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Letter: Public plaza at Metrotown is an eyesore

Letter: Public plaza at Metrotown is an eyesore

Area at Beresford Street and McKay Avenue has seen better days, resident says.
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Competition Ltd.: Why big banks dominate Canada's financial landscape

Competition Ltd.: Why big banks dominate Canada's financial landscape

The tight hold on the market of RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC, Scotiabank and National Bank is not from a lack of others trying.
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Blue Jays pitcher takes aim at airline after pregnant wife asked to clean up after kids

Blue Jays pitcher takes aim at airline after pregnant wife asked to clean up after kids

One passenger rights advocate says he was right and that his wife should not have picked up the popcorn.
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With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike

With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike

OTTAWA — Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike across the country after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before a Tuesday night deadline.
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Mega-volcanoes less of an extinction risk than once thought, B.C. researchers find

Mega-volcanoes less of an extinction risk than once thought, B.C. researchers find

The study could help improve warning systems for volcanoes — and the tsunamis, hot rock avalanches, and plumes of ash that come with them.
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Man accused of leaving bag with drugs, loaded handgun at Burnaby mall denied bail

Man accused of leaving bag with drugs, loaded handgun at Burnaby mall denied bail

Ryan Matthew Christensen, 32, was arrested on New Year's Day last year after a Metrotown mall security guard found an unattended bag with fentanyl, cocaine, meth and a loaded handgun in it.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo makes successful entry into Canadian market

Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo makes successful entry into Canadian market

Pinduoduo's North American platform, Temu, is currently the No. 1 app in Canada
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B.C. premier weighs in on Glencore play for Teck

B.C. premier weighs in on Glencore play for Teck

Takeover by Swiss mining giant could put B.C. jobs at risk: David Eby
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There's a new place to charge your electric vehicle in Burnaby

There's a new place to charge your electric vehicle in Burnaby

BC Hydro is setting up charging stations across the province.
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Thousands of Canadians missed out on federal housing and dental benefits: report

Thousands of Canadians missed out on federal housing and dental benefits: report

OTTAWA — A new report says hundreds of thousands of Canadians may have missed out on government money intended to help with the rising cost of living because the housing and dental benefits rolled out last year have had "atrocious" take-up.
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