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Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars from feds to grow transit

Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars from feds to grow transit

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars over the next few years and a more reliable funding model from the federal government in order to improve transit.
No government help for customers hit by N.S. fuel company's bankruptcy: premier

No government help for customers hit by N.S. fuel company's bankruptcy: premier

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says his government won’t provide financial help for customers out of pocket after a company they prepaid for furnace oil filed for bankruptcy last week.
Despite ceasefire, Toronto man says his family needs Canadian help to get out of Gaza

Despite ceasefire, Toronto man says his family needs Canadian help to get out of Gaza

MONTREAL — With one of his sons in a Gaza hospital, Toronto resident Nahed El-Khalidy said the recently announced ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is good news, though it came too late to save his daughter's life.
Ontario funding projects aimed at using hydrogen to power electricity grid

Ontario funding projects aimed at using hydrogen to power electricity grid

Ontario is putting nearly $6 million toward nine projects aimed at making use of hydrogen to power the province's electricity grid.
Aid groups say Ottawa still hampering work in Afghanistan, despite legislation

Aid groups say Ottawa still hampering work in Afghanistan, despite legislation

OTTAWA — Canadian aid groups say Ottawa hasn't cleared roadblocks that bar them from getting aid into Afghanistan, despite Parliament passing legislation this spring and allies issuing carve-outs to their own terrorism laws nearly two years ago.
Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.

Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Residents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another day to learn when they might be allowed to return to their homes.
Batman folder, Chinese diplomats and nixed charges: what the Ortis jury didn't hear

Batman folder, Chinese diplomats and nixed charges: what the Ortis jury didn't hear

OTTAWA — A jury has declared former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis guilty of disclosing secrets to targets of police interest in violation of the Security of Information Act.
Yukon finance minister tables public accounts for last fiscal year

Yukon finance minister tables public accounts for last fiscal year

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it posted a $105-million surplus in the 2022-23 fiscal year, $65 million more than it predicted.
No evidence vehicle explosion at Canada-U.S. border was terrorist activity: governor

No evidence vehicle explosion at Canada-U.S. border was terrorist activity: governor

The governor of New York state says there’s no apparent terrorism link to a car that hit a median at breakneck speed, soared through the air, crashed and exploded, killing two people Wednesday at a Canada-U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls.
Incumbent Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall wins bid for second term

Incumbent Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall wins bid for second term

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Incumbent Erin Mendenhall has won her reelection bid for mayor of Utah’s capital in a ranked-choice contest that included a challenge by Salt Lake City's former Mayor Rocky Anderson.
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