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More first-time buyers bought homes in 2020 than 2018 in B.C.

More first-time buyers bought homes in 2020 than 2018 in B.C.

Buyers who were fresh to the housing market paid a median price that was $100,000 less than that paid by repeat buyers.
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Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.
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Updated: No public BC Transit Seniors’ Lights Tour in Squamish

Updated: No public BC Transit Seniors’ Lights Tour in Squamish

Dec. 17 seniors bus tour not open to the public, says BC Transit, in apologizing for the mixup.
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West Vancouver missing person found deceased

West Vancouver missing person found deceased

Police do not believe criminality is involved
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Five dead, hundreds infected across Canada from salmonella-tainted cantaloupes

Five dead, hundreds infected across Canada from salmonella-tainted cantaloupes

The Canadian Food and Inspection Agency warns to contact your health-care provider if you have become sick from eating the recalled products.
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Rob Shaw: ‘Patent nonsense’ or path to stability? Prepare for NDP’s housing plans, either way

Rob Shaw: ‘Patent nonsense’ or path to stability? Prepare for NDP’s housing plans, either way

Provincial initiatives could bring down housing costs significantly, according to report. Opposition politicians beg to differ.
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View Royal teen 'vanished into thin air' 50 years ago after getting off the bus

View Royal teen 'vanished into thin air' 50 years ago after getting off the bus

Carmen Robinson, 17, took the bus home from her dishwashing job and got off two blocks from her View Royal home on Dec. 8, 1973. She was never seen again
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B.C. women lose $4K claim over alleged flea infestation and unpaid rent

B.C. women lose $4K claim over alleged flea infestation and unpaid rent

B.C. women have case rejected after pet parasites propel property dispute.
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John Ducker: Numbers demonstrate the risks of impaired driving

John Ducker: Numbers demonstrate the risks of impaired driving

A by-the-numbers perspective on why we need to keep drinking and drugged drivers off our roads.
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Canada Bread denies price-fixing scheme in court filing, points finger at Maple Leaf

Canada Bread denies price-fixing scheme in court filing, points finger at Maple Leaf

The bread supplier that admitted to price-fixing earlier this year says in new court filings that any anti-competitive behaviour it participated in was at the direction and to the benefit of its then-majority owner Maple Leaf Foods.
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