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ICBC applies to regulator for two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says the provincial auto insurer is applying for a two-year rate freeze on basic auto insurance to help alleviate some of the high cost-of-living pressures on British Col...
Dec 12, 2022
Former CFL head coach John Gregory dies at the age of 84
TORONTO - John Gregory, who guided the Saskatchewan Roughriders to their second Grey Cup title in 1989, has died. He was 84. The cause of death wasn't immediately known. The Iowa Barnstormers, an Aren...
Dec 12, 2022
Bank of Canada governor warns geopolitical trends could make inflation fight harder
VANCOUVER - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the bank was surprised this year how the combination of large supply chain shocks and an overheated economy would play out on inflation. He says R...
Dec 12, 2022
Ottawa police cut email access over fears info would leak during 'Freedom Convoy'
OTTAWA, Ill. - Police in Ottawa were so worried about leaks from "Freedom Convoy" sympathizers that they shut off the email accounts of members on leave from the force as a precaution during protests ...
Dec 12, 2022
Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr dies after long illness
OTTAWA - Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period ...
Dec 12, 2022
Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site
SURREY, B.C. - The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in Febr...
Dec 12, 2022
Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site
SURREY, B.C. - The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in Febr...
Dec 12, 2022
Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants
OTTAWA - Public servants are voicing their disapproval for an impending mandate to return to the office. To date, government departments have been making their own decisions about remote and hybrid wo...
Dec 12, 2022
BC Children's prepared to double-bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
VANCOUVER - BC Children's Hospital has approved double-bunking patients in single-occupancy rooms as it tries to cope with an influx of patients with respiratory illnesses. A memo obtained by The Cana...
Dec 12, 2022
More 'sustainable' funding needed to revitalize Indigenous languages, committee hears
OTTAWA - Witnesses testifying at a parliamentary committee say that if the federal government is serious about revitalizing Indigenous languages, it must provide better funding. Several speakers appea...
Dec 12, 2022
