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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community

B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community

VANCOUVER — The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. calls the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says that winning the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C.
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The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill

The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill

OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal plan in the fall economic update.
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'A serious situation': Manitoba evacuates provincial park, warns of deadly wildfires

'A serious situation': Manitoba evacuates provincial park, warns of deadly wildfires

LAC DU BONNET — Wildfires in eastern Manitoba prompted the government to evacuate and close another popular provincial park ahead of the long weekend, while many offered condolences to the family of a stranded couple found dead in the ashes.
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Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training

Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training

A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental.
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Poll finds most Canadians keen on tariff retaliation as Ottawa walks a different path

Poll finds most Canadians keen on tariff retaliation as Ottawa walks a different path

A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians — 67 per cent — are in favour of "dollar-for-dollar" retaliatory tariffs, and a third of them strongly endorse retaliation.
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Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her

Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her

MONTREAL — Sylvie Brosseau said she and her partner Normand Meunier dreamed of buying an adapted camper where, despite his quadriplegia, they could indulge their shared love of the outdoors, and spend time with their children and grandchildren.
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Hockey players had group chat to discuss response to sex assault allegations: witness

Hockey players had group chat to discuss response to sex assault allegations: witness

Members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team discussed what to tell Hockey Canada investigators looking into their encounter with a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room, court heard Thursday in the sexual assault trial of five players.
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths

Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths

FERGUS FALLS — U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba.
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Montreal Innu man's 'inhumane' death shows need for more homeless services: coroner

Montreal Innu man's 'inhumane' death shows need for more homeless services: coroner

MONTREAL — The death of an unhoused Innu man whose body was found inside a portable toilet in Montreal was avoidable, a Quebec coroner said Thursday, highlighting the need for additional resources to combat homelessness.
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Bloc Québécois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court

Bloc Québécois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Thursday the party plans to launch a legal challenge after losing the federal riding of Terrebonne by a single vote.
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