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Fake bank manager steals thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency scam: Coquitlam RCMP

Fake bank manager steals thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency scam: Coquitlam RCMP

Victims were told to empty their bank accounts and put all their money into a cryptocurrency ATM machine
Management-led group makes takeover bid for Canaccord Genuity

Management-led group makes takeover bid for Canaccord Genuity

TORONTO — A management-led group of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. employees has made a takeover bid for the company valued at $1.127 billion. The employee group is offering $11.25 per share for the financial services firm.
B.C. judge scolds Chinese state-controlled airline in wrongful dismissal suit

B.C. judge scolds Chinese state-controlled airline in wrongful dismissal suit

China Southern Airlines has been ordered to pay a former manager $208,000 in damages
Looming recession, labour shortage create unprecedented matchup for new jobs minister

Looming recession, labour shortage create unprecedented matchup for new jobs minister

Brenda Bailey promoted from parliamentary secretary to minister: First month on the job
S&P/TSX composite gains 300 points Friday, U.S. markets up more than 2 per cent

S&P/TSX composite gains 300 points Friday, U.S. markets up more than 2 per cent

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose 1.58 per cent Friday on broad-based gains while U.S. markets were all up by more than two per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 307.67 points at 19,814.51.
UPDATED: Glen Clark out of Jim Pattison Group C-suite

UPDATED: Glen Clark out of Jim Pattison Group C-suite

The former BC NDP premier was most recently president and COO of the company
B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

Move comes as hospital occupancy exceeds base hospital capacity
Tight labour market means rise in gig work unlikely during recession: economists

Tight labour market means rise in gig work unlikely during recession: economists

Economists say the expected economic slowdown in 2023 may not result in higher levels of gig work, unlike previous recessions when levels of contract work and self-employment spiked.
B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

Sixteen years after B.C. Place Stadium’s original inflated fabric roof ripped and collapsed, how is the 2011-opened retractable system faring? A report obtained from B.C.
Cooler hiring and milder pay gains could aid inflation fight

Cooler hiring and milder pay gains could aid inflation fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, evidence that the economy remains healthy even as the Federal Reserve is rapidly raising interest rates to try to slow economic growth and the pace of hiring .