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Opinion: Full-time workers are stressed and feeling the fatigue

Opinion: Full-time workers are stressed and feeling the fatigue

Twenty-six per cent of full-time employees in British Columbia report they have felt depressed because of work in the past year
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Head of B.C. government communications says she didn't give contract to sister’s company

Head of B.C. government communications says she didn't give contract to sister’s company

Deputy minister of government communications says she formally declared her conflict and did not participate in decision to award contract to Now Communications Group
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Police Patrol: Powell River RCMP report

Police Patrol: Powell River RCMP report

Police responded to 133 calls for service from March 29 to April 5
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B.C. residents getting more money from province

B.C. residents getting more money from province

Approximately 85% of B.C. residents will receive a full or partial payment to help with global inflation and the increased cost of living.
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Raises for B.C.'s provincial court judges head back to legislature

Raises for B.C.'s provincial court judges head back to legislature

The Provincial Court Judges' Association of BC suggested $310,000, $316,200 and $322,524 for the years of 2020-2023.
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Good morning, Peak readers

Good morning, Peak readers

Photo feature of the day, today in history, the weather forecast and local gas prices
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Canada's market watchdog needs overhaul to target 'greenwashing,' say groups

Canada's market watchdog needs overhaul to target 'greenwashing,' say groups

As the federal government is currently looking to modernize competition policy in Canada, several groups say combating greenwashing should be at the top of their list.
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B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matches 6.9 per cent inflation

B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matches 6.9 per cent inflation

VICTORIA — British Columbia's minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says would fulfil a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage is to kick in on June 1, representing a 6.
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qathet-based applied anthropologist publishes memoir

qathet-based applied anthropologist publishes memoir

Author built bridges between Indigenous communities and scientists
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Victim of alleged terrorist attack on B.C. bus had no idea of motive: brother-in-law

Victim of alleged terrorist attack on B.C. bus had no idea of motive: brother-in-law

SURREY, B.C. — The brother-in-law of a man whose throat was slashed Saturday on a bus in Surrey, B.C., says the assailant gave no indication of his motive during an attack that RCMP allege was an act of terrorism.
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