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This Vancouver start-up is helping women shop for cars more easily

This Vancouver start-up is helping women shop for cars more easily

The B.C. auto industry is evolving to open doors for more women to come in, say experts.
Costs quadruple for North Shore sewage treatment plant to $3.86B

Costs quadruple for North Shore sewage treatment plant to $3.86B

North Van and West Van taxpayers could face increases of $725 per household annually as project costs balloon.
Opinion: Vancouver city council offers fossil fuels a free pass

Opinion: Vancouver city council offers fossil fuels a free pass

Vancouver city council sues for bridge repairs, but rejects idea of suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages
B.C. businesses, unions push back on war on natural gas

B.C. businesses, unions push back on war on natural gas

New lobby group wants municipalities to pump the brakes on natural gas bans for new builds
Principles, people, philanthropy part of Louie family’s 120 years of success

Principles, people, philanthropy part of Louie family’s 120 years of success

Brandt Louie, chair and CEO of H.Y. Louie and London Drugs, reflects on the core values that helped shape one of the largest and longest-standing businesses in B.C.
Federal government posts $25.7-billion deficit between April and January

Federal government posts $25.7-billion deficit between April and January

OTTAWA — The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $25.7 billion as of the end of January for the current fiscal year.
B.C.'s Haida Nation to have title over all of Haida Gwaii

B.C.'s Haida Nation to have title over all of Haida Gwaii

Aboriginal law experts question how private lands can coexist with communal aboriginal title
Rob Shaw: How B.C.'s first Seniors Advocate transformed elderly care

Rob Shaw: How B.C.'s first Seniors Advocate transformed elderly care

Isobel Mackenzie leaves behind a legacy of advocacy that led to meaningful policy changes in seniors care
Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations

Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations

A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry's biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot producers.
Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

OTTAWA — More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act.
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