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Baldrey: Building more homes? Great. But, where are the workers?

Baldrey: Building more homes? Great. But, where are the workers?

Ottawa's plan to construct 3.9 million homes in seven years is "lofty target." Here in B.C., columnist Keith Baldrey says finding the hands to build them will be a tall order.
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B.C. car share service offers free rides to nature patients

B.C. car share service offers free rides to nature patients

Evo Car Share to offer 100 minutes of free driving to patients with a prescription for nature, a practice studies have shown improves mental and physical health.
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Police still trying to identify woman killed in crash on B.C. highway

Police still trying to identify woman killed in crash on B.C. highway

Officers are looking for dash-camera footage from the area.
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B.C. man accused of shooting pedestrian in face appears in court

B.C. man accused of shooting pedestrian in face appears in court

Justin Delaney Littlewolfe has been charged with one count of discharging a firearm and one count of aggravated assault.
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Preliminary hearing starts for man accused of fatal stabbing at B.C. Starbucks

Preliminary hearing starts for man accused of fatal stabbing at B.C. Starbucks

Inderdeep Singh Gosal is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37.
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Powell River Chamber of Commerce, Rotary to host Blackberry Fest

Powell River Chamber of Commerce, Rotary to host Blackberry Fest

Organizations taking over planning for annual street party on Marine Avenue
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Can Canada have an effective climate action policy without a carbon tax?

Can Canada have an effective climate action policy without a carbon tax?

Carbon taxes may be unsustainable tools as political and price realities begin to sink in — and they aren’t the only policy option at politicians’ disposal.
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Rob Shaw: Trudeau offers BC NDP no easy out on drug decriminalization dilemma

Rob Shaw: Trudeau offers BC NDP no easy out on drug decriminalization dilemma

Prime minister not bailing out B.C. government from increasingly problematic political waters
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In memoriam: Troy Fredrick Woodburn Thorsell Gerlock

In memoriam: Troy Fredrick Woodburn Thorsell Gerlock

February 29, 1976 - April 12, 2024
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B.C. Ferries going back to in-person meetings after safety concerns

B.C. Ferries going back to in-person meetings after safety concerns

B.C. Ferries put the brakes on drop-in meetings after a woman at a meeting on the Sunshine Coast threatened to “take a gun” to everyone.
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