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Metro Vancouver weather: Another potent storm to bring heavy rain, strong winds

Metro Vancouver weather: Another potent storm to bring heavy rain, strong winds

More power outages and widespread rain are possible.
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Metro Vancouver 'living wage' spikes past $27/hour as rent costs threaten families: report

Metro Vancouver 'living wage' spikes past $27/hour as rent costs threaten families: report

Governments need to keep pace with income-tested transfers for families as so-called 'living wage' in Metro Vancouver crests above $27/hour in 2024.
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Bleak finances put B.C.'s economic future at risk, business council warns

Bleak finances put B.C.'s economic future at risk, business council warns

A large projected deficit and doubled capital expenditures in the last two years have increased the provincial debt to $63B, says report.
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Metro Vancouver power outages: Over 4,500 people in the dark after bomb cyclone

Metro Vancouver power outages: Over 4,500 people in the dark after bomb cyclone

More powerful winds are expected today.
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Audit shows just one in three Canadian fisheries is healthy

Audit shows just one in three Canadian fisheries is healthy

If Canada accelerated efforts, it could have recovery plans in place for the most vulnerable stocks by 2025.
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Opinion: How a failure to support youth who were once in care may be fuelling unemployment

Opinion: How a failure to support youth who were once in care may be fuelling unemployment

Former youth in care deserve equitable educational opportunities. Better longitudinal data is needed around how youth and adults successfully transition to and complete post-secondary education.
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I Watched This Game: Canucks come up short to Rangers in valiant effort

I Watched This Game: Canucks come up short to Rangers in valiant effort

Elias Pettersson stepped up, Conor Garland played with nearly-new-dad strength, and Kiefer Sherwood put up big numbers.
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It’s 4.5 billion years old, made of iron and up for auction

It’s 4.5 billion years old, made of iron and up for auction

The iron meteorite found in a backyard in Ocean Falls is “older than anything you would ever find on the surface of the Earth”
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Update: Large Richmond power outage over, smaller pocket affected

Update: Large Richmond power outage over, smaller pocket affected

The cause of the outage is still under investigation
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Dwindling sea ice, warming oceans fuelled Canada's 2023 wildfires, finds study

Dwindling sea ice, warming oceans fuelled Canada's 2023 wildfires, finds study

A new study finds 2023 fire conditions may have been made worse by a lack of sea ice and warm oceans on the other side of the planet.
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