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Higher share of foreign workers became permanent residents in recent years: StatCan

Higher share of foreign workers became permanent residents in recent years: StatCan

The findings suggest temporary residency has become a more significant pathway to permanent residency in Canada.
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B.C. government hails housing targets as success, but singles out Oak Bay for slow start

B.C. government hails housing targets as success, but singles out Oak Bay for slow start

Victoria reported the completion of 753 new housing units in the first six months of the program, exceeding its first-year target of 659. Oak Bay, on the other hand, added only seven of its targeted 55 new units.
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Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes

Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes

Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 that sullied the air around large parts of the globe.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: What might happen to our electricity supply

Adrian Raeside cartoon: What might happen to our electricity supply

Adrian Raeside cartoon: What might happen to our electricity supply
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B.C. nurse didn't help colleagues with fallen patient, college finds

B.C. nurse didn't help colleagues with fallen patient, college finds

The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives said the violations happened between March and November 2023.
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B.C. stock market manipulators still on hook for $15.8M fines after failed appeal

B.C. stock market manipulators still on hook for $15.8M fines after failed appeal

The Court of Appeal of B.C. has dismissed an appeal from Garo Aram Deyrmenjian and Raffi Khorchidian and sided with the B.C. Securities Commission.
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Crash at busy Richmond intersection causes rush hour traffic delays

Crash at busy Richmond intersection causes rush hour traffic delays

Westbound traffic on Highway 91 is backed up to Knight Street.
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Vancouver Canucks trade Ilya Mikheyev to Chicago Blackhawks

Vancouver Canucks trade Ilya Mikheyev to Chicago Blackhawks

The Vancouver Canucks have successfully dumped (most of) Ilya Mikheyev's $4.75 million cap hit in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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B.C. military veteran gets 30 months in penitentiary for child sex abuse

B.C. military veteran gets 30 months in penitentiary for child sex abuse

"You must have known you had crossed the line," Judge Gregory Rideout said.
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Third annual Faces of Richmond gallery exhibit opens

Third annual Faces of Richmond gallery exhibit opens

Fourteen portraits are on display at Richmond's Seniors Centre at Minoru Centre for Active Living.
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