BCAug 07, 2025
B.C.'s 2024 deficit comes in under forecast at $7.3B
British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024.
The final deficit is also about $1.8 billion lower than the most recent third-quarter forecast.
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says B.C. was able to report a lower-than-projected deficit largely due to revenue from the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Total revenue was about $2.5 billion higher than expected in the budget.
B.C.'s GDP grew by 1.2 per cent, lower than the Canadian average of 1.6 per cent.
The taxpayer-supported debt-to-
AlbertaAug 07, 2025
Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project.
Poilievre says the country can't wait for complete agreement on the idea, calling it a "basic fact" that a new pipeline is needed.
Eby has repeatedly said there's no point discussing or supporting a pipeline that is being pushed by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and others, until there is a proponent for such a project.
Poilievre, speaking in Calgary, says that's a "chicken and egg problem," because the reason there's
AlbertaAug 07, 2025
Remains identified as missing Calgary man, police investigating death as homicide
Police have identified the remains of a Calgary man who disappeared 2 1/2 years ago and are investigating his death as a homicide.
The remains were discovered in May 2024 at an undisclosed location outside Calgary. Robert Stanley Mainland was last seen in January 2023 at a 7-Eleven convenience store.
He was 65 at the time of his disappearance and had lived in the same northeast Calgary neighbourhood for over 40 years.
Police say they believe Mainland was the victim of foul play. They're asking members of the public to come forward with information to help with the investigation.
BCAug 07, 2025
B.C. restaurant owned by Bollywood star Kapil Sharma shot at a second time in a month
Police say a restaurant in British Columbia linked to a prominent Indian comedian was shot at for the second time within a month.
Surrey police say the latest attack on Kap's Cafe, linked to comic and television host Kapil Sharma, came early Thursday.
Police have said the cafe was the site of another overnight shooting almost one month ago, in which a gunman opened fire from inside a vehicle with a handgun.
Investigators say no one was injured in either shooting, but confirmed there was damage to the building and its windows in the latest attack.
No suspects have been identified in either shoo
AlbertaAug 07, 2025
Small plane hits fence and flips, leaving one seriously injured in rural Alberta
One person was seriously injured after a small plane crashed on a private airstrip in central Alberta. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the two-seater was flying Tuesday from Wetaskiwin to Linden, a town about 100 kilometres northeast of Calgary.
The agency says the plane was approaching the rural airstrip when its fixed landing gear hit a fence and flipped.
RCMP say two 82-year-old men were on board. They say one was airlifted to hospital in serious condition and the other was taken by ground ambulance with minor injuries.
The safety board did not send investiga
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