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OTTAWA — There is no prearranged route for further interest-rate hikes from the Bank of Canada, governor Stephen Poloz insisted Wednesday as he signalled the bank would be taking a more cautious approach to any future increases.

TORONTO — The province is considering reopening a shuttered Toronto hospital site to address overcrowded wards in the region, a plan that could create 150 new beds.

VICTORIA — An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months has pleaded not guilty to two fraud charges. Harold Backer was not in B.C.

YARMOUTH, N.S. — Two Nova Scotia men are facing charges of threatening Indigenous fishermen off the southwestern tip of the province, a lucrative lobster fishing zone where tensions have been mounting over the First Nations ceremonial fishery.

HALIFAX — A year after Halifax decided to consider naming a street after Sidney Crosby, the hockey superstar suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ugly political mess that has some residents openly musing about rescinding the offer.

VANCOUVER — BC Hydro confirms about 200 workers at the Site C dam construction project in northeastern British Columbia have been laid off by the consortium that holds the main civil works contract.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has authorized a new class action lawsuit against a major Roman Catholic organization for alleged sexual abuse committed by some of its members.

REGINA — Saskatchewan RCMP say they followed policy correctly when they called off the pursuit of a stolen truck, which was later involved a deadly crash.

TORONTO — Cory Sells started asking around for podcast recommendations last fall, hoping to find something that would make her laugh. When a friend at work suggested a true crime comedy show called "My Favorite Murder," she was "kind of horrified.

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