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Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's Skytrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

The killing of George Floyd unleashed a global storm, and now multiple cities are preparing for the fallout from the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. Windows are being boarded up, the National Guard has been deployed and police officers are being ordered to cancel holidays in anticipation of the verdict.

A Quebec Superior Court judge will issue a ruling later this morning on whether the province's controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the rest of the country.

Veterans Affairs conducted an internal review into the circumstances leading up to the day an Afghanistan veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder shot his family and himself — but never shared the existence of that review or its findings with the ongoing provincial fatality inquiry that seeks to prevent future deaths.

Defence contractors, perhaps one in particular, were served notice in Monday's budget that the Liberal government will penalize companies that try to do the country economic harm. The policy was a feature of a nasty trade dispute between Ottawa and U.S.-based Boeing over three years ago. Its resurrection comes as Boeing is one of the bidders for the replacement of the RCAF's fighters.