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The minister was not prepared Monday to reveal which, if any, proposals he will champion at meetings with fellow finance ministers in Whitehorse this Thursday and Friday, however.

Canada's finance ministers agreed Friday to a compromise on pension reform that commits them to more targeted research on how best to boost Canadians' retirement savings before they settle on a national course of action.

Pension issues have traditionally remained under the radar, which may explain why federal and provincial politicians decided to fly all the way to Whitehorse for today's closed-door reappraisal of Canadians' retirement income.

Provincial and local partners gathered to celebrate the official opening of Warmland House, an $8.47-million development providing 15 emergency shelter beds and 24 transitional housing units for adults at risk of homelessness with mental health issues, announced Ron Cantelon, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum. 'By providing an emergency shelter and ...

Forewarned is forearmed in Mayor Phil Kent's winter wonderland. "Our people are on the ready to clear whatever snow we get," he said as looming December snowstorms threatened to hit the city.

Although a recession and several controversial animal deaths this year weren't enough to stop Canadians from visiting zoos in increasing numbers, some observers say the industry needs to learn how to stay relevant in a society growing more skeptical about keeping animals in captivity.

Cowichan's street people and social services officials are excited about next week's public grand opening of Duncan's long-awaited Warmland House.

T hink of the crisis in the Nortel pension meltdown as the tip of the retirement income iceberg.

Cory Danyluk and Sarah Card. Photograph by: Supplied, edmontonjournal.com It is a weekend of shows designed for those of us who prefer the up-close-and-personal side of live entertainment.

Donations can be mailed to SIMTS, Beverley Medford Bursary Fund, P.O. Box 1106, Duncan, B.C., V9L-3Y2. A tax receipt will be issued.

Leanna Morris and Justin Alphonse make rthe best of a bad situation, working their way out in a boat from their flooded Tzouhalem Road home.

Heavy flooding caused by relentless rain and high tides forced hundreds of people Friday to flee their homes in the Cowichan Valley.

Evacuated residents of Duncan and North Cowichan, B.C., were allowed to return home on Saturday morning.

About 100 families remained out of their homes Monday. Nov. 23, 2009. An evacuation order was lifted Monday but about 100 families remained out of their homes after flooding forced hundreds from their houses on central Vancouver Island.

Beverly Street resident Stacy George and son Charles sit in the regional emergency centre at Island Savings Centre after a foot of water flooded their home early Friday morning.

The B.C. government has approved disaster relief for the hundreds of Vancouver Island residents who were forced from their homes Friday due to extensive flooding in the cities of Duncan and North Cowichan.

Wearing hip-waders, Eric Jones and Phillip Joe wade through the lake that has flooded their front yard with a wheel barrow to collect sand bags on the Cowichan First Nation Reserve along Tzouhalem Road, Saturday Nov.

A children's playground sits underwater in Duncan, B.C. A state of emergency was issued Nov.

A conspicuous addition to Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has made it onto a toursim website's list of the "World's Top 10 Ugly Buildings." Published: 56 minutes ago Flood forces Vancouver Island evacuations Dozens of homes have water "up to the doorknobs" and others are under evacuation alert after heavy rain combined with high tides to flood ...

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