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Court orders sale of Okanagan's BC Tree Fruits Cooperative property

Court orders sale of Okanagan's BC Tree Fruits Cooperative property

Court documents say BC Tree Fruits Cooperative owes $53,236,756.41 to secured creditors, including $50,825,051.81 to the Canadian Imperial Banking Corporation.
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Canada to restrict low-wage foreign workers, consider lower immigration targets

Canada to restrict low-wage foreign workers, consider lower immigration targets

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging businesses to hire Canadians as his government announces new restrictions to limit the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers in the country.
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S&P/TSX composite up Monday with price of oil, U.S. markets mixed as Dow hits high

S&P/TSX composite up Monday with price of oil, U.S. markets mixed as Dow hits high

TORONTO — Energy prices helped the TSX post a gain Monday, while U.S. markets were mixed as the Dow posted a record high. Big tech names weighed down U.S.
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High earners are choosing hybrid work

High earners are choosing hybrid work

New research from career site Ladders shows that available jobs on the site that pay more than $100,000 a year are increasingly hybrid opportunities
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Baldrey: $5B deficit? No surprise for B.C. government's current spending

Baldrey: $5B deficit? No surprise for B.C. government's current spending

Expect the NDP to include these "eye-popping numbers" for its messaging in the upcoming 2024 election, columnist Keith Baldrey says.
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Stock market today: Dow closes at a record even as losses for Big Tech pull S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower

Stock market today: Dow closes at a record even as losses for Big Tech pull S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high on Wall Street, even as losses for Big Tech companies pulled the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite lower. The Dow edged up 0.2% Monday, enough to beat the all-time high it set last month.
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B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3 per cent, matching inflation

B.C. caps rent increases next year at 3 per cent, matching inflation

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the inflation-indexed rent cap protects tenants against unfair rent hikes while letting landlords cover rising costs.
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Restart of BC Tree Fruits for this harvest 'impractical, if not impossible'

Restart of BC Tree Fruits for this harvest 'impractical, if not impossible'

Farmers rally as co-op's fate hangs in the balance
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RBC details case for firing former CFO, employee in court documents

RBC details case for firing former CFO, employee in court documents

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada has laid out in court documents the details of why it fired its former CFO and another employee for allegedly being in an intimate relationship that led to conflicts of interest.
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Canada's two major railways resume service as railroaders return to work

Canada's two major railways resume service as railroaders return to work

MONTREAL — Trains began to trundle along the tracks of Canada's two major railways on Monday after the federal labour board ended a four-day work stoppage that snarled supply chains and upended commutes.
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