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Infographic - Debt levels across Canada

Who carries more debt -- Vancouverites or Calgarians? This infographic compares debt levels across the country
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Life Lessons: Mark Mawhinney, Odlum Brown

Life Lessons: Mark Mawhinney, Odlum Brown

Successful businesses have three ingredients
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British Columbians most suspicious in Canada of Trump: poll

British Columbians most suspicious in Canada of Trump: poll

A tower with his name on it may be going up in Vancouver but that doesn’t mean British Columbians are warming to U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
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Courts deliver double punch to Site C dam opponents

Courts deliver double punch to Site C dam opponents

Federal court rejects judicial review application by First Nations and Peace Valley Landowners Association against Site C dam
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BCSC orders married couple to pay $140,000 for insider trading

BCSC orders married couple to pay $140,000 for insider trading

Husband tipped wife off about inside information which spurred her to buy stock
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Economic lessons from Lord of the Rings, teeny tiny deficits and Diner en Whatever

Economic lessons from Lord of the Rings, teeny tiny deficits and Diner en Whatever

Reporter Jen St. Denis on the news stories that caught her eye this week. Image: if Black Monday got you down, you could forget your troubles at Diner en Blanc.
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Rebounding financial sector helps Canadian corporate profits rise to $80.9b in Q2

Rebounding financial sector helps Canadian corporate profits rise to $80.9b in Q2

Canadian corporate profits rose to $80.9 billion in the second quarter bolstered by big gains in the financial services sector, Statistics Canada reports.
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Canadian families spend more on taxes than on necessities, says Fraser Institute

Canadian families spend more on taxes than on necessities, says Fraser Institute

The percentage of income spent on tax has fallen in the past four decades, however
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Oil price slide leads to spike in unemployment in B.C.'s Peace Region

Oil price slide leads to spike in unemployment in B.C.'s Peace Region

The collapse in the price of oil has hit employees hard, says employment counsellor
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NDP gaining support in B.C., Conservatives slipping: Insights West

NDP gaining support in B.C., Conservatives slipping: Insights West

While support for the federal conservatives continues to slip in British Columbia, the New Democratic Party is...
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