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Businesses face higher trucking costs amid rail labour dispute

Businesses face higher trucking costs amid rail labour dispute

The ongoing labour dispute between Canada’s largest railway companies and their workers is driving up the cost of shipping by truck, with smaller businesses disproportionately affected.
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Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost

Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits mailed to their homes, starting in late September. U.S.
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Opinion: Transit-oriented development laws have created a chaotic regulatory patchwork

Opinion: Transit-oriented development laws have created a chaotic regulatory patchwork

Greater Vancouver’s three biggest cities have taken different approaches to implementing provincial rules
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In formalizing babysitting, we are teaching young workers the wrong lessons

In formalizing babysitting, we are teaching young workers the wrong lessons

Babysitting, and other underage labour, is about learning responsibility, accountability and perhaps even some money management skills, all while helping families who work or need a break or both.
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Labour relations board rules in favour of ex-B.C. bus driver over COVID-19 vaccine dispute

Labour relations board rules in favour of ex-B.C. bus driver over COVID-19 vaccine dispute

Union’s handling of COVID-19 vaccine grievance criticized; driver granted right to appeal
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Okanagan golf courses grapple with rough summer

Okanagan golf courses grapple with rough summer

Operators blame inflation, wildfires, crackdown on short-term rentals for a softer summer season
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BIV announces 2024 BC CEO and BC CFO Award winners

BIV announces 2024 BC CEO and BC CFO Award winners

BC CEO Award and BC CFO Award recipients will be recognized at an awards luncheon in Vancouver on October 23
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Rob Shaw: Finance minister's fall farewell leaves B.C. drenched in debt

Rob Shaw: Finance minister's fall farewell leaves B.C. drenched in debt

As Katrine Conroy retires, the reality of B.C.'s financial mess becomes impossible to ignore
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Statistics Canada says retail sales down 0.3% at $65.7B in June

Statistics Canada says retail sales down 0.3% at $65.7B in June

Retail sales dropped in June as Canadians continued to grapple with high interest rates. Statistics Canada said Friday that retail sales fell 0.3 per cent to $65.7 billion that month, led by a drop in sales at new car dealers.
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Opinion: A bigger B.C. government has not birthed a healthier B.C. economy

Opinion: A bigger B.C. government has not birthed a healthier B.C. economy

Plunging business investment hurting West Coast workforce, argue economists.
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