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    For many in B.C. finding a rental has become a full-time job, competition is fierce

    In 2018, teen brothers Hudson and Jackson Forsyth-Beck started growing veggies in the front yard of their rental home in Squamish, B.C., selling pickles.That turned into a busy farm stand over the years.But now, their family is facing eviction. Their father Robert Forsyth posted a video in a Facebook group appealing for help to find a home — and freezer space — to save about 10,000 pounds of produce, pies and preserves."If anybody has any solutions, maybe options," he said in a post on Feb. 25.T

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    University of Windsor symposium hopes to 'open the door' on the conversation about slurs

    A three-day symposium at the University of Windsor is aimed at opening up the discussion about slurs aimed at different communities."How do you open the door to this conversation because it's always something that's spoken about behind closed doors," said Marium Tolson-Murtty, the school's director of anti-racism organizational change. The symposium is taking place during the university's equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization week and will explore slurs as they relate to "substance use

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    As former prime minister Mulroney lies in state, public tributes in Ottawa begin

    OTTAWA — Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill this morning. Dignitaries including the Governor General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to offer their condolences to the Mulroney family. His wife and children sat in the House of Commons gallery Monday to hear glowing tributes and funny storie

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    Farmers are worried about their future — and say Quebec needs to invest more

    Julie Bissonnette says she doesn't even count her work hours anymore.Running a dairy farm with her husband in L'Avenir, Que., 180 kilometres southwest of Quebec City, the chair of Quebec's federation for young farmers has been working a part-time job for the past six years to make ends meet."That's the same situation for 44 per cent of the young farmers," said Bissonnette. "It's not because we want to work outside, it's because we need this money."Bissonnette says the rising cost of living and t

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    B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs

    VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office has conducted reports on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of the prescribed safer-supply implementation. The safer-supply program has generated criticism since its implementation, including from federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a

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    Belle River residents receiving new postal codes as the community grows

    Residents in Belle River will be getting new postal codes, a move Canada Post says is being made because of the community's growth. But some residents say they're not looking forward to the change. Canada Post announced the change from a the single N0R 1A0 code used for the entire Belle River delivery area to a series of postal codes that align with their typical postal code distribution. Residents received noticed in the mail last week advising them of the change. Canada Post told CBC News the

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    Alberta health minister says 'proper procedures' were followed for patient taken to hotel instead of care home

    Alberta's minister of health is defending the province's health authority after a senior with high care needs who had been expecting to be moved to a care home was instead taken to a hotel.Minister Adriana LaGrange said she was "very concerned" when asked about an exclusive CBC News story that detailed how Blair Canniff, 62, was taken to a hotel south of Edmonton after spending months in the Royal Alexandra Hospital, as he recovered from a stroke.Canniff uses a wheelchair and is paralyzed on his

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