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Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

Canada learned lessons from Trump's first term — and vice versa, says ambassador

How Canada is prepping for a potential return of Donald Trump to U.S. presidency
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Newsmakers 2023: How this year's labour unrest portends to 'bumpy road ahead'

Newsmakers 2023: How this year's labour unrest portends to 'bumpy road ahead'

Inflation and a tight labour market fuelled job action across B.C., according to experts
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Odds of another rate hike have fallen, BoC governing council agreed as it held rate

Odds of another rate hike have fallen, BoC governing council agreed as it held rate

Recent data showed the economic slowdown is being driven by a pullback in spending, which the central bank is relying on to bring inflation down
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Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine, says health minister

Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine, says health minister

Adrian Dix says as many as 700 doctors who weren't practising family medicine a year ago are now working in the sector
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Impact of EAO conditions: Do restrictions on construction workers stigmatize a vital workforce?

Impact of EAO conditions: Do restrictions on construction workers stigmatize a vital workforce?

The EAO introduces unprecedented conditions to address concerns over potential violence in Squamish
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Canadian Black Friday shopping rate at all-time high: Angus Reid-DIG360 report

Canadian Black Friday shopping rate at all-time high: Angus Reid-DIG360 report

Despite high participation rate, shoppers were not impressed with the bargains on offer
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B.C. mill worker granted human rights hearing after toxic gassing

B.C. mill worker granted human rights hearing after toxic gassing

BC Human Rights Tribunal hearing to come after worker fired in wake of toxic gas exposures that sent dozens of workers to first aid stations and several more to hospital
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CRA has fired 185 employees for 'inappropriately' claiming COVID-19 CERB benefits

CRA has fired 185 employees for 'inappropriately' claiming COVID-19 CERB benefits

That's an increase of 65 since the CRA last updated the public on its review in September
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Vancouver's PacNet to forfeit $10 million in assets

Vancouver's PacNet to forfeit $10 million in assets

Vancouver fintech was implicated in mail and wire fraud in the U.S.
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Ottawa lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035

Ottawa lays out plan to phase out sales of gas-powered cars, trucks by 2035

'There's no mistaking it. We are at a tipping point,' says Canada's environment minister.
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