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First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

First Nation-led financing model hits $2B in effort to close infrastructure gap

A First Nation-led financing model has reached $2 billion in loans issued as it works to close the economic and infrastructure gap between member nations and the rest of Canada.
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Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

Nexii gets reprieve to end of April

B.C. Supreme Court extends protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to April 30, so that it could find a buyer. 
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Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs

Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs

Your parents are finally downsizing after 40 years in the same house.
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B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

B.C. businesses exposed to China’s sputtering economy

Exports from the province to its second-largest trade partner likely to decline as Western countries decouple from China
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Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Scramble continues for B.C. small businesses to repay federal CEBA loans

Business community ‘disappointed’ in Ottawa’s handling of the COVID-era program, which has sent some owners in search of financing options
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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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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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Judge approves process to sell Garibaldi at Squamish

Judge approves process to sell Garibaldi at Squamish

The project has been hampered by disagreements between factions connected to the Aquilini and Gaglardi families. 
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Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

Parkland Refinery incident raises questions about Burnaby's public alerting system

Emergency crews descended on the Parkland Refinery Sunday morning, and people across Metro Vancouver took to social media with questions about a related stench, but it took five hours for Burnaby residents to get a notification through the city's mass notification system.
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