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Psychologist demystifies youth substance use for qathet online

Psychologist demystifies youth substance use for qathet online

Hayley Watson provides tools and strategies to confront uncomfortable conversations
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Powell River/Comox ferry trips cancelled: adverse weather

Powell River/Comox ferry trips cancelled: adverse weather

BC Ferries announces evening round trip will not sail
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Online harms: Liberals seek to create digital safety commission, new ombudsperson

Online harms: Liberals seek to create digital safety commission, new ombudsperson

OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to create a new digital safety regulator to compel social-media platforms to take action against online harms and remove damaging content — including child sex-abuse material and intimate images shared without co
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Opinion: Pink Shirt Day must become a call to meaningful action against bullying

Opinion: Pink Shirt Day must become a call to meaningful action against bullying

Canada has marked Pink Shirt Day since 2007, but meaningful progress in tackling bullying requires solidarity from youth, teachers, schools, parents, governments and the general public.
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B.C.'s minimum wage now pegged to inflation, will rise to $17.40 per hour

B.C.'s minimum wage now pegged to inflation, will rise to $17.40 per hour

A pay hike in June will raise the minimum hourly wage by 3.9% in line with inflation. Changes to B.C.'s labour laws mean annual increases will now occur automatically.
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SCRD and hospital district 2024 budgets pass

SCRD and hospital district 2024 budgets pass

Both documents went from first to fourth readings in single meeting sessions on Feb. 22 with no directors voting in opposition to either. 
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Ex breaks into B.C. man's home, leaves behind promise ring, notes

Ex breaks into B.C. man's home, leaves behind promise ring, notes

The incident is under further investigation.
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Real estate association economist doubts B.C.'s flipping tax is worth the trouble

Real estate association economist doubts B.C.'s flipping tax is worth the trouble

Brendon Ogmundson, chief economist of the British Columbia Real Estate Association, says the tax could end up reducing the overall number of homes on the market while only applying to a small number of properties.
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B.C. cannabis companies finally eligible for pre-approved credit cards

B.C. cannabis companies finally eligible for pre-approved credit cards

Big banks still treat cannabis-sector entrepreneurs differently than counterparts in other sectors.
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Child poverty rate rises in B.C. after pandemic cash lost, report says

Child poverty rate rises in B.C. after pandemic cash lost, report says

The report makes more than two dozen recommendations.
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