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VICTORIA — If the lead up to British Columbia's provincial election campaign is any indication of what’s to come, voters should expect the unexpected. It could be a wild ride to voting day on Oct. 19. The Conservative Party of B.C.

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference is scheduled to hear today from Bloc Québécois, Green and New Democratic Party officials.

MONTREAL — After years fighting against the opening of a mining project with ties to the Pentagon, Louis Saint-Hilaire is breathing a sigh of relief.

FREDERICTON — A 33-day provincial election campaign is expected to officially get started today in New Brunswick. Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs has said he plans to visit Lt.-Gov.

OTTAWA — Canada's senior public servant has invited his provincial and territorial counterparts to apply for top secret-level security clearance as a way of fostering "healthy, transparent dialogue" on foreign interference and other threats.

In a haunting message from beyond the grave, Métis Elder Sonny James MacDonald recounted being incarcerated for more than two years at an Indian Hospital in Edmonton in the 1940s for tuberculosis treatment, suffering abuse and isolation as a child.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland urged a committee of senators Wednesday not to tweak the pharmacare bill he carefully negotiated with the NDP earlier this year.

VANCOUVER — Supervised injection sites are saving the lives of drug users everyday, but the same support is not being offered to people who inhale illicit drugs, the head of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says. Dr.

OTTAWA — Canada abstained Wednesday from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.