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Northern Yukon fly-in community of Old Crow is ordered evacuated due to wildfire risk

Northern Yukon fly-in community of Old Crow is ordered evacuated due to wildfire risk

WHITEHORSE — The remote fly-in community of Old Crow in Yukon has been ordered evacuated due to a weather change that increases the risk of wildfires.
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Vanderhoof mayoral candidate fined by Elections BC

Vanderhoof mayoral candidate fined by Elections BC

Kenneth Holden and three council candidates were fined for election advertising without an authorization statement
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Data points: B.C. job market resilient as SMEs’ short-term confidence falls

Data points: B.C. job market resilient as SMEs’ short-term confidence falls

Still, only 28 per cent of B.C. SMEs consider themselves to be in a good state of business health
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Saskatoon flirting with Calgary-level office vacancies

Saskatoon flirting with Calgary-level office vacancies

'Class-A [space] is in recovery mode', says Cushman & Wakefield following a tenant migration to the first Class AA towers in the city
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Jamie Stephen: Canada's greatest climate challenge and responsibility is our forests

Jamie Stephen: Canada's greatest climate challenge and responsibility is our forests

As the world gets hotter, the need for human intervention in forests goes up, not down, writes Jamie Stephen.
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Group warns of ‘tripledemic’ repeat without B.C. government action to combat COVID-19 in schools

Group warns of ‘tripledemic’ repeat without B.C. government action to combat COVID-19 in schools

Protect Our Province BC and other signatories have penned an open letter to the province, urging the provincial government to take action to prevent the spread of COVID and respiratory illnesses this fall
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For Elizabeth May, excruciating headache while at ceremony turned out to be a stroke

For Elizabeth May, excruciating headache while at ceremony turned out to be a stroke

“I felt like my head was going to split in two.”
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Builder of RidgeView Place in Langford has filed for bankruptcy

Builder of RidgeView Place in Langford has filed for bankruptcy

According to the filing, 150 creditors are owed more than $51 million.
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Terms of new contract that resolved British Columbia port dispute are released

Terms of new contract that resolved British Columbia port dispute are released

VANCOUVER — The Canada Industrial Relations Board has released the new terms of the agreement that resolved British Columbia's port dispute, including a commitment by employers to train workers to perform maintenance on new equipment.
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Wildfires contributing to drop in Canadian exports

Wildfires contributing to drop in Canadian exports

Fires caused sawmill closures, oil and gas production curtailments
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