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Victoria pushing for B.C.-wide ban on disposable plastic packaging

Victoria pushing for B.C.-wide ban on disposable plastic packaging

Victoria is asking the province for uniform, province-wide business regulations to ban disposable plastic packaging.
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B.C. to set up a temporary foreign worker registry

B.C. to set up a temporary foreign worker registry

The B.C. government plans to create a controversial registry of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) this fall and raise the number of site inspections to ensure that workers are being treated fairly, says B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains.
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New app puts wildlife protection in public's hands

New app puts wildlife protection in public's hands

The BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF) is hoping the public can make their job easier by reporting people who break fisheries, wildlife, and environmental protection laws. And to make it easy, the BCWF has developed a smartphone app.
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Burnaby-made NHL '19 brings players back to the pond

Burnaby-made NHL '19 brings players back to the pond

Ask an NHL player to reflect on his first hockey memories, and you’ll likely see his eyes light up and a smile come across his face before he reminisces about long days spent on an outdoor rink.
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Black bear crawls into van with child inside in Coquitlam neighbourhood

Black bear crawls into van with child inside in Coquitlam neighbourhood

Bear/Shutterstock A mother's quick actions saved her child from a harrowing encounter with a bear over the long weekend. The incident happened on Saturday morning in the Westwood Plateau area of Coquitlam.
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Vancouver is the unhappiest city in Canada

Vancouver is the unhappiest city in Canada

Photo Shutterstock Vancouver and Toronto ranked as the unhappiest cities in Canada, according to a recent study from UBC's Vancouver School of Economics and McGill University.
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Trudeau, Horgan commit over $3B to fund Broadway Subway, Surrey LRT

Trudeau, Horgan commit over $3B to fund Broadway Subway, Surrey LRT

Photo by Dan Toulgoet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan have announced over $3 billion in funding for the Broadway Subway and Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT projects.
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Vancouver woman rescued after falling into a cave

Vancouver woman rescued after falling into a cave

A Vancouver woman is recovering in hospital in Kelowna, B.C., after falling more than a dozen metres into a cave in the south Okanagan
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Burnaby requests $7M from feds to keep sewage out of Burrard Inlet

Burnaby requests $7M from feds to keep sewage out of Burrard Inlet

Burnaby is asking senior levels of Canadian government for $7 million to prevent sewage from flowing into Burrard Inlet.
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Kerrisdale’s much-loved sequoia tree to be cut down

Kerrisdale’s much-loved sequoia tree to be cut down

The stately sequoia tree that has graced West 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale for close to 90 years is ailing and needs to be cut down.
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