Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – The Liberal minority government’s first real test comes today as MPs are scheduled to vote on the government’s throne speech.The Liberals lost a vote Monday evening when opposition members successfully amended the speech to call on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the summer.

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VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats’ confidence agreement with the Green Party.The assessment is being co-ordinated by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the two-member Green caucus.

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Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants the remaining 400 or so birds killed. Here’s the situation:

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