33 m. ago Downfall of The Bay leaves Vancouver’s downtown retail sector in question

The iconic retailer is expected to begin liquidating its 80 stores soon, after entering creditor protection earlier this month.

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3 h. ago Fraser Thomson: A tariff tactic that minimizes harm to Canada and sends a message to Trump

Opinion: Targeting American thermal coal is strategic because it simply passes through B.C. ports on its way to foreign buyers. Canadian consumers will not be directly impacted

Economics

3 h. ago Traffic alert: Highway 1 in Fraser Canyon closing for overpass work

The Trans-Canada just east of Lytton will be closed overnight on March 21, then on afternoons from March 24 to 26

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3 h. ago Deal reached between CUPE and Calgary Catholic School District

CALGARY, Alberta — The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 520 has reached a tentative agreement with the Calgary Catholic School District. The deal, like others reached this week, is a four-year agreement ending in August 2028. The wage settlement is higher than the provincial government mandate. CUPE 520 will hold its ratification meeting […]

Society

5 h. ago «Pas normal» qu’il y ait plus de fonctionnaires pour opérer le réseau de santé, signale Christian Dubé

«Ce n’est pas normal» qu’il y ait plus de fonctionnaires pour opérer le réseau de santé qu’avant la création de Santé Québec, juge Christian Dubé.

Culture

5 h. ago DI MATTEO: Meet Canada’s crime capitals—Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Lethbridge and Kelowna

Which country—Canada or the United States—has the most crime? Most Canadians would likely say the U.S. by a wide margin. But as noted in my new study published by the Fraser Institute, while overall crime rates in Canada are below rates in the U.S., when you look at individual cities it’s a different story. For […]

Economics

5 h. ago Dubé compte sur les départs normaux pour réduire les fonctionnaires de son ministère

Le ministre de la Santé a convenu que «ce n’est pas normal qu’il y [en] ait plus avec la création de Santé Québec».

Politics

8 h. ago Collection of Andy Warhol's rarest works and personal items coming to Toronto

A major exhibition featuring works by the founding father of Pop Art, Andy Warhol himself, is about to arrive in Toronto, providing a window into the iconic and enigmatic artist's life and work.Arriving at Taglialatella Galleries Toronto on April 10, Andy Warhol: Factory Made is a new exhibition featuring a dazzling collection of everything from personal items like clothes and accessories to some of the artist's best-known works.Born in Pittsburgh in 1928, the legendary artist spent much of the 60s, 70s and 80s cementing himself as an absolute authority of the Pop Art movement, creating often imitated, never duplicated works of everything and everyone as mundane as a can of soup 0r as extravagant as Queen Elizabeth II.The exhibit itself, much like Warhol's entire catalogue of work, will similarly run the gamut.Among the most exciting works set to be displayed are the iconic Campbell's Soup Cans (1968), Flowers (1970) and Marilyn Monroe (1967),...

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9 h. ago Education support workers in Calgary and Parkland School District reach tentative contract agreements

CUPE says striking education support workers with the Parkland School Division and the Calgary Board of Education have reached tentative contract agreements.

Society

10 h. ago A players’ group founded by Novak Djokovic files an antitrust suit against tennis’ organizers

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The players’ association co-founded by 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic filed an antitrust lawsuit against the women’s and men’s professional tours, the International Tennis Federation and the sport’s integrity agency on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York, calling the groups in charge of tennis “a cartel.” The […]

Sport

12 h. ago Toronto's crime rate soars 40% above New York in one department

Toronto is known as a low-crime city compared to locales with similar or greater populations, but it may surprise some to learn that the 416 is way ahead of even New York City, Detroit and Los Angeles in one specific category of criminal activity.A new study published on Tuesday by independent Canadian think tank the Fraser Institute reveals that Ontario cities like Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor outpace several major U.S. cities in property crime. This includes many places known for their high crime rates, like New York City, Detroit, L.A. and Flint, Michigan.The study looked at the property crime (e.g., burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft) rates of large urban areas with populations of 100,000 people or more, using maximum annual crime rates from 2019 through 2022.Toronto's per person property crime rate exceeded New York's by a shocking 40 per cent, though overall crime rates are obviously much higher in what is the United States' largest city.Howeve...

Events

22 h. ago Des centaines de fonctionnaires toujours au ministère de la Santé malgré la création de Santé Québec

La mise sur pied de l’agence ne semble pas avoir diminué la taille de la bureaucratie à la tête du réseau de la santé.

Politics

24 h. ago Surrey to probe creation of ‘iconic’ waterfront district on Fraser River

Surrey city council voted last week to launch a feasibility study on transforming a heavily industrialized stretch of the Fraser River into a landmark destination.

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25 h. ago They're back: Great blue herons return to Stanley Park for 25th year

The colony has been coming to an area near the entrance to the iconic park to mate and nest since the start of the millennium

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25 h. ago EverGen Infrastructure Corp. Announces Sale of Real Property by Fraser Valley Biogas Ltd.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — EverGen Infrastructure Corp. (“EverGen” or the “Company”) (TSXV: EVGN) announces that Fraser Valley Biogas Ltd. (the “Vendor”), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) with 2065947 Alberta Ltd. and James Betts (collectively, the “Purchasers”) in connection with the disposition of the land on which […]

Economics

26 h. ago Surrey councillor told to submit FOI request to get information about U.S. real estate firm contract

"I was literally shocked that I got told I couldn't have the information" — Surrey Coun. Mike Bose.

Economics

27 h. ago Fraser Health warns unauthorized Ayurvedic medicines contain heavy metals

The unapproved products were sold at All in One Wholesale Cash and Carry in Surrey and pose potential health risks

Science

29 h. ago Facing $20M budget squeeze, OCDSB looks to eliminate 150 jobs

The reductions will come through retirements and resignations, not filling vacant positions and eliminating positions

Economics

32 h. ago Another media giant has vacated its iconic downtown Toronto headquarters

Only a few months after CP24 and BNN departed from their long-time home at 299 Queen Street West, another of Toronto's major news outlets has likewise just vacated its legendary location a short distance away.This weekend marked the last time that City News staff spent at their 33 Dundas Street East office, which the brand had operated out of for around 16 years.Located in the heart of the downtown core — right at Sankofa (formerly Yonge-Dundas) Square — the building was actually first constructed as an Olympics-themed entertainment venue called Olympic Spirit Toronto, which was open briefly from 2004 to 2006.Rogers Communications then acquired the 43,000-square-foot space the following year, and eventually reopened it in fall 2009 as the headquarters for CityTV and Omni Television, calling it the "perfect place" that would be "a powerful television site...second to none" for its stations."A ...

Culture

33 h. ago CONCERT NEWS: Country star Warren Zeiders headlining Edmonton's Rogers Place Sept. 25

Shirts and especially sleeves are optional! Warren Zeiders will be flexing his country muscles Sept. 25 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Last here at River Cree Casino in spring 2024, Zeiders’ star continues to rise high from his business-school-era TikTok roots as his Relapse, Lies & Betrayal Tour kicks off in San Diego next week, […]

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