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B.C.'s projected deficit grows to $6.7 billion for 2023-2024 fiscal year
VICTORIA - Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have forced a $2.5-billion addition of British Columbia's projected deficit for this fiscal year, boosting it to $6.7 billion. T...
Sep 27, 2023
Changes for downtown parking in Meadow Lake being discussed
The City of Meadow Lake is discussing whether it should change its downtown parking policy.Right now, people can pay to use a spot for two hours, while those who receive a fine have 96 hours to pay an...
Sep 27, 2023
Forestry contractors on helicopter that crashed, killing 2 near Prince George, B.C.
VANCOUVER - Forest products firm Canfor says hired contractors on their way to conduct field survey work for the company were on board a helicopter that crashed outside Prince George, B.C., killing tw...
Sep 27, 2023
Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release
EDMONTON - A third-party report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed all its rules and procedures in...
Sep 27, 2023
Winner of $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot claims prize in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in August - the third-largest in U.S. history - has come forward to claim the prize, officials said Wednesday. In all,...
Sep 27, 2023
Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law with First ...
Sep 27, 2023
Damian Lillard is being traded from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks, AP source says, ending long saga
Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trai...
Sep 27, 2023
La Ronge council to attempt to recoup $1.2 million from RCMP
La Ronge council voted at a regular meeting Tuesday to attempt to recover more than $1.2 million from the RCMP for breach of contract. The decision was in regards to a three-year, $1.2 million enhance...
Sep 27, 2023
Broncos bus crash survivor wins Amazing Race Canada
A survivor of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash and his girlfriend are this season's winners of The Amazing Race Canada.Tyler Smith, a public speaker and mental health advocate from Hinton, Alta., a...
Sep 27, 2023
What we know about the company linked to the E.coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
CALGARY - Health officials say the source of an E. coli outbreak at several Calgary daycares, declared Sept. 4, was most likely meat loaf and vegan loaf served from a shared kitchen. More than 350 peo...
Sep 27, 2023