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Undue hardship for company trumps discrimination

Undue hardship for company trumps discrimination

Employer could find no other positions for employee, tribunal says
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Prince George Catholic schoolteacher faces sex abuse allegations

Prince George Catholic schoolteacher faces sex abuse allegations

Teacher had worked at Newfoundland’s notorious Mount Cashel orphanage
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B.C. reports 501 new cases of COVID-19 as active infections near 5,300

B.C. reports 501 new cases of COVID-19 as active infections near 5,300

VICTORIA — British Columbia has reported one more death and 501 new cases of COVID-19. The number of active infections is up to nearly 5,300, with about 58 per cent located in the Interior Health region.
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Coquihalla Highway reopens after wildfire closure

Coquihalla Highway reopens after wildfire closure

Drivers are still being asked to take the route for essential travel only.
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Family of murder victim urging public to come forward with information

Family of murder victim urging public to come forward with information

Henry Stanley Garcia Molina ‘senselessly’ killed in altercation over taxi cab in Whistler Village: Family
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Nuxalk Nation issues eviction notice to B.C. exploration company, igniting calls for mining reform

Nuxalk Nation issues eviction notice to B.C. exploration company, igniting calls for mining reform

As the province’s glaciers disappear, more and more deposits are becoming available to exploration companies, which are allowed to register mineral claims and apply for permits without obtaining consent from Indigenous communities.
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Group of firefighters were trapped by encroaching flames Sunday evening

Group of firefighters were trapped by encroaching flames Sunday evening

'Definitely not something that anyone on a crew wants to go through.'
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Minor among 13 arrested at blockade protesting old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Another 13 people, including a minor, were arrested as RCMP officers continued to enforce a BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed area.
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B.C. reports one death and 1,434 new COVID-19 cases over three days

VICTORIA — British Columbia has 1,434 more cases of COVID-19 in the last three days for an average of 478 cases per day. A statement from the Health Ministry says there are now 5,090 active infections across B.C.
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Two B.C. mutual fund dealers suspended five years, fined $15,000

Two B.C. mutual fund dealers suspended five years, fined $15,000

Tuomo Tapio Kostamo in Prince George and Matthew de Haan in Abbotsford have been penalized by the Mutual Fund Dealers Association for unauthorized activity
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