April 28th, 2025

National News

Justin Trudeau’s own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics

By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 12th, 2025

OTTAWA – “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official ... Read More »

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Booze-free ‘liquor’ stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall

By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025

VANCOUVER – Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen’s liquor store on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila – so long as you don’t want any actual liquor. Hansen’s “alcohol free liquor store” Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipating a “boom” for ... Read More »

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