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OTTAWA — The annual pace of housing starts in January slowed by 10 per cent compared with December, as the rate of starts for new multi-unit projects such as apartments, condominiums and townhouses pulled back. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

VANCOUVER — A new report ahead of next week's B.C. budget is forecasting slower economic growth for the province this year.

Students ask B.C. to limit international tuition increases, invest more in public education

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell in December, weighed down by production slowdowns for retooling at some auto assembly plants in Ontario. The agency says manufacturing sales fell 0.7 per cent to $71.

A new class-action lawsuit alleges Canadian major junior hockey leagues violate antitrust laws in the United States by colluding to restrict the negotiation powers of players.

Twenty-seven screening officers and nine salaried employees at the airport were terminated following an investigation into “screening irregularities”

B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation: "It's ridiculous for the provincial government to be doling out taxpayer funds to close friends and associates."

The province plans to amend the Land Act in the spring to allow joint decision-making with Indigenous communities, in accordance with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

More than 250 naturopathic doctors have enrolled in a training program to prescribe common medications for opioid use disorder.

Only 1,859 forms in opposition were submitted through an alternative approval process —well short of the 33,000 required to kill the plan