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The Haida-B.C. agreement was a landmark deal, but where was Canada?

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Securities fines and clawbacks jumped in past year: CSA

Securities fines and clawbacks jumped in past year: CSA

CALGARY — The Canadian Securities Administrators say fines and restitutions jumped in the last year compared with a year earlier. In its year in review, the umbrella group for provincial securities regulators says they imposed $27.
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Rob Shaw: Eby can no longer afford to throw Trump's name around like a four-letter word

Rob Shaw: Eby can no longer afford to throw Trump's name around like a four-letter word

B.C. premier stresses stable U.S.-Canada relations at Pacific Northwest Summit
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Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report

Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report

TORONTO — Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but progress is slow, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
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Nine B.C. public auditors hammered by U.S. regulator

Nine B.C. public auditors hammered by U.S. regulator

In part one of a two-part series, Glacier Media reports how a number of B.C. accounting firms have come under immense scrutiny in the U.S. with little public acknowledgment from the province and its professional regulator
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Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

U.S. President Joe Biden endorsed Harris, his second-in-command, as he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday.
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S&P/TSX composite index up almost 200 points Monday, U.S. markets also rise

S&P/TSX composite index up almost 200 points Monday, U.S. markets also rise

TORONTO — Gains in the financial, industrial and utilities sectors led Canada's main stock index higher on Monday, while U.S. stock markets also rose.
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K'omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments

K'omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments

COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Officials with the K'omoks First Nation and the B.C. and federal governments have signed a draft treaty in a step toward the nation's self-governance.
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Report on 2023 Central Okanagan fires notes need to enhance training, initiatives

Report on 2023 Central Okanagan fires notes need to enhance training, initiatives

Zero loss of life, but disconnect exposed in communication channels
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Two-thirds of Canadians 'desperately' need interest rates to go down: MNP survey

Two-thirds of Canadians 'desperately' need interest rates to go down: MNP survey

The central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75 per cent in June and economists expect another cut could be in store when it meets Wednesday for its next rate decision.
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