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Groups seeking to suspend Quebec secularism law granted leave to appeal
Quebec's highest court agreed on Thursday, August 1, 2019, to hear an appeal on behalf of groups seeking to suspend the central parts of the province's secularism law.
No timeline for opening of natural passage for salmon bottleneck on Fraser River
Officials say they're working as quickly as possible but can't determine if they're on track to create a natural passage at the site of a Fraser River landslide that would allow salmon to reach their spawning grounds.
Saskatchewan wants Supreme Court to push back carbon tax appeal
The Saskatchewan government is applying to have its Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the federal carbon tax pushed back.
Friends, co-workers mourn 4 members of same family found dead in Markham, Ont.
The four people found dead in a Markham, Ont., home over the weekend came from three generations of what appeared to be a happy family, friends said on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as they mourned the victims of what police called a quadruple homicide.
Latest round in northern Manitoba hunt for B.C. murder suspects proves fruitless
A massive police manhunt for two British Columbia homicide suspects has ended without success in a remote northern Manitoba Indigenous community.
Nova Scotia Nature Trust acquires large parcel of coastal land in Cape Breton
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says it has acquired the largest parcel of coastal land for conservation in its 25-year history.
Warning about marijuana dangers from SPCA after puppy named Bear overdoses
The British Columbia SPCA is warning dog owners about the dangers of recreational marijuana to their pets now that it's legal.
'There is no Oka crisis 2.0,' Kanesatake chief says as land dispute simmers
Kanesatake's grand chief said on Monday, July 29, 2019, that his people are not heading towards a second Oka crisis, despite tensions over a land dispute and a highly publicized war of words with the mayor of the nearby Quebec town.
Inquiry into Glen Assoun wrongful conviction should be led by Nova Scotia: Lametti
The federal justice minister says it is up to the Nova Scotia government to initiate a public inquiry into the case of a Halifax man who was wrongfully convicted of murdering his former girlfriend.
Liberal government runs $1.4B budgetary deficit in first two months of 2019-20
A new preliminary estimate says the federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.4 billion through the first two months of the current fiscal year.