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Massive social housing-detox centre for Vancouver sees costs reach $200M

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 A long-planned social housing-detox centre that will be built over a city block in East Vancouver is now estimated to cost close to $200...

Twitter bird sign sells for nearly $35,000 at auction

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The iconic 560-pound sign was sold in auction after Elon Musk purchased the social media and rebranded it to X. SAN FRANCISCO —...

Canada puts $200M into B.C. floating LNG facility

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 Canada says it is putting $200 million toward the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant off the coast of British Columbia. In an...

Hudson’s Bay hopes to save six stores, begin liquidation process Monday

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TORONTO — After a week spent seeking a lifeline, Hudson's Bay says it has found a way to keep a half-dozen stores open —...

Air Jordan designer Tinker Hatfield among Nike executives named in settled lawsuit related to sexual harassment, gender discrimination

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Tinker Hatfield, who designed many of the popular Air Jordan sneakers, was one of the employees named in the lawsuit PORTLAND, Oregon —...

Chinese restaurant XLB closing Portland location

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The restaurant on North Williams Avenue served up soup and steamed dumplings, as well as other delicious dishes, from January 2017. PORTLAND, Ore....

Father of 12 dies amid workplace safety violations at Washington company

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A father of 12 lost his life while cleaning out a tanker truck filled with toxic chemicals, a job the state says he had...

Disney in search of perhaps its greatest sequel — a successor to Bob Iger

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Only two years after stepping down as CEO, Iger returned to Disney in 2022 after a period of clashes and missteps under his hand-picked...

Revenues from Portland metro homeless services tax in ‘fiscal valley of death,’ researcher says

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Portland's business community met Thursday to hear about the Metro Supportive Housing Services tax, which currently funds nearly half of all local homeless services....

‘Zero tolerance for those who cheat’: B.C. cherry patent reinstated in American court

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A Summerland-developed cherry variety has won another legal battle in Washington State. In 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington determined...

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