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SURREY, B.C. — The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in February.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 12, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

TORONTO — It's 1:50 p.m. on a recent weekday at the intensive care unit of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children asa trio of women try to solve the latest problem. There are three children who need to be in SickKids' ICU but are not.

VANCOUVER — The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector that's already undergoing shifts will need to adapt.

QUEBEC — Provincial police in the Quebec region of Beauce say alcohol might have played a role in the death of a 29-year-old man who collided with a tree after losing control of the vehicle early Sunday morning.

OTTAWA — When Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette was young, she didn't see many stars in the bright skies over Montreal.

SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. — A woman is in hospital in critical condition after a fire engulfed an apartment building in the Montreal off-island suburb of Saint-Eustache, Que.

It's hard to make things work in space, and even harder to make money there. With a long history in the space industry and a pocketful of healthy companies, Canadians are good at both.

WASHINGTON — In a city of pinstripes and partisan power brokers, Mike Allison sticks out like a sore thumb. He's in the wrong place — and he knows it.

MONTREAL — While they're traditionally viewed as concrete jungles rather than natural oases, cities are increasingly taking a leadership role when it comes to protecting biodiversity.