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Powell River Evergreen Theatre seating approved
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (854+ words) City of Powell River's 2026 to 2030 financial plan has been altered by $162, 466. 50 to replace upper-level seating in the Powell River Recreation Complex Evergreen Theatre. City of Powell River Council considered the budgetary increase at the May 21 city council meeting after a…...
Update: Wildfire north of Lund is now under control
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (188+ words) A wildfire near Crowther Road in the Okeover Inlet region north of Lund is reported by the Coastal Fire Centre as being held. The fire was discovered on May 22 and is 0. 009 hectares in size. According to the Coastal Fire Centre,…...
Goldie Boutilier, Maggie Andrew among big winners at East Coast Music Awards
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (352+ words) SYDNEY " Cape Breton artists cleaned up at the East Coast Music Awards on Thursday night in Sydney, N. S. , and singer-songwriter Goldie Boutilier led the pack. Boutilier took home the awards for breakthrough artist of the year and album of the year…...
Alberta ditching 'Wild Rose Country' on welcome signs in favour of 'Strong and Free"
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (171+ words) EDMONTON " Alberta is ditching another reference to its provincial flower in favour of its official motto. The government says new highway "Welcome to Alberta" signs going up across the province this fall will say "Strong and Free," rather than the…...
Small businesses' capacity to hire youth being constrained: CFIB survey
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (548+ words) TORONTO " A weaker economy and rising costs are leaving little room for small businesses to hire and train inexperienced youth, a new report suggests. While small businesses remain the "training ground" for many young people entering the workforce, a survey…...
Here's a list of April inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (159+ words) OTTAWA " Canada's annual inflation rate was 2. 8 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in…...
Canadian wineries say scrapping provincial trade barriers would add billions to GDP
1+ week, 4+ day ago (733+ words) HALIFAX " Canada's wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks " like scrapping domestic trade barriers " could add billions of dollars more to the national economy. "We're not going to be reaching 51 per…...
Re-entry expected to begin after wildfire in rural Alberta county holds steady
1+ week, 4+ day ago (135+ words) EDMONTON " Some residents who were forced out of their homes this week by a wildfire northwest of Edmonton could be allowed back today. Officials with Woodlands County say on social media that re-entry will only be for residents of Zone…...
Staycations stay popular as summer camping starts over May long weekend
1+ week, 4+ day ago (643+ words) After a long, dark Prairie winter, Abby Dowell is determined to be outdoors and touch grass " regardless of whether or not the green blades are coated in hoarfrost. "I just feel like I really need to get out of the…...
Suicide barrier needed on Vancouver bridge, advocates say, after another death
1+ week, 6+ day ago (927+ words) VANCOUVER " The lack of suicide-prevention barriers on Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge is "inexcusable," those pushing for the measures say, after a woman fell to her death in an incident that unfolded over more than nine hours. Police say the woman…...