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Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

BC United has to command conservative voters or it will lose
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These companies have laid off Canadian workers in 2023

These companies have laid off Canadian workers in 2023

A wave of layoffs in 2022, which left thousands of Canadian workers jobless, is continuing this year as recession predictions loom and the tech sector downturn deepens.
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Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

BC United has to command conservative voters or it will lose
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National employment numbers for July from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for July from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's July employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.5 per cent (5.4) Employment rate: 62.0 per cent (62.2) Participation rate: 65.6 per cent (65.7)
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Burnaby hookah lounge ordered to pay $25K in withheld wages

Burnaby hookah lounge ordered to pay $25K in withheld wages

Two ex-employees complained to the Employment Standards Branch about the Bloo BBY hookah lounge, saying they weren’t paid their wages on a regular basis and never got tips.
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B.C. broker fined $50K over phoney mortgage applications

B.C. broker fined $50K over phoney mortgage applications

Former submortgage broker Ravinder Biln created fake income records to land clients mortgages they were otherwise not entitled to.
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Victoria approves beautification fund for downtown businesses

Victoria approves beautification fund for downtown businesses

The program will have a $100,000 budget, with funding split evenly between the city and downtown business association
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Some federal parties resisted foreign interference probe looking beyond China: Singh

Some federal parties resisted foreign interference probe looking beyond China: Singh

OTTAWA — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party has faced resistance to including countries other than China in the terms of reference for a public inquiry on foreign interference.
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Vancouver's Westland expands into Eastern Canada through acquisitions

Vancouver's Westland expands into Eastern Canada through acquisitions

Westland acquires insurance brokerage firms in Ontario and New Brunswick
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Richmond lawyer Hong Guo gets another professional misconduct ruling

Richmond lawyer Hong Guo gets another professional misconduct ruling

All but three out of 19 professional misconduct allegations were dismissed for the B.C. real estate and immigration lawyer
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