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Tourism sector rolls out road map to boost visitor numbers to pre-pandemic levels

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The tourism industry rolled out a road map Thursday it hopes will bring more visitors to Canada after the bruising it took during the...

Christmas lights to be lit this year by Site C hydro-electric dam

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Independent power producers who, with the green-lighting of Site C dam, fled B.C. a decade ago to focus on wind and solar power development...

Renowned SFU criminologist Robert Gordon dies, leaving trail of contributions

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Prominent Simon Fraser University professor emeritus of criminology and public policy analyst Robert Gordon has died, leaving behind a trail of “pivotal” contributions to...

Fort Nelson evacuees wait it out as incoming weather holds key to B.C. firefight

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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — As a fast-growing wildfire bore down on Fort Nelson, B.C., Ariel Keating, her girlfriend, their dog Louie and their...

What happened to the entry-level car?

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I last bought a new car about 10 years ago. Back then, you could find smaller, entry-level cars, like the Honda Fit, for well...

B.C. retailers up cybersecurity defences to avoid attacks

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Kit and Ace CEO David Lui closely followed news about the recent cyberattack against London Drugs — an ordeal that forced the large B.C.-based...

UBC Properties Investments, City of Kelowna facing class action over campus construction

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The City of Kelowna, UBC Properties Investments and several others including engineers, builders and architects, are facing a class action lawsuit over damage to...

Canadian banks directed over US$100 billion to oil and gas last year: report

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TORONTO — Canadian banks provided almost US$104 billion in fossil fuel funding last year despite the urgent need to reduce emissions, says the latest...

Can your current mortgage lender affect whether you can make a switch? In my case, it did

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A surprising thing happened when I went to renew my mortgage for a better rate with a big bank last month: they refused to...

One way to decrease temporary residents is to make them permanent, ministers suggest

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MONTREAL — One way Canada plans to shrink the number of temporary residents is to offer them the opportunity to remain permanently, the immigration...

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