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Participants were recruited from 22 homeless shelters across the B.C. Lower Mainland.

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Eddie Head felt a deep pull toward his Saskatchewan First Nation as it was enveloped in devastation. He had been a community leader for decades for James Smith Cree Nation and served a term as chief.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, and young people are more likely to say their finances are in poor shape.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Crown attorney says the motives behind a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C.

GOLD BRIDGE, B.C. — About 160 firefighters battling a blaze in British Columbia's Interior have pulled out of their camp after they were subjected to what the BC Wildfire Service calls "persistent bear activity.

YELLOWKNIFE — Fire activity along a key Northwest Territories highway is expected to kick up in the coming days, while Mounties say they'll stop a potentially large group from trying to re-enter when an evacuation order is still in effect.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is broadening its pushback against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.

OTTAWA — The federal government needs to issue another $500 benefit payment for low-income families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. Singh was in Sooke, B.C.

Pandemic-era public health charges have been dropped against an Edmonton-area pastor and church, as well as a central Alberta man who hosted a rodeo in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.