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Vancouver taxpayers could face 7.6% tax hike in 2024

Vancouver taxpayers could face 7.6% tax hike in 2024

Meanwhile, police and fire departments predict combined $6.9-million deficit this year.
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Metro Vancouver transit ridership accelerating but below pre-pandemic level

Metro Vancouver transit ridership accelerating but below pre-pandemic level

Trend is in sync with national data
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India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensions

India restores e-visa services for Canadians. The move could ease diplomatic tensions

NEW DELHI (AP) — India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Cana
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British Columbians losing confidence government will reduce cellphone costs, says poll

British Columbians losing confidence government will reduce cellphone costs, says poll

Majorities of users are dissatisfied with how much their mobile phones cost them each month.
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Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — It's the first thing poultry farmers in British Columbia's Fraser Valley think about in the morning, and the last thing they worry about at night, according to industry spokeswoman Amanda Brittain.
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Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.
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Five new affordability measures in the Liberal government's fall fiscal update

Five new affordability measures in the Liberal government's fall fiscal update

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a fall economic statement on Tuesday that aims to support middle-class Canadians amid soaring consumer prices and looming mortgage renewals.
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Do your parents own a home? StatCan says that might mean you’re more likely to own, too

Do your parents own a home? StatCan says that might mean you’re more likely to own, too

New study reveals British Columbians born in the 1990s to property-owning parents more likely to own compared with counterparts
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Airline ticket prices fall 19 per cent amid less demand, more flights

Airline ticket prices fall 19 per cent amid less demand, more flights

Statistics Canada says airfares have plummeted over the past year, as airlines shore up capacity even while consumers think twice about travelling in a world of higher costs.
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Why Canadian M&A activity was comparatively flat in 2023

Why Canadian M&A activity was comparatively flat in 2023

M&A can be a barometer for the economy, and the economy has clearly cooled
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