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Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge

Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge

VANCOUVER — The doctor who led a legal challenge over a patient’s right to pay for private medical care says a decision by Canada's top court not to hear an appeal means long wait times have been "forcibly embedded" into the medicare system. Dr.
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Back on Vancouver's Hastings Street with no tent, no mattress and nowhere to go

Back on Vancouver's Hastings Street with no tent, no mattress and nowhere to go

VANCOUVER — William James left his tent with his bedroll, his clothes, and his foam mattress on Hastings Street Wednesday morning to visit a friend in Surrey, but when he returned in the afternoon it was all gone.
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Quebec ice storm: More than one million customers without power, man crushed by tree

Quebec ice storm: More than one million customers without power, man crushed by tree

MONTREAL — Hydro crews in Quebec worked on Thursday to restore power ahead of the Easter long weekend after a fierce ice storm left more than one million customers in the dark and led to the death of a man who was crushed by a tree.
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Thirty per cent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant: Internal report

Thirty per cent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant: Internal report

OTTAWA — A new internal report by the Department of National Defence is casting a spotlight on a persistent problem undermining efforts to replace Canada's aging military equipment: a critical shortage of procurement experts.
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New details of Johnston mandate emerge as MPs allege obstruction on foreign meddling

New details of Johnston mandate emerge as MPs allege obstruction on foreign meddling

OTTAWA — More details have come to public light about the mandate and remuneration for former governor general David Johnston, whom Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed to investigate allegations of foreign interference in the last two federal elections
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Alberta premier says politicians cannot talk to accused, but her call was OK

Alberta premier says politicians cannot talk to accused, but her call was OK

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says members of the Alberta legislature, including cabinet ministers, are not free to talk to accused people about their criminal court cases but her call to a man facing charges was OK.
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AFN seeks more time to develop plan implementing UN declaration on Indigenous rights

AFN seeks more time to develop plan implementing UN declaration on Indigenous rights

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution on Thursday calling for more time to finalize a plan on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Ranchers can rejig to avoid U.K. trade spat, bilateral deal gives edge over EU: envoy

Ranchers can rejig to avoid U.K. trade spat, bilateral deal gives edge over EU: envoy

OTTAWA — Britain's envoy to Ottawa suggests that an uproar in the Prairies over expanded trade agreements could be overcome if ranchers rejig their use of hormones — and she says an additional bilateral deal between Canada and London would give both
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Search suspended for man linked to dead migrants, police say efforts exhausted

Search suspended for man linked to dead migrants, police say efforts exhausted

MONTREAL — Akwesasne Mohawk police say are suspending the organized search of local waterways for a man linked to the eight migrants whose bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week.
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In The News for April 6 : How did Canada's job market fare last month?

In The News for April 6 : How did Canada's job market fare last month?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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