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Rob Shaw: Polls predict major B.C. election clash as independents stir the pot

Rob Shaw: Polls predict major B.C. election clash as independents stir the pot

With incumbents running as independents and Greens looking for a comeback, B.C.’s political landscape could shift dramatically next month
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Almost 250,000 B.C. patients matched with doctors through registry: province

Almost 250,000 B.C. patients matched with doctors through registry: province

The Health Connect registry for patients and a second one for physicians were launched in July 2023
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Comment: Government needs slim margins, robust opposition

Comment: Government needs slim margins, robust opposition

Some of the arguments political parties use to convince you to vote one way or another goagainst the government’s healthy function.
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Surrey, B.C., ER doctors call for 'new leadership' amid 'toxic' work environment

Surrey, B.C., ER doctors call for 'new leadership' amid 'toxic' work environment

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia politicians are celebrating connecting more people with family doctors, but it comes as emergency room physicians at Surrey Memorial Hospital say conditions there continue to crumble.
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Review finds no case for formal probe of Beijing's activities under elections law

Review finds no case for formal probe of Beijing's activities under elections law

OTTAWA — The federal agency that investigates election infractions found insufficient evidence to support suggestions Beijing wielded undue influence against the Conservatives in the Vancouver area during the 2021 general election.
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Opinion: Columbia River Treaty update a game-changer for B.C. amid U.S. tensions

Opinion: Columbia River Treaty update a game-changer for B.C. amid U.S. tensions

A decisive agreement ensures energy, flood protections, and ecosystem health in the face of U.S. challenges and climate change
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S&P/TSX composite slips lower Tuesday, U.S. markets mixed

S&P/TSX composite slips lower Tuesday, U.S. markets mixed

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index slipped lower Tuesday despite strength in energy stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed but more or less flat one day before an interest rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Former cabinet minister appeals to Elections BC to register New Liberal Party of BC

Former cabinet minister appeals to Elections BC to register New Liberal Party of BC

VANCOUVER — The suspension of BC United's election campaign left centrist voters in British Columbia "orphaned," and a new provincial party under the Liberal brand is needed, says former federal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal.
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Stock market today: Wall Street stays stuck in place as it counts down to a rate cut

Stock market today: Wall Street stays stuck in place as it counts down to a rate cut

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their all-time highs ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 edged just barely higher Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped less than 0.
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Haisla First Nation's Cedar LNG project faces legal challenge

Haisla First Nation's Cedar LNG project faces legal challenge

Steelhead LNG alleges patent infringement on its floating LNG design
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