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LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

LNG plant 'floatel' gets finishing touches at North Vancouver drydock

The MV Isabelle once plied the waters of the Baltic Sea as a ‘cruise ferry,’ and more recently housed 1,500 Ukrainian refugees
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International visits to B.C. dip below pre-pandemic level in November

International visits to B.C. dip below pre-pandemic level in November

Visits from Mexicans continue to surge
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First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

The First Nations Finance Authority is crossing the lending threshold a decade after issuing its first debenture
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Vancouver's Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

Vancouver's Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

B.C. Supreme Court extends protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to April 30, so that it could find a buyer
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B.C. businesses are exposed to China’s sputtering economy

B.C. businesses are exposed to China’s sputtering economy

Exports from the province to its second-largest trade partner likely to decline as Western countries decouple from China
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Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

A smell arising from Parkland Refinery in Burnaby has led to questions about how quickly the city responds to incidents
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Private MRI clinic unable to open in Victoria after accreditation denied

Private MRI clinic unable to open in Victoria after accreditation denied

Extremity MRI had planned to open in the spring or summer of last year, providing scans of extremities such as knees, ankles, feet, hands, wrists, forearms and elbows
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Total crimes in Vancouver down by 10,500 since 2019

Total crimes in Vancouver down by 10,500 since 2019

Car break-ins less than half what they were five years ago
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Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Business community ‘disappointed’ in Ottawa’s handling of the COVID-era program, which has sent some owners in search of financing options
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Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

An investigation from the Washington-based group found investments in B.C.'s Golden Triangle have the 'structural and operational attributes of a Ponzi scheme.'
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