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CRA rules against civil service union push to make Phoenix damages non-taxable
OTTAWA - Canada's biggest civil service union says it is considering taking legal action after the Canada Revenue Agency ruled that damages paid to federal employees in connection with the troubled Ph...
May 03, 2021
Dancer Jacques d'Amboise dead at 86
Jacques d'Amboise, who grew up on the streets of upper Manhattan to become one of the world's premier classical dancers at New York City Ballet and spent the last four and a half decades providing fre...
May 03, 2021
Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 03, 2021
Former Boston College tight end Burt excited to get chance to play football in Canada
The CFL is presenting Jake Burt a new lease on his pro football life. The former Boston College tight end is regarded as one of the top prospects in a wide-open '21 CFL draft, which goes Tuesday night...
May 03, 2021
Nearly $10K in tires stolen in Fort St. James
Fort St. James - Mounties in Fort St. James are investigating the theft of several tires.North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says they learned of the thefts just before 11:30 a.m. on April 26....
May 03, 2021
J&J vaccine can be used for people over 30 but mRNA vaccines still preferred: NACI
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don't want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. Th...
May 03, 2021
Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 03, 2021
Save-On-Foods partnership commits $10M over five years to fuel local sport
LANGLEY - Loyalty program More Rewards is partnering with Save-On-Foods on a program designed to reward athletes at every level.Over the next five years, Fueling Sport will provide more than 500 amate...
May 03, 2021
Northern Homicide Investigation Unit coming?
PRINCE GEORGE - The City is looking to pull together its own Northern BC Integrated Homicide Unit. The RCMP detachment's Serious Crimes Unit handles homicides within the city but the City would like t...
May 03, 2021
More than 5,000 international air travellers positive for COVID-19 since February
OTTAWA - More than 5,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after flying back to Canada since mandatory quarantine hotels began in late February. That includes 3,748 people who tested positive the da...
May 03, 2021