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Rob Shaw: Dr. Henry offers NDP no easy options on safe supply debate

Rob Shaw: Dr. Henry offers NDP no easy options on safe supply debate

Questions over safe supply will keep politicians up at night amidst simmering public discontent during an election year
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Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulated private sector employers.
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Why Land Act changes are causing angst in B.C.

Why Land Act changes are causing angst in B.C.

Land Act is just one of the statutes to be amended to conform to DRIPA
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Vancouver mayor says city could generate $100M via naming rights of buildings, parks

Vancouver mayor says city could generate $100M via naming rights of buildings, parks

Ken Sim: “Why aren't we putting names on all of them by people that really want to contribute?”
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Business, consumer insolvencies rise in December as higher rates bite

Business, consumer insolvencies rise in December as higher rates bite

OTTAWA — Business insolvencies rose 57.2 per cent in December compared with a year earlier, according to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. For the entire year, business insolvencies were up 41.
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B.C. union told 19-year-old film caterer he was too young

B.C. union told 19-year-old film caterer he was too young

Justin Tambour alleged Teamsters Local Union No. 155 denied him entry into B.C.'s catering workforce in the film industry because he was too young.
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Okanagan vineyard crop damage from January cold likely ‘catastrophic’

Okanagan vineyard crop damage from January cold likely ‘catastrophic’

“We’ll wait for the report, but its going to be catastrophic. I daresay we may have lost most of the crop.”
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NDP keeps healthy lead on BC United, but Conservatives show huge 2023 donation boost

NDP keeps healthy lead on BC United, but Conservatives show huge 2023 donation boost

John Rustad and the Conservatives saw a surge in donations in the fourth quarter of 2023 when compared to the previous year.
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Richmond contractor sues for $1M in unpaid work at Surrey Pink Palace

Richmond contractor sues for $1M in unpaid work at Surrey Pink Palace

The iconic filming location was formerly known as the Pacific Inn Hotel.
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College instructors group calls on B.C. minister to resign for criticizing pro-Hamas teacher

College instructors group calls on B.C. minister to resign for criticizing pro-Hamas teacher

The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC says it stands with a Langara College committee's assessment that calling the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack against civilians "brilliant" and "amazing" — as one instructor did — is not hate speech.
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