has declared that the province's voters face a grim binary: what she calls "the...
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‘Everything Was Orange’: B.C. Wildfire Forces Evacuations in North Okanagan as Structures Lost
A Fast-Moving Threat
The Bradley Creek wildfire tore through B.C.'s north Okanagan this weekend with terrifying speed. Driven by winds reaching 115 km/h at elevation,...
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Toronto Man Charged With Hate-Motivated Threats Against Muslim Community Member in Scarborough
A 37-year-old Toronto man has been charged with uttering threats and intimidation following an alleged hate-motivated incident in Scarborough, after police say he sent...
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Ontario Wildfires: Cautious Progress as First Nations Demand Public Inquiry
The Ontario government is describing the province's wildfire situation as moving in a "reassuring direction," with 80 fires extinguished over the past two weeks...