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A recent poll suggests at least some people in Saskatchewan think separating from Canada would be a good idea, and Alberta’s premier referred this summer to a “truly profound sense of alienation.” But Western Canada has long had a segment of the population calling for separation and pointing to alienation …

British Columbia wants a say in the federal government’s proposed $900 million class action lawsuit settlement with hundreds of current and former members of the Canadian military who allege they were the victims of rampant sexual misconduct. The province’s attorney general has written to the Federal Court asking for standing …

This is a page from Philip Henry Gosse’s Entomologia Terrae Novae.(Francesca Swan/CBC) It hasn’t been seen in Newfoundland since 1835. Full of exquisite illustrations by a visiting amateur naturalist, Entomologia Terrae Novae was Phillip Henry Gosse’s attempt to chronicle the insect life of Newfoundland. “He came from England to Carbonear …

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a re-elected Liberal government would ban semi-automatic assault weapons and enable municipalities to restrict or prohibit handguns. Trudeau made the announcement in Toronto’s Greektown, the site of a deadly gun rampage last summer. Faisal Hussain walked through the Danforth neighbourhood on July 22, 2018, shooting …

Bovena Tucker is sick with worry, having not heard from her husband and three adult children since Hurricane Dorian struck their home in the Bahamas three weeks ago. Tucker is living with her three youngest children and her friend Natalie Poirier in a sparse three-bedroom duplex in Moncton’s west end. …

Peeling paint has plagued some Toyota owners, and now the automaker says it will do something about it. But just what it will do is not yet clear. Toyota Canada told CBC News this week it plans to follow the lead of Toyota USA, which is offering a “voluntary customer …

Nineteen years after the Philippines was declared by the World Health Organization polio-free in 2000, the Department of Health on Thursday confirmed the disease was reemerging in the country. UNWANTED RETURNEE. This file photo, taken on Feb. 2, 2002, shows a health worker administering oral polio vaccines to an infant …

Chinese drug lords detained at the New Bilibid Prison “remotely manage the entire drug trade in the country,” the former chief of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said Thursday. IN AID OF LEGISLATION. Former CIDG director and current Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong testifies at the Senate …

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) officially released the name of board passers in which 4,006 out of 4,716 passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by theBoard of Medicinein the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu, and Davaothis September 2019.The result of examination with respect to one examinee was withheld pending final …

‘Seniorpreneurs’ are part of a quickly growing group of older Canadians who are choosing to work beyond the traditional retirement age of 65 — some as a financial necessity, others because they simply aren’t ready to call it quits. A pilot program specifically designed for senior entrepreneurs in Oshawa, Ont., …