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Vancouver magic mushroom stores raided by police are reopening

Vancouver magic mushroom stores raided by police are reopening

VANCOUVER — One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this week has already reopened, and the owner says his other two are restocking and will be back in business on Friday.
Judge gives Saskatoon mother conditional sentence for abduction, forgery

Judge gives Saskatoon mother conditional sentence for abduction, forgery

SASKATOON — A woman accused of faking her death and that of her child before they crossed the border into the United States has been given a one-year conditional sentence that she can serve in the community.
'He was a good man': Family of First Nations man question Winnipeg in-custody death

'He was a good man': Family of First Nations man question Winnipeg in-custody death

WINNIPEG — Loved ones of a First Nations man who died in police custody say officers failed to help him when he needed it most.
NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources

NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources

OTTAWA — The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election, NDP House Leader Peter Julian said Thursday.
Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized': corrections watchdog

Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized': corrections watchdog

OTTAWA — The federal prison watchdog says there are still too many Indigenous people behind bars in Canada.
Defunding CBC would be 'devastating' to news in rural Canada, network president warns

Defunding CBC would be 'devastating' to news in rural Canada, network president warns

OTTAWA — The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says

Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says

MONTREAL — A Quebec research institute says some of Canada's biggest companies have transferred billions of dollars in profits to Luxembourg to avoid paying domestic taxes.
Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada asked him Thursday to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave's border crossing with Egypt.
Minister intervenes in deportation of man facing death sentence in Egypt

Minister intervenes in deportation of man facing death sentence in Egypt

OTTAWA — A Montreal man who was set to be deported from Canada to Egypt, where he faces a death sentence, was given a last-minute reprieve Wednesday as the federal immigration minister intervened in his case and prevented his removal. Dr.
RCMP official accused of leaks was acting on secret info from foreign agency: defence

RCMP official accused of leaks was acting on secret info from foreign agency: defence

OTTAWA — A lawyer for Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking classified material, says Ortis was acting largely on secret information passed to him by a foreign agency.