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UBC Wine Research Centre wants to define B.C. wine and ensure its future

UBC Wine Research Centre wants to define B.C. wine and ensure its future

One of the biggest challenges facing the wine industry, and particularly the Okanagan, is adapting to a changing climate. 
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Patrick Condon: Behold Vancouver, where there are housing solutions to be found

Patrick Condon: Behold Vancouver, where there are housing solutions to be found

An alternative development path is needed to produce more affordable housing
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Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.

Eby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.

Premier says he was told he could not receive information because he's not a 'direct client' of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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Bank of Canada launches public consultations on digital currency

Bank of Canada launches public consultations on digital currency

A digital currency would be different from cryptocurrencies as it would be backed by the central bank and its value wouldn't change since it would be just another form of Canadian currency
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Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Port expansions further lock us into a fragile, energy-intensive system of globalized trade with many distant links in a chain we have no local control over
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Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users

Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users

Company says it will remove news in a way that is careful, responsible and transparent
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Mike McDonald: Reflections on Gordon Campbell, 30 years after he sought the BC Liberal leadership

Mike McDonald: Reflections on Gordon Campbell, 30 years after he sought the BC Liberal leadership

Gordon Campbell revived and defined the BC Liberal brand
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Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

In which the BC NDP thwart the government lawyers' attempt to create their own bargaining unit
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Who’s Suing Whom: May 8, 2023

Who’s Suing Whom: May 8, 2023

The latest from the B.C. Supreme Court
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Victoria mortgage broker's firm under control of receiver as lawsuits pile up

Victoria mortgage broker's firm under control of receiver as lawsuits pile up

Civil lawsuits claim that Gregory Martel and his company owe more than $27.5 million to clients who invested with him.
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