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New education program to combine learning, housing and health for N.W.T. youth
18 Feb 2026
The Home Base Stabilization Education Program will be delivered at Home Base Yellowknife with two teachers, one from Yellowknife Education District No. 1 and one from Yellowknife Catholic Schools, and will be able to serve 12 students come September.
Whitehorse man to serve house arrest for 2024 convenience store robbery, police chase
18 Feb 2026
Kody Smith pleaded guilty last year to charges related to a convenience store robbery in Porter Creek in May 2024. He has been sentenced to 23 months of house arrest for the crimes.
Wakeham doubles down on paying special advisor with MCP, points to separate pool of funds
18 Feb 2026
Premier Tony Wakeham is doubling down on his decision to pay one of his political staffers with money earmarked for Newfoundland and Labrador's medical care plan (MCP).
Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson slams Nova Scotia's Whale Sanctuary Project
18 Feb 2026
A bid by a U.S.-based group to bring two captive killer whales from France to a proposed seaside refuge in Nova Scotia is facing fresh criticism from a well-known but polarizing anti-whaling campaigner.
Halifax man charged after ramming RCMP vehicle
18 Feb 2026
A 48-year-old Halifax man faces five charges including impaired and dangerous.
Bureaucratic catch-22 creating headache for first-time P.E.I. cabinet minister
18 Feb 2026
Prince Edward Island's Conflict of Interest Act requires cabinet ministers to place their business assets into a trust, but the federal government requires a fishing licence to stay in its owners name.
20% dip in home sales on P.E.I. in January no cause for alarm, experts say
18 Feb 2026
Numbers from the Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association show 88 homes sold last month, down 20.7 per cent compared to the 111 sold in January of last year. The numbers also show a 12.5 per cent
Owner wants to sell P.E.I. mobile home park to residents for $12,500 per site
18 Feb 2026
Residents of the Letterlink Estates mobile home park in Summerside are being asked to decide if they want to buy the park from its owner. If they don't all say yes, the owner says he’ll put the park up for sale. CBC’s Delaney Kelly has more.
Who is Charles Milliard, the new leader of Quebec’s Liberal Party?
18 Feb 2026
Charles Milliard won the Quebec Liberal Party leadership by acclamation. He replaces Pablo Rodriguez — who resigned after a rocky few months — and he’s promising to regain Quebecers’ trust in the party.
Quebec man charged in killing of ex-partner in the Montérégie
18 Feb 2026
Quebec provincial police say a man has been charged in the slaying of Véronic Champagne last month.
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