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No gas-tax relief ahead for B.C.’ers facing skyrocketing prices: Horgan

No gas-tax relief ahead for B.C.’ers facing skyrocketing prices: Horgan

Gasoline prices surging amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Falcon slams NDP for high gasoline tax, housing prices

Falcon slams NDP for high gasoline tax, housing prices

A revenue neutral carbon tax would allow high gas taxes to be offset – BC Liberal leader
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Stuffy nose, sneezing fits and itchy eyes? Hello allergy season in Metro Vancouver

Stuffy nose, sneezing fits and itchy eyes? Hello allergy season in Metro Vancouver

It might only get worse, sorry.
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Fatal-stabbing suspect in court for breach of bail conditions; victim remembered as a 'positive light'

Fatal-stabbing suspect in court for breach of bail conditions; victim remembered as a 'positive light'

The man killed in downtown Victoria on Tuesday has been identified as John Dickinson by his sister, who has started a fundraiser to bring her brother’s body back to their mother in Ontario.
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Nine B.C. public servants, facing firing, petition court to end vaccine mandate

Nine B.C. public servants, facing firing, petition court to end vaccine mandate

At issue is a Nov. 19 provincial government order that makes COVID‑19 vaccination a condition of employment for all B.C. public service employees.
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Seniors advocate applauds funding for subsidized housing; wait list of thousands

Seniors advocate applauds funding for subsidized housing; wait list of thousands

The problem, she said, is that those subsidized units are needed “yesterday.”
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Future enactment of Emergencies Act a concern for AFN national chief

Future enactment of Emergencies Act a concern for AFN national chief

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald said she was given the heads-up by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller before the Liberal government enacted the Emergencies Act late last week.
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Trailblazer: Syrian refugees in Kelowna pay it forward

Trailblazer: Syrian refugees in Kelowna pay it forward

Seven years after arriving in Kelowna, British Columbia as the town's very first family of Syrian refugees, the Alshahouds have become a full part of the local community.
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New Year's Eve machete attack case moving to resolution

New Year's Eve machete attack case moving to resolution

Lawyers are in discussions to wind up the case of a man charged in connection with two New Year's Eve machete attacks in downtown Vancouver.
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Non-profit launches legal battle to gain access to logging area for scientists

Non-profit launches legal battle to gain access to logging area for scientists

Ecojustice filed a suit challenging the legality of at least eight road closures granted by the B.C. Ministry of Forests in Tree Farm Licence 46, which includes Fairy Creek, the site of ongoing protests against old-growth logging.
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