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Alberta auto insurance cost pressures among highest in Canada
According to data from the General Insurance Statistical Agency (GISA), Alberta's auto insurance system is facing some of the highest cost pressures in Canada.It said legal fees account for a greater ...
Feb 07, 2024
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wins arbitration case
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won his arbitration case on Wednesday and will receive a salary of US$19.9 million this season. Several media outlets reported that ...
Feb 07, 2024
NHL suspends Jets defenceman Dillon three games for hit on Penguins' Acciari
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon for three games for an illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh forward Noel Acciari. Dillon was assessed a five-minute major an...
Feb 07, 2024
B.C.'s premier says Selina Robinson offered to quit twice over Middle East comment
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby says his former post-secondary education minister offered her resignation twice before her exit from cabinet over comments she made about the Middle East. Selina Rob...
Feb 07, 2024
Flames sign rookie forward Martin Pospisil to two-year contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Pospisil to a two-year contract extension. The deal carries an annual average value of US$1 million. Pospisil has four goals and seven assists i...
Feb 07, 2024
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind pharmacy counters in the province in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. The order sig...
Feb 07, 2024
Social media firms can't be let 'off the hook' for deadly sextortion of kids: Eby
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says social media companies can't be let "off the hook" after two B.C. teens died by suicide shortly after falling victim to online sextortion scams. Eby's comments came ...
Feb 07, 2024
Special counsel investigating Biden's handling of classified documents has completed probe, AG says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department special counsel investigating President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents has completed his inquiry and a report is expected to be made public soon,...
Feb 07, 2024
Liberals' proposed AI law too vague, costly, Big Tech executives tell MPs
OTTAWA - Representatives from Big Tech companies say a Liberal government bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems is too vague. Amazon and Microsoft executives told MPs a...
Feb 07, 2024
2 officers wounded by gunfire at home that later erupts in flames in Philadelphia suburb
EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) - Two police officers were wounded Wednesday by gunfire at a suburban Philadelphia home that later became engulfed in flames, authorities said. Officials in Delaware County sa...
Feb 07, 2024