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Scotiabank kicked off earnings season for Canada’s big banks with a fourth-quarter profit boost as it set aside a smaller amount for bad loans compared with a year ago.

SUMMERLAND, B.C. — A major cause of concern in Summerland – violent crime – is now on a downward trend, the district’s top cop told council this week. “Summerland continues to enjoy a reduction in the majority of crime,’ Cpl.…The post B.C. municipality sees increase in property, fraud crimes appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

A couple on Vancouver Island is $1 million richer after winning big on a Lotto Max draw last month.

Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor is to release a report today outlining government programs and services that need improvement.

A Calgary non-profit that’s been hard at work for years packing lunches for thousands of students says their services are needed for more children than ever before.

The Assembly of First Nations is hosting a special chiefs assembly in Ottawa today with child welfare, economic reconciliation and First Nations policing on the agenda.

Records show arranged marriages between residential school students as early as the 1890s, while the Truth and Reconciliation Commission collected testimony from survivors who said they faced forced marriage as late as the 1950s. 

The Cosmic Coin Toss: How Chirality Shaped Life’s Genetic Code  SciTechDaily

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A correctional officer was seriously injured after being attacked by an inmate at a prison northeast of Montreal.