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Wildfires in B.C., Alberta signal an early start to a dry, volatile year

Wildfires in B.C., Alberta signal an early start to a dry, volatile year

Residents in British Columbia are on edge after the most destructive fire season on record last year, with more than 2.84 million hectares of forest and land burned.
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Equifax Canada testing use of rental payment data for credit scores

Equifax Canada testing use of rental payment data for credit scores

TORONTO — Equifax Canada is exploring how rent data could factor in to credit scores to help make credit and financial services accessible to more people.
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Interior universities TRU, UBCO, UNBC extend research coalition another 5 years

Interior universities TRU, UBCO, UNBC extend research coalition another 5 years

$8M already secured for research on disaster prevention, rural aging and more
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Rob Shaw: Affordability continues to complicate B.C. climate change politics

Rob Shaw: Affordability continues to complicate B.C. climate change politics

NDP defends CleanBC, opponents promise cheaper solutions
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Soft skills, preparation can help new graduates land jobs, experts say

Soft skills, preparation can help new graduates land jobs, experts say

TORONTO — Landing a job isn't as easy as it was a few years ago, especially for younger Canadians, as the labour market continues to loosen.
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Bryan Yu: B.C. housing market showing signs of marginal improvement

Bryan Yu: B.C. housing market showing signs of marginal improvement

Prices rise in Metro Vancouver and Okanagan, but sales activity subdued
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Canada's logging industry is seeking a wildfire 'hero' narrative

Canada's logging industry is seeking a wildfire 'hero' narrative

B.C. and Canadian forestry associations aim to tell a story that places them as the 'hero' in a fight against wildfires. One critic says the strategy is 'mendacious and dangerous.'
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‘Trying not to die’: Tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back

‘Trying not to die’: Tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back

Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before. She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf Adventures out of Vancouver about a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks devastated international travel in 2001.
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Failure to clean up B.C. oil wells nets company $45K fine

Failure to clean up B.C. oil wells nets company $45K fine

B.C. Green MLA says fines have become the 'cost of doing business' and do little to deter the expansion of abandoned oil and gas wells.
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'Everybody is exhausted': UVic unions speak out against budget cuts

'Everybody is exhausted': UVic unions speak out against budget cuts

A letter presented to Post-Secondary Education Minister Lisa Beare expressed concern about an estimated $13-million operating-budget cut that could see more than 100 positions eliminated
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