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Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia began covering the cost, which researchers say is strong reason for Ottawa's pharmacare plan to do the same.
Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Study finds more women opted for IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after British Columbia began covering the cost, which researchers say is strong reason for Ottawa's pharmacare plan to do the same.
Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households

Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households

ARMSTRONG, B.C. — The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province.
Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.

Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.

Access to the Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park near Hope, B.C., has been closed as emergency responders work to recover the body of a man believed to have drowned.
DoorDash wants Competition Bureau case alleging it misled customers turfed: doc

DoorDash wants Competition Bureau case alleging it misled customers turfed: doc

DoorDash Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal to throw out a case accusing it of misleading Canadian customers by advertising food deliveries at a lower price than customers actually wind up paying.
Residential fire kills two people in Prince George, B.C., RCMP say

Residential fire kills two people in Prince George, B.C., RCMP say

PRINCE GEORGE — A residential fire has killed two people in Prince George, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says firefighters told police they were responding to the blaze shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Friday.
Delta business aircraft crashes in Newfoundland, two dead

Delta business aircraft crashes in Newfoundland, two dead

Incident happened in Deer Lake, Newfoundland, Saturday afternoon
Air Canada flight attendants start voting on strike mandate

Air Canada flight attendants start voting on strike mandate

Key issues such as pay, unpaid work and pensions remain unresolved, says union.
Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

A fresh hike in anti-dumping fees threatens to finish the job, but the real damage came from government stalling
Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers, B.C.

Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers, B.C.

SMITHERS — A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province's northern Interior.