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Bruce Allen: 'White-hot angry' is just a soundbite, Mr. Premier

Bruce Allen: 'White-hot angry' is just a soundbite, Mr. Premier

The Vancouver Chinatown stabbings are just another episode in a never-ending story
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Morgane Oger: A letter to the 'keep your hands off our kids' protesters and organizers

Morgane Oger: A letter to the 'keep your hands off our kids' protesters and organizers

We need to work together for a Canada defined by respect and inclusivity, Morgane Oger argues
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Don't lift health-care worker COVID vaccination mandate, UBCM votes

Don't lift health-care worker COVID vaccination mandate, UBCM votes

Speakers say issue belongs to public health officials, not politicians.
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Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules

Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules

OTTAWA — A Canadian man who was held in China for nearly three years is calling on governments around the world to co-ordinate sanctions and travel bans on states that arrest foreigners for political reasons.
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Victoria land-use changes pave the way for more child-care facilities

Victoria land-use changes pave the way for more child-care facilities

The changes include allowing child-care facilities in more areas, and relaxing rules for those located in house conversions
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Opinion: CleanBC will push province's economy into recession-like conditions

Opinion: CleanBC will push province's economy into recession-like conditions

If B.C. follows the CleanBC roadmap, the province’s economy will be a staggering $28 billion smaller in 2030, write BCBC authors
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From living wage to fair wage: New West eyes a fair wage policy

From living wage to fair wage: New West eyes a fair wage policy

As Canada's first living wage city, New Westminster has now set its sights on a fair wage policy
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UBCM delegates call for better rural, remote health-care services

UBCM delegates call for better rural, remote health-care services

Concerns include lack of access to emergency services, on-demand mental health and addictions facilities, physicians, paramedics, and other health professionals.
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Burnaby is developing massive civic projects amid soaring construction costs

Burnaby is developing massive civic projects amid soaring construction costs

The City of Burnaby must navigate high construction costs while planning multimillion-dollar rec centre redevelopments — which some councillors suggested may have been designed 'for aesthetic reasons' rather than for function.
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UBCM pushes for more police training, funding amid officer shortages

UBCM pushes for more police training, funding amid officer shortages

While RCMP train in Regina, the Justice Institute of British Columbia is the only academy available for B.C police forces.
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