Premier David Eby is weighing a snap provincial election that could collide with British Columbia's municipal campaign, running Sept. 19 to Oct. 17. Local politicians' union president Cori Ramsay says overlapping votes would shortchange residents choosing among 3,500 local candidates.
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TORONTO — Actor Rémi Goulet was on the set of Canadian hockey movie "Major Junior" when a producer mentioned he was working on a film about the late Formula One…
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Von der Leyen wants Canada to become the EU's first "associate member," as Carney pushes deeper trade and defence ties in Strasbourg. Elsewhere: a B.C. election could collide with municipal races, Hamed Shafia faces a parole hearing, and Ikea leans on used furniture and dollar breakfasts to court squeezed shoppers.
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Sean Millington called himself a journeyman with a 50-50 shot at the Hall. He rushed for 6,086 yards, won two Grey Cups and nearly got cut in 1993 before becoming a CFL all-star by season's end.
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A West Vancouver waterfront lot is asking $16.8 million for empty land, roughly $600 a square foot, years after a 1929 heritage home there was torn down despite a last-minute protection order. The listing pitches renderings of a "Yacht House" design, but the district says no building permit has even been filed.
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B.C.'s budget bets on gas prices nearly doubling by 2026-27, but they've stayed stuck far below projections all year. Either way the math breaks badly: cheap gas means bigger revenue shortfalls, expensive gas means hundreds of millions in extra costs for households and industry, Nick Gottlieb argues.
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Ottawa is putting $880 million toward paid, four-month job placements to get young Canadians into the skilled trades before they even start an apprenticeship. The money is part of an $8-billion push that also includes a $5,000 bonus for new Red Seal tradespeople and EI top-ups for apprentices in training.
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B.C.'s rules currently ban wheelchairs and mobility scooters from bike lanes, even though advocates say many riders already use them because they're safer and smoother than sidewalks. Local governments just endorsed a push to change that law.
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Two boys allegedly abducted from Alberta in July have turned up alive at a rural B.C. property, more than two months after the search began. Their mother and her partner now face charges for violating a custody order.
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Alex Gibney's nearly four-hour documentary puts Musk in the same frame as Elizabeth Holmes and Enron's Skilling and Lay, and even builds an AI avatar of the billionaire to make its point. Musk calls it a "hit piece" and is threatening to sue; his companies won't comment.
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A Porsche's clutch died 3,000 km into an 8,000-km Arctic Ocean run, so the driver spent the rest of the trip starting it with the starter motor and shifting without a clutch. Five friends drove six aging sports cars up the Dempster Highway anyway, and every one made it home under its own power.
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Canada doesn't need new tankers or pipelines to help Europe ditch Russian energy, experts say. Swap contracts and critical minerals could do more than LNG exports ever would.
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