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B.C. shipyard awarded $3.15 billion government contract to build icebreaker
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard. Public Services and Procurement Canada says in a state...
Mar 7, 2025
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Hudson's Bay seeks creditor protection, plans restructuring
TORONTO - Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company that dates back to 1670, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. The department store company says it has been facing...
Mar 7, 2025
Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...
Mar 7, 2025
Eby says electricity export tariffs similar to Ontario's are not 'priority' for B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...
Mar 7, 2025
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...
Mar 7, 2025
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...
Mar 7, 2025
Leafs nab centre Scott Laughton, defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of NHL trade deadline
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired centre Scott Laughton and defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline. The Leafs sent a conditional 2027 first-round draft pick and forward prospect ...
Mar 7, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6...
Mar 7, 2025
Calgary Flames ready to make playoff push without reinforcements
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames' push for their first playoff appearance in three seasons will have to come without the benefit of reinforcements. With his team clinging to the second wild card spot in t...
Mar 7, 2025
Senate seats now filled after prime minister announces five more appointments
OTTAWA - With just days to go until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves federal politics, his office says five new appointments have now filled all the vacancies in the 105-seat Senate. The Prime Min...
Mar 7, 2025
