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Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month brings attention to hidden dangers of firefighting

Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month brings attention to hidden dangers of firefighting

Over 75 per cent of firefighter fatalities are directly associated with cancer, according to Ken McMullen, president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs.
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Three in four Canadians support funding for in-vitro fertilization, new polling finds

Three in four Canadians support funding for in-vitro fertilization, new polling finds

This coming July, Louise Brown will celebrate her 46th birthday. Brown was the first person to be born as a result of in-vitro fertilization.
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Total crimes in Vancouver down by 10,500 since 2019

Total crimes in Vancouver down by 10,500 since 2019

Car break-ins less than half what they were five years ago.
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Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

Mining tax breaks cost Canadians over $500M a year, finds investigation

An investigation from the Washington-based group found investments in B.C.'s Golden Triangle have the 'structural and operational attributes of a Ponzi scheme.' 
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Vancou'd have been: Vancouver's airport could have been built at Spanish Banks

Vancou'd have been: Vancouver's airport could have been built at Spanish Banks

There was nearly an airport just offshore of UBC
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Stock promoter orchestrated $5M pump and dump via B.C. network, U.S. SEC alleges

Stock promoter orchestrated $5M pump and dump via B.C. network, U.S. SEC alleges

Burnaby's Aarif Jamani faces civil securities fraud charges in the United States for allegedly orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme; Jamani also faces a hearing for violating a cease trade order in B.C.
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Metro Vancouver forecast includes 'significant shift' to double-digit daily highs

Metro Vancouver forecast includes 'significant shift' to double-digit daily highs

Things are warming up and melting.
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Could the Metro Vancouver bus strike be expanded to the SkyTrain?

Could the Metro Vancouver bus strike be expanded to the SkyTrain?

"Since it's an escalation, that means more than our current one," warned a union rep.
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Burnaby woman fails breath test after driving wrong way with flat tire on Highway 1

Burnaby woman fails breath test after driving wrong way with flat tire on Highway 1

The woman was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition, and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.
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'Complete shutdown': Labour minister not intervening in Metro Vancouver bus strike

'Complete shutdown': Labour minister not intervening in Metro Vancouver bus strike

Bus service is halted for 48 hours as of 3 a.m. Monday as a deal was not reached between the union and employer.
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