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Online harms: Liberals seek to create digital safety commission, new ombudsperson

Online harms: Liberals seek to create digital safety commission, new ombudsperson

OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to create a new digital safety regulator to compel social-media platforms to take action against online harms and remove damaging content — including child sex-abuse material and intimate images shared without co
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Opinion: Pink Shirt Day must become a call to meaningful action against bullying

Opinion: Pink Shirt Day must become a call to meaningful action against bullying

Canada has marked Pink Shirt Day since 2007, but meaningful progress in tackling bullying requires solidarity from youth, teachers, schools, parents, governments and the general public.
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B.C.'s minimum wage now pegged to inflation, will rise to $17.40 per hour

B.C.'s minimum wage now pegged to inflation, will rise to $17.40 per hour

A pay hike in June will raise the minimum hourly wage by 3.9% in line with inflation. Changes to B.C.'s labour laws mean annual increases will now occur automatically.
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Ex breaks into B.C. man's home, leaves behind promise ring, notes

Ex breaks into B.C. man's home, leaves behind promise ring, notes

The incident is under further investigation.
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Real estate association economist doubts B.C.'s flipping tax is worth the trouble

Real estate association economist doubts B.C.'s flipping tax is worth the trouble

Brendon Ogmundson, chief economist of the British Columbia Real Estate Association, says the tax could end up reducing the overall number of homes on the market while only applying to a small number of properties.
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B.C. cannabis companies finally eligible for pre-approved credit cards

B.C. cannabis companies finally eligible for pre-approved credit cards

Big banks still treat cannabis-sector entrepreneurs differently than counterparts in other sectors.
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Boeser's Brock solid net presence crucial to Canucks offence

Boeser's Brock solid net presence crucial to Canucks offence

Brock Boeser leads the Vancouver Canucks in goals but he's also making it easier for everyone else on the ice to score too.
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Massive lantern stolen from in front of Vancouver Art Gallery

Massive lantern stolen from in front of Vancouver Art Gallery

The stolen lantern, called My Family III, was created by Richard Hunt
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Vancouver's traditional Irish chipper gets sit-down Downtown restaurant space

Vancouver's traditional Irish chipper gets sit-down Downtown restaurant space

The Frying Irishman has been a fan favourite for fried fare to go
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VPD warn public about high-risk sex offender moving to Vancouver

VPD warn public about high-risk sex offender moving to Vancouver

In 2016 when he broke into a second-storey bedroom in Vancouver in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted a 48-year-old woman.
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