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Sri Lankan students in Canada struggle with homeland cash crisis

Sri Lankan students in Canada struggle with homeland cash crisis

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has left its international students in Canada struggling to pay for tuition fees, rent and necessities, forcing some to abandon their studies.
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Goose lays eggs at a B.C. hospital labour and delivery unit

Goose lays eggs at a B.C. hospital labour and delivery unit

The hospital staff have set up a video baby monitor to watch the bird family.
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Letter: We know pickleball is a growing sport – so where are the courts?

Letter: We know pickleball is a growing sport – so where are the courts?

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Opinion: Why we can’t just 'stop printing money' to get inflation down

Opinion: Why we can’t just 'stop printing money' to get inflation down

While central banks did help mitigate a COVID-induced recession, they don’t have the power to solve our inflation problem.
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'A big crisis': How B.C.'s family doctor shortage is spreading

'A big crisis': How B.C.'s family doctor shortage is spreading

Once a model for community health, a small island in British Columbia grapples with losing its only doctor — and risks joining 900,000 British Columbians without a family physician.
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Quash B.C. voter privacy probe, federal NDP asks court

Quash B.C. voter privacy probe, federal NDP asks court

Canada's federal NDP says provincial laws protecting B.C. voters' private information don't apply to the party and wants B.C. Supreme Court to quash a privacy commissioner's ruling saying they do apply.
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Valuable art stolen from BC Children's Hospital found

Valuable art stolen from BC Children's Hospital found

It was installed just a few weeks ago in front of the hospital for sick kids and found in East Van.
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Peace bond, no trial in B.C. vandalism case involving 14 car owners

Peace bond, no trial in B.C. vandalism case involving 14 car owners

An elderly man has been put on a one-year peace bond after accusations he vandalized the vehicles of 14 East Vancouver neighbours.
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High-risk sex offender wanted Canada-wide back in custody

High-risk sex offender wanted Canada-wide back in custody

The "dangerous offender" is back in police custody.
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Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees and preventing deforestation can store carbon in nature, but the effect may only be temporary. If we also eliminate emissions from fossil fuels, even this temporary effect is important.
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