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Klahoose ancestors journey home

For First Nations, repatriation is not some dusty word associated with museum bureaucracy, it is fundamental to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, says Jodi Simkin, president of the BC Museums Association (BCMA).

Saskatchewan sets up nuclear secretariat to plan for reactors

The province is moving forward with a framework to deploy small modular reactors in Saskatchewan. The primary mandate of the nuclear secretariat is the development and execution of a strategic plan for the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), said Environment Minister Dustin Duncan on Wednesday.

B.C. allows more openings, Horgan warns to celebrate carefully

British Columbia's success at flattening the curve on COVID-19 will allow the easing of more restrictions on businesses, recreation and travel, says Premier John Horgan, who urged people to celebrate carefully when visiting a lake or the beach.

Trudeau faces pressure to give in to 'hostage diplomacy' with China

Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is facing contradictory calls to either stand up to China or give in to so-called "hostage diplomacy" — with particular pressure coming from stalwarts of former Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien's administration.

Charges dropped against Alberta chief in violent RCMP arrest

Charges were dropped against a prominent northern Alberta First Nations chief on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, as it was revealed that one of the officers involved in his violent arrest had been charged in an off-duty assault seven months earlier.

'Salmon cannon' up and running to help fish past B.C. landslide

A pump system dubbed the salmon cannon is up and running along a remote stretch of British Columbia's Fraser River in order to help fish move past a massive landslide.

Canadians can be exempt from new U.S. visa restrictions, immigration lawyers' group says

New restrictions on visas for workers entering the United States don't apply to Canadians who don't plan on living south of the border permanently, says the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in Greater Vancouver area

More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week after a tree with several nests fell in the Greater Vancouver area.