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OTTAWA — Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted.

Mounties in British Columbia issued a warning Friday about a recent increase in "sextortion," saying police have received a "large number" of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting children and youth.

EDMONTON — A judge has sentenced an Alberta man who killed two Métis hunters to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years.

VANCOUVER — A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution.

Some Canadian tourists in Mexico remained holed up in their hotel Friday while others saw calm return after the arrest of an alleged major drug cartel leader that led to violence in parts of the country.

VANCOUVER — As the number of patients in British Columbia hospitals spikes, with the typical post-holiday surge still to come, the province's health minister said it will reactivate 20 emergency operation centres initially set up to deal with COVID-1

The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines.

OTTAWA — A lawyer for citizens detained in northern Syria who want to return to Canada says the federal government will continue to create obstacles and reverse decisions unless it is ordered to bring them home.

TORONTO — Some of Canada's largest police associations pledged Friday to work to end what they called an "unacceptable wave of violence" following the killings of five police officers in four months.