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PRINCE GEORGE-BC's minimum wage is set to increase this summer by $0.45. Starting June 1, 2022 the province's minimum wage will be $15.65, making it the highest of any province and only behind Nunavut...

SURREY, B.C. - The British Columbia government is pushing the minimum wage up to $15.65 an hour, which it says is the highest among the provinces. Labour Minister Harry Bains announced today that the ...

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate and rookie MP Leslyn Lewis says a Quebec law restricting public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work is "explicit religi...

PRINCE GEORGE - As the temperature rises and the snow melts away from the streets, air quality becomes a big concern for the City. In an average winter, approximately 7,500 to 10,000 tonnes of sand an...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A group representing Nunavut elders says a seniors home in Ottawa is failing Inuit who are sent there. In a March 7 letter to Nunavut Health Minister John Main, the Pairijait Tigumi...

Toronto FC says fullback Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, who was forced to leave Saturday's 2-1 loss in Columbus with an apparent leg injury, has been cleared to train as normal this week. The news did not l...

NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been suspended two games without pay for cross-checking Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin on Sunday. Under the terms of the Collective B...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has moved to prevent thefts of catalytic converters, a crime that costs millions every year. The province has changed the regulations for metal dealers and r...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - A small crowd gathered as Kevin Gausman began his first official bullpen session as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Players, coaches, scouts, and reporters all slowed down or stoppe...

OTTAWA - More new electric vehicles hit the road in Canada last year than ever before but the growth is nowhere near what is happening in Europe. Statistics Canada says more than 65,000 new battery-on...