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YVR food workers threaten to strike over living wages

YVR food workers threaten to strike over living wages

Airport food service disruptions could happen during spring break and Easter weekend travel rush.
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Canadian cities should aspire to implement 30 City, like in Europe

Canadian cities should aspire to implement 30 City, like in Europe

The chances of Canadian cities adopting 30 City and restricting the speed limit to 30 kilometers an hour are not great, but it is worth aspiring to.
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February housing starts increased 14% from January: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp

February housing starts increased 14% from January: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp

OTTAWA — The pace of home construction rose in February as builders started on more apartments and condos, but the industry continues to struggle under cost pressures. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Emails reveal months of TikTok spyware fears at B.C. cybersecurity department

Emails reveal months of TikTok spyware fears at B.C. cybersecurity department

A year before U.S. lawmakers targeted TikTok, B.C. government cybersecurity department scrambled to remove the app.
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Rob Shaw: B.C. ready to get tough on tech titans with sweeping legislation

Rob Shaw: B.C. ready to get tough on tech titans with sweeping legislation

From sextortion to eating disorders, province targets platforms and companies endangering youth
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Wholesale sales rose 0.1 per cent in January: Statistics Canada

Wholesale sales rose 0.1 per cent in January: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.1 per cent to $82.4 billion in January.
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As alcohol consumption declines, a St. Patrick's Day with fewer raised glasses

As alcohol consumption declines, a St. Patrick's Day with fewer raised glasses

TORONTO — The usual sight of green-clad revellers celebrating St. Patrick's Day is expected across Canada on Sunday — but compared with a decade ago, fewer of them will be indulging in alcohol.
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Les Leyne: U.S. ambassador talks protocol, treaties and softwood lumber

Les Leyne: U.S. ambassador talks protocol, treaties and softwood lumber

Advice to Canada’s ambassador to Germany John Horgan is be yourself. On softwood lumber, U.S. sees Canadian practices as discriminatory, he says.
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International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn

International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn

OTTAWA — When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students are under, he remembers a young man who called in tears.
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Toronto the latest 2026 World Cup host to disclose its FIFA contracts

Toronto the latest 2026 World Cup host to disclose its FIFA contracts

Canadian Taxpayers Federation: "Any kind of redaction with these documents, with agreements to spend taxpayer money, that’s a problem."
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