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5 provinces sign health deal but specific targets, timelines still to come
All five provinces must still come up with specific plans showing how they will spend it
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Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault
Sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction
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Ian Moss out as Gymnastics Canada CEO after athletes call for his resignation
‘We have to do due diligence in terms of facts to simple as that’
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Nurse practitioners in B.C. can now assess crisis patients for involuntary admissions
Province expects move will reduce pressures on ERs, help people get faster treatment
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No foreign interference report more than one year after Liberal government re-elected
The Privy Council Office said the report ‘will be publicly available in due course’
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Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say
Just three of the tiny owls are known to be in the wild in B.C.
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Canada to introduce open work permit for Iranians, simplify process to stay
Federal government will waive processing fees for Iranians wishing to stay
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Media advocate calls Google’s move to block news content disrespectful to Canadians
Google blocking small group of users in a five-week test run response to federal online bill
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B.C. study links killer whale decline to lack of energy-rich fatty salmon
UBC scientists find that all salmon are not created equal when it comes to being a food source
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High Court won’t hear appeal from media outlet in Jake Virtanen sex assault case
Glacier Media appealed trial judge approval of a defence application for details of media interview
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