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GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — A former medical health officer has been found guilty in Alberta of sexual assault and sexual interference of a child. Dr. Albert de Villiers, 54, appeared in court Tuesday via video from his home in Kelowna, B.C.

The Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy said Tuesday that the number of insolvencies filed by Canadian companies in 2022 was up 37.2 per cent compared with 2021 — and at least one business organization predicts that figure will keep growing.

OTTAWA — Canada's first commissioner of Indigenous languages said Mondayhe hopes to have his office fully operational by the summer — about two years after it was first announced.

VANCOUVER — A leader with the First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C. says collaboration, not politics, will be the only thing that saves dwindling Pacific salmon populations. Jordan Point says salmon runs in B.C. are collapsing and extinction is not an option. 

OTTAWA — Two of Canada's former envoys to China say Ottawa is enabling foreign interference on Canadian soil by not launching a registry to track those acting on behalf of other countries.

OTTAWA — One-third of Canadian households say their financial situation has worsened over the last year, with families in lower income brackets more likely to report being worse off, a new poll suggests.

Wildfire risk reduction work continues in Jasper National Park. Crews have picked up where they left off last year on an extended project to establish further protections to the community with fireguard work near the base of Signal Mountain.

MONTREAL — News that the City of New York is providing free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada highlights an urgent need to address the situation at the border, Quebec's immigration minister said Monday.

CALGARY — Canadians now believe they need $1.7 million in savings in order to retire, a 20 per cent increase from 2020, according to a new BMO survey.