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Q&A: How Ravi Kahlon plans on tackling B.C.'s housing crisis

Q&A: How Ravi Kahlon plans on tackling B.C.'s housing crisis

"We're seeing the vacancy rates at a historic low, and we're not building at the rate of population growth. You want to talk about perfect storm; that's essentially what we have here."
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Looming recession, labour shortage create unprecedented matchup for new B.C. jobs minister

Looming recession, labour shortage create unprecedented matchup for new B.C. jobs minister

Eighty-one per cent of British Columbians are concerned that Canada will face a recession next year, according to a November Ipsos poll. 
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B.C. judge scolds Chinese state-controlled airline in wrongful dismissal suit

B.C. judge scolds Chinese state-controlled airline in wrongful dismissal suit

A BC Supreme Court justice has ordered China Southern Airlines (CSA) to pay a former manager $208,000 in damages, and scolded the way the Chinese government-controlled company behaved in legal proceedings.
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B.C. doctor, chiropractor suspended two years for sexual misconduct

B.C. doctor, chiropractor suspended two years for sexual misconduct

Dr. Norman Keith Lea of Nakusp and Dr. Gavin Maxwell of Nanaimo admitted sexual relationships with patients to their respective professional colleges.
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Former Vancouver School Board trustee testifies in underage sex sting case

Former Vancouver School Board trustee testifies in underage sex sting case

Former Vancouver School Trustee Ken Clement was going to pay a male prostitute he thought was 19-years-old $180 an hour for sex in police underage sex sting.
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B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

B.C. reactivates health-care emergency operation centres

Move comes as hospital occupancy exceeds base hospital capacity
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B.C. Ministry of Health says it 'accidentally' published new advice on face masks

B.C. Ministry of Health says it 'accidentally' published new advice on face masks

I guess we weren't supposed to see that.
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B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

B.C. Place releases roof inspection report; lacks documents from summer malfunction

Sixteen years after B.C. Place Stadium’s original inflated fabric roof ripped and collapsed, how is the 2011-opened retractable system faring?
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'This is the mother lode of silverware': Relic hunter finds buried treasure from a Vancouver icon

'This is the mother lode of silverware': Relic hunter finds buried treasure from a Vancouver icon

You could even say it's forking awesome
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B.C. yet to see post-holidays spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations: health minister

B.C. yet to see post-holidays spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations: health minister

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says hospitals haven't yet seen the bump of COVID-19 infections that have been recorded after previous holidays during the pandemic, but the health system is still feeling the strain of respiratory illne
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