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B.C.’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down slightly

B.C.’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down slightly

While hospitalizations have dropped, deaths have grown over the past week
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Does ICBC still need hefty legal department to beat claims backlog?

Does ICBC still need hefty legal department to beat claims backlog?

Documents obtained via FOI show the insurer spent $26 million on legal services department salaries between April 2020 and March 2021
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Ex-Vancouver mayor's old juice company sues for $570,700 in fraud losses

Ex-Vancouver mayor's old juice company sues for $570,700 in fraud losses

Gregor Robertson and Randal Ius started Happy Planet in 1994
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Vancouver arbitration centre takes on ICBC motor vehicle claim disputes

Vancouver arbitration centre takes on ICBC motor vehicle claim disputes

The Vancouver International Arbitration Centre has begun taking on motor vehicle accident claim cases in a bid to reduce the backlog in the current court system.
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Wuhan market ground zero for COVID-19 pandemic, confirm two studies

Wuhan market ground zero for COVID-19 pandemic, confirm two studies

“There's a very, very strong case that the Huanan market was indeed the epicentre,” said one of the researchers
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Rising food, rent costs eat into young professionals' disposable income

Rising food, rent costs eat into young professionals' disposable income

With inflation at a nearly 40-year high, Canadians are feeling the financial strain
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First Nations officially take over B.C. Hydro lands in Rock Bay

First Nations officially take over B.C. Hydro lands in Rock Bay

"This means so much to our people," said Esquimalt Chief Robert Thomas, "to be able to share in the economic benefits of this land is going to be a beautiful thing for both nations"
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Mystery remains around dead Langley shooter

Mystery remains around dead Langley shooter

Landlord Charity Ciszek recognized shooter, Jordan Daniel Goggin
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Credit unions compete with big banks in race to attract younger Canadians

Credit unions compete with big banks in race to attract younger Canadians

Kayla Rourke's first banking experience was with Conexus Credit Union but left to try the Bank of Nova Scotia in her teens, hoping to take advantage of the Scene points program to earn free movie tickets
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Full investigation of Rabih Alkhalil escape needed, say those familiar with North Fraser Pretrial Centre

Full investigation of Rabih Alkhalil escape needed, say those familiar with North Fraser Pretrial Centre

Kash Heed said in his 32 years of policing, he has never seen "such an inept investigation on a suspected murderer that has escaped"
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