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A new poll suggests more Canadians are living debt-free this year compared to 2011. The annual RBC survey found that 26 per cent of respondents had no personal debt - excluding mortgage debt - in 2012, up from 22 per cent last year.

The old Heber River dam near Gold River is gone and water is running along natural riverbeds for the first time in more than half a century. B.C.

Chartered accountant Lance Abercrombie is the new chairman of the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, succeeding Island Savings Credit Union president and CEO Rod Dewar.

Kinross Gold Corp. said chief financial officer Paul Barry is quitting the company to pursue other interests. The departure follows a move by Kinross to replace CEO Tye Burt with J. Paul Rollinson in an effort to improve the company's performance.

The old Heber River dam near Gold River is gone and water is running along natural riverbeds for the first time in more than half a century. B.C.

Ottawa extends program aimed at 55-to-64 set

Power-window switches said to have sticky feel

The province of Ontario has gone from criticizing the oilsands to opening a trade office in Alberta to capture their economic benefits.

The head of AuRico Gold says selling off its troubled Ocampo mine and other assets for $750 million will help it reduce debt, fund development and return cash to shareholders.

Applebee's restaurants will no longer operate in British Columbia, but two of the former restaurant chain's locations remain open for business - without the name - in Courtenay and Port Coquitlam.