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According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian troops are practising conditional missile launches in new directions.

Source: Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motyzyanyk at a briefing at the "Ukraine-Ukrinform" media centre on 20 May

Quote: "The aggressor is setting new boundaries for the launches of missiles on the territory of our state. As it became known to our intelligence service, the Russian crew of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers worked out conditional launches of missiles from the airspace of the northern part of the temporarily occupied Crimea."

OTTAWA — Sven Spengemann has resigned as the Liberal member of Parliament for Mississauga-Lakeshore. In a statement Wednesday, Spengemann says he is stepping down to once again serve with the United Nations. He says will start his new job on May 28 and will have more to say later about what he will be doing. Spengemann was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019 and last September. He has served as chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Interna

VICTORIA — British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals. Premier John Horgan says the "broken system" of fossil-fuel subsidies doesn't fit with his government's climate goals or ensure people benefit from the resources. Horgan says the province will eliminate the deep well royalty program, which is the largest oil and gas subsidy, while the minimum royalty rate

Not much defence was played in the Calgary Flames' 9-6 win over the Edmonton Oilers to start their best-of-seven playoff series. Matthew Tkachuk led the Flames with a hat trick in the goal-fest. Calgary led by four goals twice, but the Oilers tied it up early in the third.

OTTAWA — Ed Fast is no longer the Conservative finance critic, interim party leader Candice Bergen says. Bergen said in a statement late Wednesday that Fast informed her he will be "stepping away from his duties." "Ed has publicly stated his support for one of the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership candidates and would like to be able to offer more dedicated support to that team," Bergen said. Fast is co-chairing the leadership campaign of former Quebec premier Jean Charest. On Wednesday

Toronto residents gathered downtown on Thursday night to remember the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. and to call for action against anti-Black hate. Speakers at the vigil in Nathan Phillips Square urged all three levels of governments to take the issue of hate seriously. The vigil was organized by 21 Black-led organizations. Ten people were killed and three others were wounded in the shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in a predominantly Black neighbourhood on Saturday. All but two

MOORESTOWN, N.J. (AP) — More than half a billion dollars in federal and state funds will go to nearly 30 water systems in New Jersey, serving about 6 million residents, or about two-thirds of the state's population, officials said Friday. The combined federal and state funding of $588 million in low-interest loans will cover an array of projects: In Newark, the state's biggest city, some $25 million will go toward lead service line replacement; in suburban Philadelphia's Moorestown at the North

Quick relief for spiking food prices likely isn't in the cards for British Columbians, experts say, as inflation reaches new heights in Canada. The cost of living continues to rise at the fastest pace in decades in the country, with the official inflation rate rising at a 6.8 per cent annual pace in April, a new 31-year high. For B.C. specifically, the rate of increase was slightly lower at 6.7 per cent. Food prices nationally have also risen by 9.7 per cent in the past year according to Statist

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KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian state prosecutor asked a court on Thursday to sentence a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian tank commander, asked widow Kateryna Shelipova to forgive him for the murder of her husband, Oleksandr, in the northeast Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on Feb. 28. Oleksandr Shelipov's killing was one of what Ukraine and Western nations say is a far wider picture: Ukraine has accused Russia of atrocities and brutality against civilians during the invasion and said it has identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes.

Let's say you have a friend come visit your Northern Hills neighbourhood for a couple days, and you take them on a long long walk all over the place. What kind of stories would you tell about the people and the place? How would you share what works, what doesn't? What things drive you nuts, or would you swear you could never live without? Seriously. We want to know about Northern Hills: the funny stories, quirky ones and the sad ones. Your personal history here and the little things you notice a

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed a commercial poultry farm in Abbotsford has tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus. It marks the first case of avian flu detected in the Fraser Valley, where 80 per cent of British Columbia's poultry farms are located. The infected premises have been placed under quarantine by the CFIA and the ministry has notified producers within a 10-kilometre radius, the government said Thursday in a statement. Previous ou

MONTREAL — Quebec authorities share blame with the owners of a private Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 residents died during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's coroner said Thursday. The owners of the home, the Quebec government and a Montreal health authority "passed the ball around" while vulnerable people died alone, coroner Géhane Kamel told reporters. "There were a lot of emails that were sent, but during that time, people died," Kamel said. "There were peopl

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by President Joe Biden’s administration to lift the restrictions next Monday. Migrants have been expelled more than 1.9 million times since March 2020 under federal Title 42 authority. The provision denies migrants a chance to request asylum under U.S. law and international treaty on grounds of preventing the

CALGARY — Gasoline prices in Canada have declined slightly just before the May long weekend, but it's still expected to be a pricey summer at the pumps. As of midday Friday, the average retail price at the pump across Canada was $1.99 per litre, according to fuel price tracking service GasBuddy.com. That makes it the first day that the Canadian average gas price has dropped back below $2 since first hitting that all-time record milestone on Tuesday of this week. But while drivers with Victoria D

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Nova Scotia is reporting 24 more COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly update, a tie for the most deaths ever reported in the province in a single week. The province also reported a daily average of 359 people testing positive from PCR tests — down slightly from last week. Of the 24 deaths reported in the seven-day period ending May 16, 22 people (91.7 per cent) were 70 or older. The age range for the other two deaths is 50 to 59. The province noted nine of the people who died lived in long-term

In November 2022, historic flooding devastated communities in the interior and Fraser Valley regions of British Columbia. To mark the six-month anniversary, CBC held a special live broadcast in Abbotsford to share the stories of people still trying to rebuild. This story is part of our series, "Six Months Later." Cherylle Douglas returned to her mobile home park in Merritt, B.C., several months after it was hit by floods from the nearby Coldwater River, but she says the homecoming wasn't all tha

Some residents in northwest Calgary are feeling uneasy about coyotes after reports of at least one dog being bit, daily sightings and some tense moments walking in the area. The University of Calgary has closed a green space known as the West Ponds area, tucked behind the Alberta Children's Hospital, in the hopes that coyotes moving their pups nearby will finish up without conflict. Some residents say they wish the university would do more to communicate. Neighbours started a WhatsApp group to a

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