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Vancouver’s sewage fentanyl load extremely high: Statistics Canada

Vancouver’s sewage fentanyl load extremely high: Statistics Canada

Illicit drug levels in wastewater increasing in major cities
Vancouver tapping $32m from feds’ $1.5b Rapid Housing Initiative

Vancouver tapping $32m from feds’ $1.5b Rapid Housing Initiative

Funding will be used for 65 affordable housing units
Insider trading: July 26, 2021

Insider trading: July 26, 2021

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended July 14, 2021. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
Daily COVID-19 cases tick up above 100, four dead

Daily COVID-19 cases tick up above 100, four dead

After three straight days of no deaths, COVID-19 claims four lives
Lawsuit of the week: Retired TransLink employees file class action over 2020 cyberattack

Lawsuit of the week: Retired TransLink employees file class action over 2020 cyberattack

Harm from data breach could last a lifetime, plaintiffs claim
BC Supreme Court deletes judge’s Monty Python dead parrot references

BC Supreme Court deletes judge’s Monty Python dead parrot references

Vancouver comedian concerned about court censorship after quotes from comedy sketch are removed from class-action ruling
Reopening economy buoys B.C.’s job market

Reopening economy buoys B.C.’s job market

B.C.’s labour market outperformed most of the country in June with a 1.6% (42,100-person) monthly gain and outpaced the national increase of 1.2%.
Canadians growing more vulnerable to foreign influence activities: CSIS

Canadians growing more vulnerable to foreign influence activities: CSIS

In B.C., Hong Kong Canadians have been most vocal about Chinese state actors and propaganda
B.C. goes three days without a COVID-19 death

B.C. goes three days without a COVID-19 death

B.C. officials detect 89 new COVID-19 cases – the most in a day since June 20
From friend to foe: Surrey’s Brenda Locke to challenge Doug McCallum in 2022

From friend to foe: Surrey’s Brenda Locke to challenge Doug McCallum in 2022

Locke pledges police referendum, has regrets about SkyTrain pledge and is contemplating how city hall can help with housing affordability