Bear attacks have loomed frighteningly large in the headlines this year. The most terrifying was a grizzly attack on a group of B.C. schoolchildren and teachers out on a hike in late November. Four people — three children and an adult — from Acwsalcta School near Bella Coola were seriously injured and airlifted to Vancouver for treatment. Read More

As a new year nears, Canadians can look forward to more money from Ottawa. Annual increases in some federal government benefits and credits are coming based on its practice (since 2018) of indexing these amounts to keep up with inflation. Read More